Cultural Differences
On Monday and Wednesday of this week we had a food culture class with Pia. During the first lesson she taught us how to make a traditional Danish dish called 'frikadeller', using different types of meat like lamb, turkey and pork. With these different 'meat ball' type dishes we served side plates of roasted vegetables, potatoes and potato salad. I think we all agreed that these dishes were very enjoyable, and we were especially proud to have made them.
The second lesson was slightly different as each of us had to prepare dishes from our native countries for the rest of the class. Being from the province of Ulster, I found it appropriate to make an Ulster Fry as a typical Irish breakfast dish. Kerri-Ann then prepared a bowl of traditional Irish champ, made with milk, scallions and potatoes.
The girls from Belgium prepared prawns in tomtoes with french fries, Belgium Waffles and a cake made from sweet rice, known in Ireland as Rice Dream. The dish served from Austria was a meal made from pork and vegetables, with a dessert made from eggs and sugar for dessert. Finally, Martina from Czech Republic made a type of bread made from fried potatoes. All the dishes were really delicious and it would be fair to say that none of us ate for the rest of that day! A real feast...
The Learning Process
This week saw the first of two different classes, Pedagogics and English Children's Literature. The Padagogics class I found slightly strange as it presents to us a type of teaching that i was completely unaware of and find rather disturbing as it is so different of what I have always known to be teaching. Indeed this 'Danish' style leaves the responsiblity of learning in the child's hands. Nonetheless, as these classes continue I am sure I will become more able to get myself into the right frame of mind for it.
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