Today was a really fun and action packed day for Rooms 1 & 3.
We joined together for a morning of making sushi and learning a bit about Japanese culture along the way. This was thanks to 3 Japanese friends of Huia Range School, Naoko, Kimino and Yukimi. Thanks for all your hard work today, we all really appreciate it!!
So how did we make our sushi??
1) We made some fillings. We had healthy fillings with vegetables like carrots, avocado, and cucumber and also egg, tuna and chicken for protein.
awesome work, it was hard but you never gave up trying!!!
2) Next we cooked some rice. For sushi rice we used short grain rice and added some vinegar mixed with brown sugar. It was hot so we used Japanese fans to cool the rice down.
we were puffed from all that fanning and mixing!
While some kids were busy cooking we kept busy learning some things from Japan. We tried to improve our fine motor skills by using chopsticks in the 'chopstick challenge' and had fun making origami too!!
3) Next we all had a turn to fill and roll our own sushi roll. We put the seaweed (nori) on a rolling mat and covered it with rice. Then we lined up our favourite fillings and rolled it up!!
this was the best bit of all!!
4) Last we came back at lunchtime ans we all got to try the sushi we made and also some miso soup, tofu and sour plums for the brave (umeboshi).
good on you for trying a sour plum!!
we love sushi!!!
