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By HELEN W. SMITH
Kitnwion Agtnt, Horn Economic*
No, the rumors you’ve heard floating around the county this week are not true.. .1 repeat. . .not true! Despite what your children may have told you when they jumped off the bus returning from 4-H Day Camp last week, I want to reassure all parents that your children did not eat dirt and did not eat worms. Rather, they ate Dirt Cake that was filled with “gummy worms.” It was delicious, too! They let us grown-ups have a taste, too.
For my foods and nutrition column this week, I decided to share with you the recipes from the Cooking Class at our 1992 4-H Day Camp which was held June 22-24. Seventyeight Rappahannock County children, ages 6 to 12, participated. In the mornings each child took four classes followed by swimming, lunch and an afternoon assembly which featured a guest speaker.
Toni Updike and Susan Carney, two of the 15 adults who volunteered their time and talents to teach our morning classes, taught the 4-H Cooking Class. The objectives of the' cooking class were to teach the children about nutritious foods, to taste new foods, to learn to prepare simple recipes — this was a hands-on Workshop, and to have fun! | On day one they made Guacamole and ate it with corn chips. The campers learned that guacamole is hiade with avocadoes. The avocado Was a familiar food to some campers and a new food to some campers. The campers learned how to tell when an avocado is ripe and why you put lemon juice in it to keep it from burning brown. They also learned that if you have leftover guacamole, ’you put the pit you saved back into Die leftovers and store covered in the refrigerator. The pit will keep the guacomole from turning brown. * On day two the campers learned the importance of eating their veggies. President Bush may not eat his brocolli, but he would be proud of our 4-H campers because they ate their spinach after they made it into a spinach salad.
On day three Mrs. Updike, who is a member of the Virginia Cattlewomens Association, taught the dunpers about the nutrients we get When we eat beef. Then the campers made ground beef stroganoff in an
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