Out door cooking

Pancakes Challenge.

Learning how to use a gas cooker safely, and how to do dishes camp style.

Term 1 2016

With no classroom, we took on the challenge to give students the experience of outdoor cooking.

All students completed 2 challenges out of 3 -

1. To Make a Scroggin (snack food to take tramping)
2. Cook a cake in a billy.
3. The tin foil challenge.

The Tinfoil challenge - To cook an American Hot Dog.

1. Slice bread roll down the center.
2. Insert frankfurter
3. Wrap them in tinfoil and place in a cardboard box.
4. Set box on fire.

This can also be done with a banana and chocolate.

A Year of Changes

DPE 3 2016

Change is upon us - no foods room, or what is left of the foods room is shown here.

Celebrating Cultural Diversity through Market day

Celebrating Cultural diversity through Market Day at Raroa 2015

Cause and Effect

What if I changed the sugar in a recipe with a different sort - golden syrup, molasses, icing sugar, artificial?
How will it affect the end product?

What makes the best hamburger patty? Does it need eggs? What does the egg do?

Flour! There are so many types, almond, rice, gluten free, gluten, wholemeal etc
Do they need cause any change in a recipe?


These are just some of the questions students asked themselves when determining what to investigate for cause and effect.

Cause and Effect Presentation

Term 1 and 2 IDENTITY

Through food Students illustrated what they relate to.
Sport, Personal Interests, Nationality etc.

Some easy to develop ideas from others!

Extension 2014

Extension -

Guest tutor - Raymond.

Mock cocktail making.







 

                             

2014 In Review

DPE 3 In Review.

Term 1 and 2 Survival Island 

Students and staff went through the first Design Challenge where we developed our understanding of the new approach to design - Student self direction.

 

Students planned and produced recipes that would help them survive in different situations.

Foods of the Future

We then fine tuned the process of following the design challenge and students selected areas to develop their interests and skills.

Market Day

Our final design challenge was to produce foods that could make a profit so that we could raise funds for a charity, or service in our local community.

Students determined what was to be made and selected a hot food from a different area of the world for each different team to give variety of the food available.

2015 Identity Theme

Market Day

                                 Market Day  

To Create items for sale so that we can make a profit for Charity 

 This Theme is to produce a range of food items for sale that will make a profit for Charity.

Snapshots of making and icing cupcakes as a prototype product.

The End Product

Foods of the Future Snap shots

                         Fun Creating Different Foods

Learning New Skills

Success with new recipes!

What a variety of recipes made, and as a result, we had students running Cafe's for selected clients, teachers and parents in to enjoy the work of their children.  A variety of recipe books were also produced with comments by the students on success and changes.

Foods of the Future

Foods of the future  

Our lifestyles and tastes change due to technology, interests, income, etc. Because of these changes our food choices have changed.   

Scenario 1  Become a Chef.

Wellington is becoming known as the café central. People in Wellington like to eat out with so many new and different café’s are available. Your design challenge is to design new foods and ways of presenting foods while discovering the skills behind running a café.

Scenario 2 Foods in half the time.

We all have microwaves, but don’t use them to the best advantage. Become a scientist and Design a series of new recipes and tips to be used in a promotional film on how to use a microwave.

Scenario 3  Foods from around the world.  (An intrepid journey through food)

Food has a language of its own, it creates a setting and gives us an insight into other cultures.  You are to Design new foods and methods of presentation that will create a message about your cultural heritage.

Scenario 4  Traditions and Celebrations

Special occasions give lasting memories, they can be associated with food or an item such as the jeep.  Become a party planner/events co-ordinator and Design and Create a new item or food for a new tradition or celebration.

                         

A Hobo stove, made from a large tin with a
small burner underneath.

Cooking pikelets on a Hobo Stove - Next time
try a hamburger pattie

May preparing her camp oven to cook cupcakes

Dehydrating - a way to preserve food
Apple chips - Yum

What's for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner?

Problem
You are stranded on an island.  You have limited food supplies saved from your boat that needs to last for a number of days until you can find or produce your own food.

Challenge
Develop a ration pack from your available food supplies to last 2 days and meet your nutritional needs.

Action
Investigate what is in an army ration pack, 24 hour bush survival kit.

You may find it helpful to look on You Tube at clips from different survival experts.

Determine what foods provided could be used in a ration pack.

So What?
Make your own ration pack.

Determine some meals that you can produce from your ration pack.

Make at least 2 meals

Plastic Fantastic

Problem
You have found yourself on Survival Island with limited supplies and need a multi-purpose tool that you can use.

Challenge
You are to develop a model of a multi-purpose food utensil that can be used for different tasks on the Island. For example, food preparation, hunting etc.

You will design and create a model of the multi-purpose food utensil on the 3D printer and demonstrate its use in 2 situations.

Action 
Investigate what multi-purpose tools are available today and identify their uses.

So What?
What design, will my multi-purpose tool have?

What is possible to develop using the 3D printer?

What multi-purpose tools have been developed that are still used today?

What multi-pupose tool would be most useful on survival island?

Natural Supermarket

Problem
You are stranded on Survival Island, which has a lack of suitable soil to grow food on.

Challenge
Identify the steps in the process in growing plants hydroponically and trail the process by growing lettuces or a herb.

Action
Consider the range on display and taste the foods.

So What?
You are to investigate the range of possibilities for growing food using water only.

What foods grow best in water only.

Does only using water affect the taste and appearance.

Keep a photographic diary with comments of your steps in the process of growing your food items.

Investigate some ways of using your food and prepare some dishes.

Investigate the nutritional value and uses of this food.

Raw Vs Cooked

Problem
You are stranded on an island and the island has many fish, animals and plants that appear to be edible.

How are you going to serve these foods?
Raw or Cooked?

Challenge
Prepare 2 meals demonstrating how to prepare and cook food.

Action
Raw Vs Cooked

So What?
What is the range of methods used for cooking and preparing food?

How are you going to do this because there is limited fuel for a fire for any length of time and you need some to keep for a signal fire?

How can I cook/prepare foods that are edible?
                     
Which of the food is better cooked and which is best Raw?