Teacher Potluck Carnival: Summer Edition

Welcome to the Summer Edition of Teacher Potluck Carnival! This was supposed to be posted in June? I am so full of excuses! There are a great bunch of submissions for this summer edition. And then, like all good teachers, we shall rest until September. That means no more potlucks!

The recipes are especially great this time . . . be sure to check them out!

education

Heather Johnson presents 10 Free Online Award Generators - guest post by Heather Johnson posted at Stepping Stones for teachers.

David Cassell presents College Credit Transfer posted at selectcoursesblog.com.

Sheila Danzig presents What Makes Online Nursing Degrees So Popular? posted at The Degree Blog.

Terry Dean presents From a Sale to An Experience posted at Integrity Business Blog by Terry Dean.

George L Smyth presents One Minute How-To - How To Avoid My Cooking Mistakes posted at George L Smyth, saying, "George L Smyth has become quite expert at making cooking mistakes, and outlines five of the most common, and easily corrected." hmmmm . . . education or food . . .

Meg presents Simpson's Paradox My English Name Is Voldemort posted at Simpson's Paradox.

Alvaro Fernandez presents Cognitive and Emotional Development Through Play posted at SharpBrains, saying, "We sometimes neglect to mention a very basic yet powerful method of cognitive and emotional development, for children and adults alike: Play. Dr. David Elkind, author of The Power of Play: Learning That Comes Naturally, discusses the need to build a more "playful culture"."

Fiona King presents 100 Best Resources and Guides for ESL Teachers posted at Teaching Tips.

Sally Thompson presents The Ultimate Guide to Special Needs Teaching: 100+ Resources and Links posted at Teaching Tips.

food

Eric Koshinsky presents Dry Rub for Ribs posted at Meat Smoking.

Jasmine presents Flower shaped chicken pie posted at Skill Clue, saying, "A nice and tasty chicken pie recipe coming from Eastern Europe."

SeanBissell presents 7 Layer Salad Recipe | (Video Recipe Inside) posted at Yummy Fitness | Fitness For Fun People, saying, "Thanks for reviewing this recipe and video! This is a great potluck recipe, and Lindsey (in the video) is also a paraeducator at an elementary school. So I think this submission may fit in quite nice. Thanks! -Sean"

Jennifer presents redrocksunrise - June 10th, 2008 posted at Famous Restaurant Recipes.

Vera & Serge presents Vegetarian Frugal Housewife: Miss Lilac's Bean Chili posted at Vegetarian Frugal Housewife, saying, "Healthy, vegetarian chili: passed on to me from my friend Lilac, a high-school Spanish teacher."

Bobby presents Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe posted at Free Online Recipes | Free Recipes, saying, "The best Chocolate Chip Cookies?"

Jessica presents Chicken Caprese posted at Simply Scrumptious.

Kelly the Kitchen Kop presents Kelly the Kitchen Kop: Healthy Salad Recipes posted at Kelly the Kitchen Kop, saying, "This post has many variations for delicious salads. Once I took the salad under "garlic vinaigrette" to a teacher potluck and it was a huge hit!"

MyEpikorean presents Bebop for Kimbap... California Style (닭고기김밥) posted at My Epikorean - A Korean Recipe Journal, saying, "Bebop for Kimbap... California Style (닭고기김밥) The healthy, organic version of Korean fast food sushi"

That concludes this edition. Keep an eye on this
blog for the next edition in the fall.

WHERE THERE ARE TEACHERS, THERE IS FOOD!

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Teacher Potluck Carnival: Memorial Day Edition

Welcome to the Memorial Day Edition of the Teacher Potluck Carnival. While the country is having cookouts and parades, I am pondering the meaning of this day. Our minister today had a bulletin insert on the history of Memorial Day from history.com which I reprint here:

Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day because it was a time set aside to honor the nation's Civil War dead by decorating their graves. It was first widely observed on May 30, 1868, to commemorate the sacrifices of Civil War soldiers, by proclamation of General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of former sailors and soldiers. On May 5, 1868, Logan declared in General Order No. 11 that:

The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet churchyard in the land. In this observance no form of ceremony is prescribed, but posts and comrades will in their own way arrange such fitting services and testimonials of respect as circumstances may permit.

