Really Fun Cooking Class

Veggie filling for the egg rolls

I was so pleased to be asked to do an inter-generational cooking class for the Jennings Center for Older Adults. The class was a mix of residents from Jennings and kids from their day care center. We made fried rice and egg rolls. Not one of the participants had ever made egg rolls before, so it was a new experience for all, old and young. It was so much fun to see kids working with older adults. I also got chopsticks for everyone. They had a lot of fun trying to eat fried rice with them.

I have to share what one of the kids told me before class started. She was telling me that sometimes kids find old people scary, but that they were really nice. She enjoyed spending time with them. I thought that was perhaps my favorite moment of the day. She was a real natural at making egg rolls, too. She would show others how to make them, if they were having trouble. The pics at the bottom of the post are of her rolling an egg roll. I think she is about 7 or 8 years old. All of the kids and adults were fun to work with.

Thanks to Jodi Spiegal and the rest of the staff for helping things to run so smoothly. Looking forward to our next class.

One of the kids making her egg roll

Almost finished. So well done.

Some of the finished egg rolls