By Jaedda Armstrong
NORFOLK
Eight-year old Ruth Adcock wants to be a chef when she grows up. She loves to mix ingredients and make new recipes.
On Wednesday, Ruth and her classmates were thrilled to receive a cooking lesson from a local chef.
About 70 elementary school students gathered at Granby Elementary School to wrap up the Norfolk Public Schools Journey into Imagination summer enrichment program in a creative and yummy way.
Students who show above-average learning skills may be recommended for the program by teachers or principals. The curriculum usually consists of lessons that aren't taught in the school year. This summer, curriculua included summer kitchen cooking and Western pioneer life. Students learned to measure food and make butter and popsicles. They also learned about pioneers' struggles in the West.
Chris Chandler, chef and co-owner of Comfort, a Southern-cooking restaurant in Portsmouth, brought an appropriate recipe: trail mix.
"You can make it up, and take it with you in your backpack when you go camping," Chandler said.
Students mixed dried pineapples, bananas, granola, M&M s, nuts and sunflower seeds. Some cheered and danced while they stirred, and tasted the results.
"I hope this can inspire them to cook and get involved with helping their parents cook," said Betty Baucom, one of the program's teachers.
Jaedda Armstrong, (757) 446-2346, jaedda.armstrong@pilotonline.com
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