During the first celebration of Decoration Day, General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, after which 5,000 participants helped to decorate the graves of the more than 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried in the cemetery.

This 1868 celebration was inspired by local observances of the day in several towns throughout America that had taken place in the three years since the Civil War. In fact, several Northern and Southern cities claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day, including Columbus, Miss.; Macon, Ga.; Richmond, Va.; Boalsburg, Pa.; and Carbondale, Ill.

In 1966, the federal government, under the direction of President Lyndon Johnson, declared Waterloo, N.Y., the official birthplace of Memorial Day. They chose Waterloo—which had first celebrated the day on May 5, 1866—because the town had made Memorial Day an annual, community-wide event during which businesses closed and residents decorated the graves of soldiers with flowers and flags.

By the late 1800s, many communities across the country had begun to celebrate Memorial Day and, after World War I, observances also began to honor those who had died in all of America's wars. In 1971, Congress declared Memorial Day a national holiday to be celebrated the last Monday in May. (Veterans Day, a day set aside to honor all veterans, living and dead, is celebrated each year on November 11.)

Today, Memorial Day is celebrated at Arlington National Cemetery with a ceremony in which a small American flag is placed on each grave. Also, it is customary for the president or vice-president to give a speech honoring the contributions of the dead and lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. About 5,000 people attend the ceremony annually.

Several Southern states continue to set aside a special day for honoring the Confederate dead, which is usually called Confederate Memorial Day.

While you pray for our soldiers, please add prayers for those who have suffered at the hands of our government and its policy.

education

Heather Johnson presents Guest Writer: Teaching With Google Earth posted at Successful Teaching. I have to add that this is one terrific post with links to great ideas.

Heather Johnson presents New Learning Management System: Haiku LMS posted at Education and Technology.

Alvaro Fernandez presents Brain Research Interview Series posted at SharpBrains: Your Window into the Brain Fitness Revolution, saying, "Check out these interviews with leading neuroscientists and psychologists on a variety of topics: learning, brain health, happiness, memory..."

One Language presents Learn English Articles » Blog Archive » Some Low Cost Ways to Learn English posted at Learn English Articles, saying, "A few ideas for learning to speak english cheaply!"

Alvaro Fernandez presents Brain Health Business Grows With Research and Demand posted at SharpBrains, saying, "An in-depth look into the "brain training" field and future directions."

A.Lee presents The Artist’s Mother posted at eArtFair . com, saying, "In this post I examined how world famous artists depicted their mom. And I realized what a great teachers' resource this post has become for a fabulous class project on 'portrayal'. Beautiful illustrations are inspirational. Ideas for photo projects, collage and paintings."

Jason Isbell presents Summers coming up, what are you going to do? posted at Shabam School, saying, "How are you going to help clear your mind and get tuned up for next year?"

Alvaro Fernandez presents Word game: stimulate your temporal lobe posted at SharpBrains, saying, "some food...for the brain."

One Language presents The Advantages of Learning with Phonics posted at Learn English Articles, saying, "Even if you know some of the basics of English, you might find it helpful to review some materials on phonics."

Heather Johnson presents Going back to school: A shock to the system posted at Piggy's Blog.

food

lalaine y. manalo presents Spaghetti Pizza posted at thecookmobile.com, saying, "kid-friendly pasta recipe combining two kiddie favorites~pizza and spaghetti!." This recipe really does look fun, guys!

Kay presents Miscellaneous thoughts and pictures… posted at Kitchen Scrapbook, saying, "Ideas and pictures for a potluck and teacher's gift!"

FitBuff presents Guest Chef Video - Healthy Chicken Tacos posted at FitBuff.com's Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog, saying, "Watch my amazing video tutorial on how to make fancy-shmancy chicken tacos. Emeril, watch out!"

Bobby presents Shrimp Scampi Recipe posted at Free Online Recipes | Free Recipes, saying, "shrimp scampi, what could be better?"

