Gorgeous Blueberry Puddings...

On Tuesday, Stephanie and I made our second American masterpiece in Home.Ec. Blueberry Puddings!! These are the most delicious desserts I have ever eaten! They are also, unlike most tasty dishes, extremely easy to make. We once again used Jamie Oliver's wonderful cookbook on American Cusine and as always he didn't fail us! To start off we chopped up some tinned pears, tossed them in brown sugar and spread them over the base of six ramekin dishes. We then made the pudding batter by beating the sugar, butter, vanilla, orange zest and juice, eggs and flour together using an electric beater. We then spread the batter over the pears, tossed the blueberries in sugar and scattered them over the top. We let them bake for half an hour, until they had risen and were nicely browned. At the end Stephanie and I sat down and scoffed the lot!

Technology Projects!

Since the start of the year we have done three practical projects in technology classes. The first of these was making a plastic keyring which we had to cut out using a hacksaw, file down and gloss. The next one, making a clock, was really enjoyable since we got to design our own centre-piece for the clock face (my piece was a geometric shape that loked slightly like a puzzle piece). We then got to make stickers for the numbers around the edge. Everyone's clocks looked really good and I was really pleased with how my clock turned out! I am now working on a key holder in the shape of a key. I'm having slightly more difficulty with this one since the teeth of the key are really hard to cut out!

Spanish Presentation: Antonio Gaudí

Yesterday I presented my project on the Spanish architect Antonio Gaudí to the class. Gaudí is a person who I greatly admire since I too aspire to become an architect. His designs were way ahead of his time and are still considered to be extremely creative, colourful and uniquely shaped. I would really like to go and visit Barcelona some time in order to visit some of his spectacular work. The places I would most like to visit are the Casa Batllo, the Park Guell and the Sagrada Familia (obviously!). I thought that the presentation went alright but I think I spoke to fast and forgot a few points.. Oh well, I really did enjoy doing the research!

International Cusine Project!

For our International Cusine Project, Steph and I decided to cook three dishes from America! On Tuesday we cooked the first of these; Homemade Burgers with Spicy Mayo!! Mmmm.... The two of us had the best lunch ever that day! The other two dishes that we plan to make are Mac'n'Cheese and a lovely Blueberry Pudding. I can't wait! As part of the project we also have to make a presentation for the rest of the class talking about the culture, history, geography and food from the country.

Mini Company Stand Still....

Our Mini Company has reached an abrupt halt. We calculated the total cost and found that we would each have to contribute around 1000 euro each! There is no way we can raise this amount in time for the competition and even if we could we'd have to sell each unit for 11 euro! Who would buy a small product for that amount of money? Ah, well. It was a good idea at the time...

Briery Gap Drama Competition!

On Tuesday we all went to Mullingar to participate in the All Ireland Drama Competition. The play that my group entered was our own adaption of the war poem "But You Didn't" by Merrill Glass. All the groups preformed wonderfully and we'll find out which groups get through to the finals some time next week...

Young Scientist!

Two weeks ago all the Tys went to the BT Young Scientist Competition for the day. We all had a great time looking at all the projects and watching the shows. One group from my class got through to the competition and they won the "Highly Commended" prize for their amazing project on free radicals and antioxidants. Well done girls!