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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Honouring the Olympic Host

During the two stimulating weeks of the Olympic games, we experimented with some British fare here and there. First came the fish and chips, complete with malt vinegar and a side of slaw.  Okay, so we did the slaw our way, with blue cheese.
Another night we forwent the tea and went straight for the scones.  These were Cranberry Orange Scones. Served them up with spinach and cheese scrambled eggs for dinner.
Not all traditional British meals have to be meat and potatoes.  Here we enjoyed a Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie provided by the BBC.  I even had to convert the units of measurement!
We stopped there because three new recipes is enough in a short time to try out.  And I didn't want to rely on any convenience foods especially one's with distasteful names...
And microwavable too?!
Yep, saw this in the British section of the international foods department at our local Kroger.  Glad we passed.  Hope everyone has enjoyed watching the games.  There were some truly awesome moments--most memorable for us was seeing Oscar Pistorius run as the first paraplegic in the Olympic games!  Very cool!

2 comments:

hankharty said...

Love the science activities!!! You two are doing such an awesome job teaching through the powers of observation. When teaching the moon phases, always "read" the phases right to left (you're checking for more or less light reflection from the sun).

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hankharty said...

You are doing such an awesome job with powers of observation!

When looking at the moon, read the phases right to left. You are looking at the amount of reflected light from the sun. Is it more (waxing) or less (waning)? Once you have that down, add those HUGE words crescent and gibbous (means more than half but less than whole)