Entirely Way Too Long
It has been a long time since the last time I blogged, especially since I said I was going to blog the day after my previous post. I guess I should make promises I cannot keep. I will admit I have been working on redoing Bethel's website. Although the final version still maybe upwards of a month away.
Iron Chef was fun. The secret ingredient was cocoa powder. The game plan ended up to make stuff shell noodles with a spinach, cream cheese, ricotta cheese, and cocoa powder for the main dish. It turn out pretty descent. Our appetizer was cocoa biscuits, nasty things... we didn't have baking powder and the girl helping out substituted it with baking soda nasty nasty nasty. For dessert we picked a winner going with a chocolate pizza... Topped with chocolate cream cheese, and chocolate chips and peanut butter chips, drizzled with chocolate. My group got second place.... oh well. if it weren't for the nastybiscuits...
Everything else is going well. I've been able to keep up with the giants more this year than previous years, I have been listening to games on the radio which in great. they are doingok, 14-13 today. Second place in their division.... That means everyone else in the division with the exception of the blue team is doing horrible. The giants are 6.0 games back and have a 3 games series in LA this weekend... BEAT LA!!! BEAT LA!!!! Sweep the series and we'll be only 3 games back. Which brings up an interesting topic. Manny... that's rightManny Ramirez suspended for 50 games for taking a banded substance. Now is the time for any team in the NL West to capitalize on the blue team losing their star player. LET'S GO GIANTS!!!!! LET'S GO GIANTS!!!!!
To Jay, This next Tuesday afternoon I'm heading with my yearbook class to Famous Dave's Restaurant in Long Beach. Totally looking forward to it.
To Everyone: Don't forget to wish your mom a "Happy Mother's Day" this Sunday!
-hold nothing back
here are some iron chef activity pics
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- Simeon mixing the shell’s filling
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- discussing the buscuit recipe
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- some waiting time
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- stuffed shells prior to the sauce
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- with the sauce
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- anna
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- drizzling the chocolate sauce on the pizza
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- nasty nasty buscuits
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- using a double boiler method to melt our own choclate
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- baked stuffed shells
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- shells topped with cheese and basil
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- other team’s strawberries
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- other team’s pudding thingy
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- other team’s chocolate breaded chicken
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- other team’s mini croissant
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- other team’s crepes
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- matt with the other team’s pudding thingy
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- other team’s rice dusted with cocoa powder and cinnamon
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- evaluation form for the judging
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- other team’s choclate steak
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- other team’s choclate drink
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- the table with the creations
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- everyone
Spring Festival and Iron Chef
Last night was Bethel Baptist School's Spring Festival 2009. It was a blast. We had a 30 ft. inflatable slide, a jump house, a splash zone, can knock down, ping pong ball toss, dunk tank, and a ton of food. I was asked to volunteer for the dunk tank, so why not... just 15 minutes... It was pretty fun. I had told my class all week to be saving up there money to get me wet. At least 8 of my students tried to dunk my and several went 4 and 5 times if not more. I did the first 15 minutes of the festival just to get it done with; but I had a blast. Once I was out of the water I was helping supervise the dunk tank. About 2 hours later there was an empty block so I jumped in it again for another 15 minutes. My students all came running back to dunk me. This time I didn't get dunked for like the first 10 minutes. still had fun though. One seventh or eight grader who had been trying to get people dunked all day, got up to try and get me in. I told him if he missed with all his throws I would jump in... so I had to jump in. after his third miss. By the end of the day, I was tired and exhausted. We went home; I forced myself to stay awake until the Giants had finished their games, beating the D-backs 5-1. And then Sleep.
Today is an event I have been looking forward to for nearly two months. Are youth group is having a "Iron Chef" style of event. We'll meet at the church around noon. Pastor Matt will let us know the secret ingredient, and then we have about 3 hours to go shopping, go to our designated kitchen and make 4 courses which each contain the secrete ingredient. After the time is up we meet back at the church and have potluck with the prepared dishes. Each dish is judged by everyone and the group with the most points wins. I will probably write tomorrow to let you all know how it went. Complete with picture I hope.
- hold nothing back