Barbra Sundquist presents Edible Creations: How to Make a Fruit Bouquet posted at Edible Creations, saying, "Fruit Bouquets can be one of the easiest edible creations to make. The trick is to avoid the fancy cutting required by some edible creations design instructions. This article shows you how to make an attractive Fruit Bouquet using small fruit (plums and strawberries) wrapped in cellophane and wired to look like flowers on stems."

Raymond presents Healthy and Frugal Boca Veggie Burgers posted at Money Blue Book.

Sam presents Coffee and Espresso. A Really Good Cup ! Surfer Sam posted at Surfer Sam and Friends, saying, "Coffee and Espresso. A really god cup. Have it your way, a cup of hot, freshly brewed coffee, a frothy latte, a slowly sipped espresso. We love this magic bean. It’s stimulating and satisfying and incredibly popular. Find out more about shade grown and fair trade coffee."

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That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the Summer Edition of Teacher Potluck Carnival on June 29 using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page. These submissions have been very commercial. Hopefully, more teachers will see that the Potluck Carnival is back and will contribute!

WHERE THERE ARE TEACHERS, THERE IS FOOD!

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Teacher Potluck Carnival: Earth Day Edition

Welcome to the Earth Day Edition of the Teacher Potluck Carnival! First, let me apologize for this being two days late. Blog Carnival was down, I had classes to teach and appointments to keep. I have made sure that the next carnival will be close to a weekend.

So on to the Teacher Potluck Carnival! There were a lot of submissions this month. There is one recipe that I am so excited about: math cookies! I can't wait to try baking them. Lots of other good food and more great tips for us teachers are here

FOOD

Bobby presents a Chicken Alfredo recipe posted at Free OnlineRecipes. Bobby has convinced me that I can make this. Enjoy!

Theo presents Review of Horizon Organic Fat-Free Plain Organic Yogurt posted at Organic Test Kitchen. This yogurt is not sold in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont so I can't try it. But Theo has and I found it an interesting review. It taught me what to watch for in yogurts (which are big here with the many organic dairy farms). Organic Test Kitchen looks like a great blog that I'll be checking out more in the future.

Finally, Leena Helttula presents Mathematics and Baking posted at Conceptis addict. I have enjoyed Leena's blog for quite awhile. She is a puzzler and introduces me to great puzzles. And now? She found a recipe for Sierpinski cookies! Can you believe it? Check out her blog! The photo of the cookies is from her site. She includes complete recipes for how to create them.

EDUCATION

Scott Palat presents School Discipline: Effective Strategies for Instilling Successful Classroom Discipline | posted at Colleen Palat. I enjoy articles like this because I believe we all need to be regularly reminded of these strategies.

And finally, Eric Koshinsky presents How to Teach Speaking posted at Teachers Call.

I present Vermont's First Annual Junior Iron Chef Competition. Middle and high school students throughout Vermont competed in an Iron Chef type competition in order to promote using natural and local foods. The video is from Stuck in VT. We are beginning a Farm to School program at our school and at many others in our district. The awful videos about mistreated cattle at slaughter houses helped push this program forward. You may want to check this movement out for your school.

The next edition of Teacher Potluck Carnival will be the Memorial Day Edition on May 25. Be sure to submit early and often!

SUBMIT YOUR TEACHER POTLUCK CARNIVAL POST HERE!

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Teacher Potluck Carnival Update

Ms. Whatsit has allowed me to carry on the Teacher Potluck Carnival while she focuses on other vital activities. I'm proud to carry on the tradition that she began long ago.

The Teacher Potluck Carnival is published once a month. We include recipes and helpful teaching hints: anything that teachers are cooking, eating and thinking! Once we even had a health section. News, views, reviews, or anything else about teaching and eating is gladly accepted!

Pass the word to all the teachers in your life and join us. The next Teacher Potluck Carnival will be held on Earth Day, April 22, 2008.

Submit your post here or in sidebar or below!

If you would enjoy hosting this carnival, drop me a comment!

