Good Day Wisconsin live at Moraine Park

Ahoy Mates! April 17 was one of my longest days of the year thus far, but it was definitely worth it! I woke at 4:30 a.m. to be at Moraine Park by 5:00 a.m. because Fox 11’s Good Day Wisconsin reporter Emily Deem came to Moraine Park’s Fond du Lac campus to highlight Multicultural Day. This was an honor for the news crew to come to learn about the big event on campus. Multicultural Day is an annual event on campus that celebrates different cultures through food, music, and entertainment. The Multicultural Club and the Culinary Club are in partnership to run this fun event. I was able to be in the first segment with William Green who is the advisor for the Multicultural Club. We discussed what the event was about and what was going to be on the menu. It was really unique to see, behind the scenes, how live broadcasting works. Throughout the morning, different segments from Emily Deem covered various information on ethnic clothing from the Philippians, a berry tiramisu dessert, and different information from various cultures that were going to be shown in the event. To take a look at the video click on the link to see all of the fun things from the morning broadcast show at http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/good_day_wi/take-a-cultural-journey-in-fond-du-lac . I hope you enjoy the clips! On my next blog I’ll tell you about round two of the voyage on April 17. Cheers, Lee IV

Brand New Month

G’day mates, welcome to a new month where April showers are bringing May flowers. After having a fun month of March, I wonder what April has to offer? As the semester is getting closer to the end there is a lot of things to do. Some of the events that are coming up include Multicultural day, Gourmet Dinner, Student Ambassador in Madison, and many more exciting events. To start off the new month in my Food Principle’s class we started to learn about the various cooking methods of fish. I was excited to learn about this section because fish is easy to cook as long you cook it with the right method. In class we made lobsters, perch, snail, cod, and some other fishes. It amazes me how many ways you can cook fish, and each method has a different flavor profile. I have some pictures below of the various fish we made on April 2. Since my class is in the morning, many people are turned off by having fish in the morning but I didn’t mind it. Especially since I didn’t eat anything for breakfast, this was a great start for me to get my protein count in. After class I decided I need to start eating healthy, so I made homemade granola from scratch. I figured instead of buying this product at the store I could make it at school at a cheaper cost. If you want the recipe you can email me at lmcclendon@morainepark.edu, and I’ll send you the directions. My granola turned out really tasty; it’s the perfect snack when you are on the go or mixed with yogurt for lunch or breakfast. Well mates, that’s all for today, but in our next journey I will talk about my experience for my last day of nutrition class, stay tuned.

Cheers,
Lee IV