More Hangi Photos!

Thursday 9th June : The Day of the Hangi!

Arriving at school at 7.15am the students were more than ready for the big burn off. They came equipped with blankets, milo, marshmellows, gumboots and a great attitude. The fire took about 2 hours to burn down. Then it was all go to get the hot ash out and out the stones back in. It was sweltering! In the meantime the girls peeled the potatoes and other veges as well as stuffed the chickens. Although we were officially only feeding Room 21 we ended up feeding about half the school thanks to kind donations of veges from Dave Pilkington, Beef and muslin cloth from Silver Fern Farms and yummy stuffing from Lynda at the Belfast Community Network. Simon came down to help too - and brought some tasty peanut slabs to finish the day. Jacqui (Mike's Mum) helped out heaps, and showed us how to weave flax as well. Such an awesome day. We want to say a huge thank you to Bill Bush for the hours that he spent in helping to organise this EPIC event. For many of us it was our first hangi - and I suspect it won't be the last. Everyone was raving about the food - absolutely delicious!

The Hangi - Digging the Hole!

On Wednesday 8th June students from Room 21 Belfast School were joined by living All Black Legend Bill Bush. Bill explained how a traditional Hangi was cooked, traditional methods and then the team got digging! After 2 hours the Hangi Hole was loaded with wood, pellets, stone and iron - ready for the big burn down! Well done.

Room 21 Hangi!

More photos to come - so proud of you all, and thank you to everyone for their support. Bill Bush - you are a legend! Simon and Lynda thanks for your support, sweat and stuffing. Jackie, it's a treat having you on board. Thanks to dave Pilkington for the veges, and silver fern farms for the beef!

The Steak and Cheese Pie!

Room 21 Cooking!

This week has been another busy week, but our students have risen to the challenge and truly been amazing this week. One of their key tasks was to modify a recipe to improve it in some way.

We had a wonderful time sampling their recipes - a few I might try at home. Dishes ranged from modified mince meat balls, swirly pavalova, seasoned wedges to marshmellow, chocolate brownie and kiwifruit crumble! Here are a few photos. Well done Room 21.

Honestly - the dishes tasted amazing, even if they didn't look 100% edible!!! Delicious.