Ready Steady Cook and Mufti-Day

Last week the school had a Mufti-day. Mufti is what they call regular clothes, so it was basically a free dress day. The students regularly wear uniforms, so this is their chance to wear whatever they want. They pay two dollars, which goes to the student government. It was really weird to see the students in regular clothes, I had quickly gotten used to students being in their uniforms. It was crazy because there was a serious difference in behavior from the uniform days. I'm quickly becoming a huge fan of school uniforms.

The other big event last week was Ready Steady Cook…

It was so much fun, and that wasn’t just the wine talking;) Ready Steady Cook is a British cooking program where the chefs are given a shopping bag of ingredients and then have 20 minutes to make dinner; they also have a communal pantry to use as well. (You can YouTube it if you like, it’s quite good) Anyway, we were given an hour and used the schools food technology rooms. My group was given steak, a leek, a red pepper, pineapple, couscous, a bag of apples, and a giant candy bar. So we ended up making a beef and veg stir-fry with couscous, apple crisp, and chocolate dipped pineapple. Then at the end we all had a big communal dinner, it was awesome!

More pictures to come...