Thank you and Bon appetit!
Where there are teachers, there is food!

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Teacher Potluck Carnival: The Pi Day Edition

Welcome to the Irrational Teacher Potluck Carnival for Pi Day 2008!

Pi Day and Pi Approximation Day are two holidays held to celebrate the mathematical constant π (pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14 (3/14 in American date format), due to π being equal to roughly 3.14. Sometimes it is celebrated on March 14 at 1:59 p.m. (commonly known as Pi Minute). If π is truncated to seven decimal places, it becomes 3.1415926, making March 14 at 1:59:26 p.m., Pi Second (or sometimes March 14, 1592 at 6:53:58 a.m.). Pi Approximation Day may be observed on any of several dates, most often July 22 (22/7 (European date format) is a popular approximation of π). March 14 also happens to be Albert Einstein's birthday.

The first Pi Day celebration was held at the San Francisco Exploratorium in 1988, with staff and public marching around one of its circular spaces, and then consuming fruit pies; the museum has since added pizza pies to its Pi Day menu.[1] The founder of Pi Day, the "Prince of Pi", is Larry Shaw,[2] now retired from the Exploratorium, but still helping out with the celebrations. They have also recently added the first Pi Day celebrations in Second Life.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology often mails out its acceptance letters to be delivered to prospective students on Pi Day.

See Wikipedia, Pi Day, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day (as of Mar. 14, 2008, 00:26 GMT).

Tomorrow we are celebrating ∏ Day with our ∏ Memorization Contest, a ∏ Day Sudoku, and, of course, pies! Chocolate pudding pie seems to be the kids' favorite, with blueberry and pumpkin coming in second.

But don't worry! Our recipes and education links are very rational. In fact, at least one is green for St. Patrick's Day. All our recipes are circular. Happy Pi Day!

FOOD

Let's start off with St. Pat's Pistachio Cookies. I got this recipe from my weekly mailing from King Arthur Flour. You get green cookies, which is fun! They suggest you use the Jell-o brand of Pistachio pudding for the best color.

I spent this past Saturday making my Apple Crumble Pie from cooks.com. I love pies. They are my favorite breakfast food. But making them? A mess! The crust I make is terrific but makes me too tense. Luckily, our store in the village now has a local frozen organic pie crust available. Amy has used two shells for a two crust pie. Still too much work for me. This apple pie has an easy crumble topping that works beautifully just as the recipe says it will. The crumble topping feels skimpy but trust the recipe and it will work. I love the sheen that the raw apples have with the flour and lemon water mixture. The last photo is of the first piece of pie from the pie tin. The flour and lemon juice mixture made a beautiful gel that was completely natural. Click on the image to see it full size.

Finally, my Amy has granted me permission to publish her "perfected" chocolate chip cookies. What does "perfected" mean? I don't get anymore cookies because she has no need to further test her recipe. She is in search of another recipe to perfect. It had better be something chocolate. Sorry, no photos. I ate the cookies.

2 sticks unsalted butter
2 cups flour
1 cup whole wheat flour (or just use all regular flour)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
about 2 cups of toasted walnuts or pecans

Hardware:
Ice cream scooper (#20 disher, to be exact)
Parchment paper
Baking sheets
Mixer

Heat oven to 375° F.
Melt the butter in a heavy-bottom medium saucepan over low heat. Sift together the flour, salt, and baking soda and set aside.
Pour the melted butter in the mixer's work bowl. Add the sugar and brown sugar. Cream the butter and sugars on medium speed. Add the egg, yolk, 2 tablespoons milk and vanilla extract and mix until well combined. Slowly incorporate the flour mixture until thoroughly combined.
Stir in the chocolate chips and nuts.
Chill the dough, (I did not do this.)

Scoop cookie onto parchment-lined baking sheets, 6 cookies per sheet. Bake for 14 minutes or until golden brown, checking the cookies after 5 minutes. Rotate the baking sheet for even browning. Cool completely and store in an airtight container.

