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How To Make An Apple Pie And See The World

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With the market closed, a cook travels around the world to gather ingredients for making an apple pie. LeVar joins Chef Curtis Aikens in his kitchen, which is also his laboratory where he creates new recipes, to get some cooking tips from the chef. Curtis tells LeVar that when he was younger he hid the fact that he was not able to read. Finally at the age of 26, he asked for help to learn. Viewers also find out how chemistry is used every day at the Turkey Hill ice cream factory.

Here are activities to do after watching this episode:

Fruit Pie

Materials you will need:

  • 1 box instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 4 cups strawberry frozen yogurt or ice cream
  • ¾ cup skim milk
  • Graham cracker pie crust
  • Variety of favorite fruits….such as pineapple, star fruit, blueberries, strawberries, peaches, bananas, oranges, etc.

Directions:

  1. Put pudding mix, yogurt and milk in mixing bowl.
  2. Have an adult beat the ingredients with electric mixer until smooth and thoroughly mixed.
  3. Pour into the graham cracker crust.
  4. Create a design on top of the pie with your favorite fruits. Add lots of fruit so that very little or no pudding mixture shows through.
  5. Put the pie in the refrigerator until cold and firm, at least one hour.
  6. Cut and eat!
  

From Here to There

Locate your home on a map of the United States. Talk about a relative who lives far away. Locate where the relative lives. Use the map to find the best route from your home to theirs. Figure out how many miles you would travel and how long it might take in a car.

Postcard Puzzle

Collect interesting postcards from the next family trip you take. Use them to make jigsaw puzzles.

You will need:

  • 2 postcards the same size
  • glue stick
  • scissors
  • zip-lock bag
  1. Glue two postcards together, back-to-back.
  2. Cut the postcard into puzzle pieces.
  3. Store the pieces in a zip-lock bag.
  4. See how long it takes a friend or family member to put together “both” puzzles! Once each puzzle is put together, talk about the place that is shown.

Check out some of these books on your
next trip to the library:

  • The Kids’ Around The World Cookbook by Deri Robins
  • What Food Is This? by Rosmarie Hausherr
  • The Edible Pyramid: Good Eating Every Day by Loreen Leedy

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