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Wednesday, March 14, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Chinese class gets cooking in Sisters City of Sisters seeks
budget member
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Correspondent
Last week Diana Liu,
Sisters Elementary School’s
Chinese teacher, took her
fourth-grade Chinese classes
on a field trip to Sisters High
School (SHS) where she
instructed the students on
how to cook a favorite recipe
from her childhood.
Liu grew up in Central
China, in the province of
Shaanxi.
Shaanxi is a northwest-
ern Chinese province whose
ancient capital, Xi’an, was
a starting point for the Silk
Road. Xi’an is the home to
the mausoleum of the First
Qin Emperor, an archaeologi-
cal site containing thousands
of clay soldiers called the
Terracotta Army.
Liu’s recipe originated
from Shaanxi, where the
locals grew an abundance of
potatoes.
“The dish my family
made is called Yangyu caca
in Chinese and in English
I translated it to Steamed
Potato Shreds with home-
made tomato sauce,” Liu told
The Nugget.
“The land where I grew
up is mountainous and very
dry, and we had cold winters.
So, we’d grow potatoes in the
summer and store them for
winter,” she said.
Last year, Liu conceived
the idea for a Chinese cook-
ing class and used the lobby
of the elementary school.
“But the lobby didn’t have
the conveniences that we
really needed,” Liu said.
Liu knew that the culinary
classroom at SHS would have
all the basic amenities, so she
asked David Perkins, SHS
Chinese teacher, for advice.
“All I did was to arrange
with TR McCrystal, the culi-
nary arts teacher, to let us
borrow his classroom at the
high school,” Perkins said.
“Diana took the initiative and
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Sisters Elementary School students went to the high school to create a
Chinese meal.
organized the field trip which
spanned three days in order
for all her Chinese students to
take part.”
The culinary classroom is
equipped with stoves, several
sinks and loads of utensils for
cooking.
The students experienced
a real taste of another culture.
The first thing the fourth-
grade class did was to peel
a whole lot of potatoes and
grate them into a big bowl
and mix them with wheat
flour.
“My job was to cut up
the tomatoes,” said 10-year-
old Abbey Craig. “I really
liked the Chinese food we
made. And it reminded me of
mashed potatoes with tomato
sauce.”
Another student, Hailey
Weston, added, “My job was
to peel the garlic.”
Liu noted that the students
did a very good job cutting,
peeling, grating and cleaning
up.
The City of Sisters is
accepting applications
for one “in-city” volun-
teer to serve on the Budget
Committee. The appoint-
ment is for a three-year term
that will begin in May 2018.
The Budget Committee meets
each spring to review the
budget proposed by the City
Manager.
The City of Sisters
encourages interested par-
ties to apply for the opening
by completing an application
by 5 p.m. on Friday, March
30. Applications are avail-
able at Sisters City Hall,
520 E. Cascade Ave., or visit
the City’s website at www.
ci.sisters.or.us.
Send applications and
résumés to: Joe O’Neill,
Finance Officer, P.O. Box 39,
Sisters, OR 97759.
For more information
contact O’Neill at joneill@
ci.sisters.or.us.
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