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Written by: Xiao Yunrui
2020-01-23 08:00
Last updated: 2020-01-23 08:00The Lunar New Year is approaching. In order to let the children of the family house of Baoliang Bureau feel the warmth of the family and the atmosphere of the New Year, the bureau recently (19th) brought the children of the same house through the "cooking at home" activity to the market to buy rice and cook rice. It is hoped that the children of the family house can not only feel personally through the activities, but also contact the society.
The children in the family house can cook a variety of New Year's dishes in just over an hour. Abalone, stir-fried sardines and vegetarian wings have no difficulty. During this period, they also understand the cooperation of graders. Liang Jieyi, director of the Children's Group of the Social Service of Baoliang Bureau, said, The activity lasts for more than 20 years. I mainly hope that the children in the house can become independent and train their communication skills. Cooking in person can make them understand that the process of food preparation is not easy. I hope they can cherish it.
Shi Yingyi learns to wash vegetables under the guidance of. (Photo by Xiao Yunrui)
It's not easy for adults to prepare a Chinese New Year dish, let alone just a group of children; about 5 or 6 children in the family house, at 11 am with the girl Ye and Liang who are in charge, at the Goosen Bridge Market in Causeway Bay Ready to purchase ingredients.
Division of labor and cooperation only eliminates the need to buy the required materials in minutes
While holding a shopping list, Girl Liang was shopping at different stalls with the children in the house while counting on the list. Girl Ye pointed out that in order for the children of the family to learn life skills and communication skills, they would be asked to discuss what meat dishes to cook and sometimes to hold them accountable when buying vegetables.
Young, but there are plans, they first go to the market to buy lettuce and kale, and then buy eggs and lean meat. Within 20 minutes, they have bought the necessary ingredients and are ready to return to the Causeway Bay Baoliang Bureau General Bureau rice.
Huang Huilin, a Form 5 student, likes to cook, and radish cakes are prepared from the cut to the frying. (Photo by Xiao Yunrui)
Secondary 5 students have been interested in cooking since they saw others cooking.
In fact, the Chinese New Year's Eve is not their first cooking. Huang Huilin, who was studying in Form 5 this year, pointed out that when he saw others cooking in elementary school, he felt very interesting, so he gradually started to contact cooking.
She has now become a "chef" in the girl's mouth, and occasionally designs dishes, and her best home-cooked dishes are broccoli fried chicken fillet and lemon sliced sugar chicken wings. She pointed out that the girls usually teach them how to distinguish and select ingredients, such as lettuce and broccoli, and also teaches cooking steps, which makes her feel that cooking has improved in recent years.
Another younger "chef" is Shi Yingyi, 12 years old. She said that she would go out to buy vegetables about twice a month. She would learn how to choose vegetables. She also tried to cook udon and jade. .
Children and girls of Po Liang Bureau "Integrity Family" house. (Photo by Xiao Yunrui)
Stir-fried vegetables and vegetarian wings for Chinese New Year
However, today, in order to greet the Chinese New Year, the dishes are richer than before. They include fried rice cakes, canned abalone, seasonal fried rice and vegetarian wings, as well as many radish cakes and horseshoe cakes.
Because there are many dishes, the children in the house need to cooperate with each other. Social workers and girls assist. Older and more experienced chef Hui Lin is responsible for cooking, cooking, frying carrot cake, etc., and younger children in the house are responsible for washing vegetables, cutting kale, and laying down; Hui Lin will even guide younger families How children cut garlic.
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Learn to be independent and cherish from cooking
It took only an hour and a half from the purchase of the food to all the dishes, and the serving size of the dish can be served by more than ten people. Leung Kit-yee, director of the Children's Unit of the Social Service of the Po Leung Kuk, said that the "home cooking" campaign has been going on for more than 20 years, mainly to want children in the homes to become independent and to train their communication skills.
In addition, asking the children in the house to cook in person is to make them understand that the process of food preparation is not easy, and I hope they can cherish it. Girl Ye also pointed out that "home cooking" makes the homeowners more accessible to the society, and also undergoes many coordinated processes to enable them to grow.
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