Crunchy Munchy Goop

I learned two things at school today:
1. 7th/8th graders will eat ANYTHING
2. Whether or not they have a working recipe, they manage to create havoc in the kitchen.

We've been talking this week about the importance of correct measurements and I've had them practice doubling and halving a recipe. Turns out that math freaks them out even in FACS class. Anyway, today, I gave them a recipe that was supposed to teach them the importance of correct measurements. The recipe was something like this:

3 dribbles of corn syrup
1 dit dat of salt
3 globs of brown sugar
1 large dab of peanut butter
5 blobs of rice crispies
2 handfuls of corn flakes, slightly crushed
3 sprinkles of chocolate chips
itsy bitsy bit of vanilla

They had to determine how much of each thing they wanted, come up the the front table and get their ingredients, and go back and cook it. It was hilarious. They kept asking, "is this what it's supposed to look like?" (How do I know? I don't know what a dribble of corn syrup is either!) Then we put a sample of each kitchen's creation in the front and discussed how different each one interpreted the recipe and the importance of exact measurements.

In some cases we had crunchy munchy soup (yes, they actually ADDED a cup of water because it "seemed too dry" sorry, you lost 30% of the grade for not following the 'recipe') and in other cases we had crunch munchy powder because there wasn't enough liquid. Some kids burned the brown sugar in the pan and decided that since it wasn't coming off, they would just put a dirty pot back in the cupboard (another 30% off their grade!) But the end result was that the kiddos loved it and would eat it no matter what the outcome was...crazy kids!

Lesson learned!