EDUCATION

Jean Mosher presents More American Children Educated Online posted at Always in Motion. I read the article and it raises important questions about public funding, for-profit educational corporations, credentials and regulation. We have to be aware of the issues because they could affect us sooner than we know.

With that in mind, consider Mark Monaghan's post The need for eLearning posted at eLearning. If you have not seen this video, you must. It will put the eLearning debate into focus.

Despite a district-wide rule prohibiting cell phones in our schools, students have them. Cell phones have audio, still photo and video capabilities. What would you do if suddenly you appeared on YouTube in a cell phone video? Greg Laden presents Greg Laden's Blog : Teachers Gone Wild posted at Greg Laden's Blog. I think this is another article that you must read.

Are you planning on buying pronunciation software for your students? Eric Koshinsky presents Pronunciation Software to Improve English Pronunciation posted at Teachers Call. There are more criteria to consider than I had ever realized.

That's it for this edition of the Potluck Carnival. Please submit your recipe, story or article for the next carnival here.

HAPPY PI DAY!

moar funny pictures

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Teacher Pot Luck Carnival: Leap Day Edition

Welcome to the Leap Day Edition of the Teacher's Pot Luck Carnival! According to folklore "Leap year was ne'er a good sheep year." That's OK because we are presenting a (mostly) vegetarian potluck. In case you have the cold or flu, we also have a healthy recipe for herbal cough drops and throat soothers. Did you know that there are only twenty more days left until spring? We had a foot of snow this weekend here in Vermont. Tonight and tomorrow we are getting another foot. But here at the Teacher's Pot Luck Carnival, it's warm by the stove!

FOOD

VERMONT BAKED BEANS: I've been experimenting with baked bean recipes (not vegetarian). I think I've finally got it right. They come out differently each time, which makes Saturday's bean supper always an adventure! Vermont Baked Beans are mild and use maple syrup, not molasses. You can substitute, though, if you are devoted to molasses.

Michael has a great vegetarian casserole, World's Fair Vegetable Rice, that came from his Boy Scout manual back in the days. It's a one or two pot meal made for campers and great for a potluck. He has also contributed a great peach cobbler recipe, Michael's Peach Cobbler, made on the stove top.

Did you know that King Arthur Flour is based right here in Norwich, Vermont? It's our favorite store. They have started a blog, too. It's full of recipes, tips and tricks for professional and home baking. Amelia and I collect their recipes on my recipe blog.

Amelia and I are sending two bread recipes that become four. Change the molasses for maple syrup in both recipes and you get a completely new taste! 100% Whole Wheat Bread is a King Arthur Flour recipe that I have worked with for over a year. Try it! Amelia has been working with King Arthur's Oatmeal Sandwich Bread. I prefer the maple oatmeal. She prefers the molasses.

NATURAL HEALTH

Baldwin's Girl, a well-known train photographer, had the flu and had it rather badly. Luckily for us, she posted her recipe for Herbal Cough Drops and Throat Soothers. I am definitely going to make these if I get sick this winter. As an added bonus, you can use the same recipe for an herbal hand/air/room/surface spray (lavender, please, for me!). You probably don't have all of the ingredients on hand, so plan ahead, visit her post, make a shopping list, and stock up!

EDUCATION

Continuing her Web 2.0 series, Mrs. Whatsit shares Mind Maps and Social Software. I can see our teachers moving towards Web 2.0, but it's going to be quite a long time before we implement it as well as Mrs. Whatsit. It's a shame we don't move faster, because Mrs. Whatsit's students seem very involved in their learning.

Larry Ferlazzo sent Stadium Nutrition from Aetna — an interactive exercise where you create a meal you’d eat at a baseball stadium and you’re then told its nutritional content. I played with this and you have to go see the nutritional content of stadium peanuts. Yuck! But fun!

Colleen Palat at tutorfi.com has submitted Handling the Student with Difficult Behaviors, a problem we are all having with disturbing frequency. I am going to print her list of seven tips. The more we read them the more we will internalize them and can therefore avoid problems in the future.

