A Sweet Surprise

This week we got a bit of a surprise because Mr Reiger had decided to harvest our kumara for us. Thanks Mr Reiger, you saved us a lot of digging! Even though it was a bit earlier than we’d planned, there was still a good crop with some real whoppers.

Clare had the great idea of making chips with some of the harvest. So while a few hard workers went with Lisa to collect dead leaves for our compost and take care of the worms…

…it was over to the kitchen for the rest of us. Everyone pitched in. The kumara needed washing and cutting up:

Then we drizzled them with oil and popped them into the oven. While they were cooking some of our team got to work cleaning up the kitchen and all the equipment without even being asked, while others went back to give Lisa a hand in the garden.

25 minutes later and out came the goodies:

And the consensus? 19 out of 20 of us thought they were delicious! We even had enough to take a little sample back to our classrooms. Sorry we were so late back to class today teachers, we hope our koha of kumara chips will help you forgive us :)

There’s one more thing that Ali and Lisa want to mention about today. In the kitchen we were working together in a confined space using potentially hazardous kitchen equipment. We had to co-operate, share, communicate, listen, be patient and use our initiative. Our Kai Growers did all these things politely, enthusiastically and responsibly– we are very impressed with you all.