Cooking for Cryptids

Last week, we devoted some of our writing time to learning how to work as teams and use a little creativity. We got comfortable with the cooking theme by studying recipes, and we noticed how precise measurements are, as well as the great variety of cooking verbs (stir, chop, dice, mix, bake, toss, scoop)  We then worked as teams to dream up tasty treats for some "friends" that may or may not be real,taking their geographic location and interests into account.  The only thing we do know for sure is that the monsters enjoy tasty treats that are really GROSS!!!  We came up with everything from Junk Pizza, which Moth Man "loves because he ate it with his friends in 1995" to a Super Snow Cone for the Yeti, which is "yum, yum, yum" and involves blending frozen items like stranded hikers and mountain snow.

Check out these other class favorites:

The Unicorn's Forest Fruit Smoothie


7 tbsp. cherries

2 pounds sliced apples
1 pound oranges
4 1/2 pounds plums
5 pear halves
1 pound of meadow grass
3 pounds of peaches
3 tsp. blueberries
dash of glitter, magic, and rainbows.

Chop up the fruits and throw them in the blender.  Keep the blender on for 5 minutes.  When you are done blending, pour the smoothie in a bowl and stick it in the freezer for 10 minutes.  Leave it in the meadow under a rainbow for the cryptid to find.

Or how about...

The Chupacabra's Goat Blood Chili

2 pounds lamb
5 gallons goat blood
16 ounces ribs
1 cup ghost pepper
5 cups red beans
2 cups shredded green peppers
3 cups spicy beef
6 pounds deer meat

Soak red beans in goat blood for 5 minutes.  Pour the red beans and goat blood into a big pan and add rest of ingredients.  Put in oven for 10 minutes on 350 F.  Take out of oven and let cool for 10 to 15 minutes.  Put into bowls and leave it on a farmer's roof in Mexico for the chupacabra!  Don't stick around to watch him eat it!!!

Like we said, these treats are totally gross, so don't head into your kitchen to create them anytime soon.  Nevertheless, we sure had fun imagining up these ridiculous combinations, and we learned a lot about sharing ideas and taking turns in the process.