That's it for this Teacher Potluck Carnival. I hope you enjoyed it and found lots of great food and useful information. My thanks to Michael for teaching me how to fix the Potluck Carnival's graphic so that it looks good on my blog!

On March 14, the Pi Day Edition of the Potluck will go up here at meeyauw. Be sure to e-mail me with your submissions. Look at the top of the right sidebar and click for email. March 14 is the day we celebrate that wonderfully irrational number, pi. So let's see lots of pis and St. Patrick's Day recipes! I already know what I'm going to submit! Link up and spread the word!

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Ms. Whatsit: Next Teacher Potluck Carnival

The next two editions of the Teacher Potluck Carnival will be hosted by me, right here, on February 29th and March 14th (these are mathematically fun dates)! So send your submissions to me by clicking the gmail image below. The email will automatically fill in the address and subject (cool, huh?):

Where there are teachers, there is food!

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the current Teacher Potluck Carnival.

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Teacher Potluck Carnival: 2008 New Years Edition!

Welcome to the January 1, 2008 edition of Teacher Potluck Carnival! I have high hopes for a great 2008 in my own life and I hope we all have a great year. No resolutions for me (well, maybe I'll start cooking a bit more, that is why I collect recipes). I am posting this early because, of all things, I have a date for New Years! My first New Years date in so long that I can't remember. I am, therefore, posting this one day early. Pretty good omen for 2008, huh? So let's get down to business! I am not as clever as Mrs. Whatsit, so I have not grouped the submissions in any particular order. Most of these websites are new to me, so this was fun for me to explore new resources for food and education.

EDUCATION

Larry Ferlazzo presents Create A Fruit Face posted at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites Of The Day For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL.

Rebecca Wallace-Segall presents Lessons from the Newest Generation of Writers (& Thinkers) posted at a community of young writers in new york city. Also: Back in Public School WEEK ONE posted at a community of young writers in new york city.

Alvaro Fernandez has three submissions:

• Robert Emmons on the Positive Psychology of Gratitude posted at SharpBrains, saying, "can we enhance our happiness and health by nurturing gratitude? should this and other values be taught at school?"
• Memory, Cognitive Abilities and Executive Functions posted at SharpBrains: Your Window into the Brain Fitness Revolution, saying, "An overview of cognitive abilities based on some recent studies on memory with monkeys"
• Brain Training: No Magic Bullet, Yet Useful Tool. Interview with Elizabeth Zelinski posted at SharpBrains, saying, "Here goes an interview with a leading scientist on lifelong learning and cognitive training. Happy Holidays!"

Jeremy Aldrich presents What we won't do posted at Global Citizenship in a Virtual World.

Mary Hillis presents One Teacher's Journey: Using Chinswing to create authentic listening materials

Wakish presents A True Teacher Is An Emperor Whose? posted at Wakish Wonderz.

mike-cellphoneguru presents 5 Point Check List For Choosing a Cell Phone Plan! posted at Cell Phone Guru, saying, "Many plans are designed for small-time users and most for business users"

Mathew Needleman also sent three submissions:

• Energize Your Classroom: How Jim Cramer Made Me a Better Teacher of English Langugae Learners posted at Open Court Resources.com Blog.
• Writing About Fear Using Sensory Details posted at Open Court Resources.com Blog.
• Royalty Free Images for Teachers posted at Open Court Resources.com Blog.

Sam presents The Wonderful Beatrix Potter, Illustrator, Storyteller, Farmer and Preservationist ! Surfer Sam posted at Surfer Sam and Friends, saying, "The Wonderful Beatrix Potter, Illustrator, Storyteller and Conservationist. Beatrix created the famous Peter Rabbit. All her childhood pets became characters in her books. [more]"

Mark Barnes presents A teacher's christmas list posted at Bell Work, The MiddleSchoolWorld.com Blog, saying, "The average teacher's Christmas wish list."

