Olivia H: September 2020

Monday 21 September 2020

Olivia's recount writing . Maara Kai

In the morning I woke up really really early. I opened up my eyes and the sun was shining through my window. ”Yesssssss”! I thought to myself. It was finally Wednesday, the day for our Maara Kai. I was so excited for maara kai I got dressed at lightning-fast speed like Sonic the Hedgehog. I rushed into the kitchen and reminded my Auntie I needed cream cheese for my group. When my mum said let's go I zoomed into the car so excited for our maara kai when we got to school I rushed into the classroom with my cream cheese. I bounced into the classroom before the bell rang and all my friends were just as excited as me! We piled up our ingredients onto the little yellow table at the back of the room. It looked like we had everything we needed. I was ready to start.

When everyone arrived we had prayers with soft Soothing music but it didn't really work. I was too excited to calm down. I just couldn’t wait to start cooking! After prayer time we sat on the mat ready and waiting for the instructions. I really made sure I was listening because I didn’t want to miss out. I was so excited that my group was doing cob loaf and I have never ever made cob loaf before but my nan has made it before for special occasions. My job was to make the mixture for the cob loaf. We added onions,spinach,silverbeet,cream cheese and chives.

We broke up into our groups. Each group was given a different dish to make. We had brainstormed lots of different dishes last week and I was so pleased my group got to make the cob loaf.

The teacher came over to our table with an armful of ingredients and chopping boards. Each person had a different job. My job was to cut the onion into tiny pieces. It was the worst job in the world!!!!! After I peeled the dry, crackly skin off I started cutting it. The juice sprayed into my eye and they started watering. They were watering so much I couldn’t see a thing!! We added it into the bowl and I had the job of adding in the cream cheese. Eventually we had a bowl full of ingredients and now it was time to put it into the cob loaf and put it in the oven.

Just before morning tea we were able to go to the staff room and try the peach, banana and berry smoothie. My pink smiley face cup was filled to the brim with creamy purple milk. I had my first sip and smiled. It was perfect. Mrs B laughed at me because I had a milk mustache.

After morning tea it was time for the judges to visit our class and share their ideas about our dishes. Our cob loaf was the entree so they tried it first. “Ummmmmmm” I heard Mrs Swider say. That had to be a good sign!

After the judges shared their thoughts about our cooking we got to eat. We got to try all the dishes. We started off with the cob loaf. It was so delicious. The cream cheese, cheese, onion and spinach had cooked perfectly. It had become a gooey, cheesy, mixture that went so well with the toasted bread.

Next, we tried the spaghetti bolognese. It was so good. I actually had seconds. That group had done a great job and I could really taste the herbs from our garden.

Finally, we tried the apple crumble. Oh my goodness… it was just so sweet and tasty. A perfect end to an enormous feast.

By this stage I was so full I was ready for a big sleep. But instead the bell rang and it was time for lunch. It had been such a fun morning. I hope we enter the Maara Kai competition next time. I am already planning our veggie garden and dishes!