Home Economics

Maori Settlers

Maori settlers used the Maori settlers used the land and the sea as a means of gathering their food. Can you identify what is going on in these pictures. land and the sea as a means of gathering their food. Can you identify what is going on in these pictures.

 When the English settlers came to New Zealand they tried to take the Maori's land and if they had to they would kill them.Due to the English coming on boat they didn't have much food to eat so they ate the Maori's food.

Home Economics Jam Drops

This week in Home Economics we cooked Jam Drops. 

Ingredients: Flour, Sugar, Eggs, Jam, Vanilla Essence.

1. First we preheated the oven to 180 degrees fan bake.

2. Then we made the mixture and rolled them up into little balls.

3. After that we pushed our thumb into the little balls.

4. Finally we put them in the oven for about 15 minutes.

When they came out of the oven we put them on the heating rack and waited for them to cool down before we gave them a taste test.

Muffins Home Economics

On Friday in Home Economics we made Muffins. Instead of making big ones we made lots of small ones to make it healthier.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Cup Wholemeal Flour
• 1/2 cup White Flour
• 2 Tbsp Brown Sugar
• 2 Mashed Banana
• 1.4 cup Unsweetened low fat yogurt
• 2 Tbsp Canola Oil
• 1 Egg
• 1 Tsp Baking Powder
• 1/4 cup Chocolate Chips

Method:

1. Heat Oven to 180 C.
2. Mix together the wet ingredients.
3. Sift and mix together the dry ingredients.
4. Mix dry and wet ingredients together.
5. Spoon 100g batter into each muffin tin and bake for approximately 15 minutes or until cooked through.

Kiwi Baker

For the past few weeks in Home Economics (Cooking) we have learning about Kiwi Baking. We made some pretty nice food. Out of all of the food that we made I probably liked making the Pikelets the best just because we got to flip them.

• What did I bake:     My group and I made Banana and Choc Chip muffins.
• What did we like about them:     We like how the batter part cooked perfectly
• Did we make any changes to the recipe that we used:   We cooked them for a bit longer than the last time and we put a slice of banana on the top.
• What were the key skills that I learnt:   I learnt how to cook the muffins without making any mistakes.
• Did I enjoy the Kiwi Bakers Unit:   Yes because we got to make some nice food and because I liked the group that I was working with.