FOOD

Chef Andrew presents The Recipe Bank: White Lily Buttermilk Pie posted at The Recipe Bank, saying, "a great pie - my mother is a retired teacher and she made this for us frequently"

historyiselementary presents Looking Ahead to New Year's Day posted at Georgia On My Mind, saying, "This post includes two recipes for traditional Southern foods served at New Year's along with a little reasoning why we continue to serve it..... Most educators are used to visiting my history site at History Is Elementary, but this particular post is from my blog that focuses on Georgia. :)"

Jonathan at JD2718 has sent us this great soup recipe photo array. The photos are wonderful. Jonathan's original recipe is here. I don't particularly care for soup (I associate it with being sick). But lately Amy has reintroduced soup to me and it's pretty good. Jonathan's soup looks perfect for these snowed-in days in Vermont (and it's really healthy).

As a companion post, from Fred Klonsky, president of the Park Ridge Education Association, and a kindergarten teacher, we present The Chronicle of Bone Marrow at PREA Prez. There has been a bevy of bone marrow posts from ed bloggers this week, requiring the creation of this interesting chronicle. I am including a link to Fred's Tzimmes and borscht recipes. They look great (except the part of spreading the bone marrow on crackers. I'll pass, thank you.)

And Suzanne R of Living Suzanne R's Life sends us this pizza recipe. (How many quality math lessons are in a pizza recipe? A LOT!) I have blogged recipes of hers in the past. They are very, very good. She keeps photos of her cooking in her Flickr Food set.

Here is my recipe for you -- it's one that has proven popular with people I've given it to.

WORLD'S BEST PIZZA
(According to my sons)

Crust:
3 1/2 cups flour
1 pkg. quick-rise yeast
1 tsp. salt
1 1/3 cup warm water
2 Tablespoons oil

Topping:
Pepperoni
Italian sausage
Canadian bacon
Pineapple
Sliced olives
Mozzarella cheese, shredded
Tomato sauce or pizza sauce or mix 1/2 and 1/2
Italian herbs, if tomato sauce is used

Note: Mix and match toppings!

Mix crust ingredients in bread mixer (preferably) or in large bowl. Mix with spoon or dough hook and knead by hand or machine. (Add flour as needed if by hand.) You may also need to add 1/2 cup flour if by machine, depending on flour, but do not let dough get too stiff! Knead 5-10 minutes. Cover dough with damp cloth and let rise 1 hour. Oil 2 large round pizza pans or 1 over-sized oblong cookie sheet. Divide dough in half if using round pizza pan, stretching and patting to fit and make high crust edge. Spread with sauce, grated mozzarella, sausage of choice, olives or pineapple or other toppings of your choice and a final dusting of cheese. Bake at 400°F for 25 minutes. Eat with a fork.

Note: To make crust ahead and freeze, pat into pans and bake at 350°F for 20 minutes. Wrap well and freeze. When ready to use, add toppings and bake another 20 minutes at 350°F.

Suzanne R

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of Teacher Potluck Carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

If you have any additions, please leave your link in the comments. I actually had a nightmare that my spam blocker ate submissions and that I lost other submissions. I hope that was simply a nightmare and not reality.

And does anybody know whether the proper
punctuation is New Years or New Year's?

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Ms. Whatsit: Teacher Potluck Carnival: Winter Break

Ms. Whatsit: Teacher Potluck Carnival: Winter Break
Recipes, thoughts about food, food for thought and teaching notions. All in one post! My favorite is the White Lily Buttermilk Pie which I hope to make for New Year's Eve. You have to check it out.

"Love your family and friends this holiday season. The next Teacher Potluck Carnival will be hosted HERE (at meeyauw) on January 1, 2008. Please send your submissions to meeyauw[at]gmail[dot]com or via Blog Carnival by New Year's Eve." Please submit immediately!

Where there are teachers, there is food!

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Coming Up: Teacher Potluck Carnival Submissions Due

Teacher Potluck Carnival — Thanksgiving Lessons

Submissions for the Thanksgiving edition of the Teacher Potluck Carnival are now being accepted at

whatsit81[at]yahoo[dot]com

through November 19th (Monday, tomorrow!), midnight PST. I have submitted recipes. You need to, also.

Like Ms Whatsit says: Where there are teachers, there is food!

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