La poesía de la comida
An Ode to Black Beans
Oh Black Beans,
You Shine like the beads on a necklace,
yet you are shaped like a humans kidneys,
ugly, but beautiful.
Small, like sapless grapes,
yet have a distinct earthy taste,
like mother natures skin.
When I touch your surface,
the sensation of solid water droplets
makes me want to eat you.
But wait! Yours sounds are deceiving!
A rattlesnake slithering through the grass,
trying to scare his enemy,
a shooting gun with the finger taped to the trigger.
Your smell, is uncredited for your taste,
You smell of poverty and soil,
and feel like a newborns fingers.
So bean so great, keep being great.
Eh Frijoles Negros
Tu alumbra como cuentas en un collar,
ademas tu eres en la forma como los riñones del humano,
Feo, ademas bonito.
Pequeno, como sosas uvas,
ademas ustedes un distinto sabor a tierra
Como la piel de la madre naturaleza .
Cuando yo toco exterior,
la sensación de sólida gota agua,
yo quiero comerte
Pero espera! Tus sonido es engañosos!
serpiente de cascabel culebreo atraves de la grama
intentando asustar su enemigo,
a tiro arma con el dido cinta a el gatillo.
tu oler sin creditos para tu gusto
tu olor a pobreza y tierra,
y sienta como los dedos de un recién nacido .
Entonces frijoles negros tan grandes, sigue siendo grandes.
Recipe
Black Beans
Frijoles Negros
White Rice
Arroz Blanco
Vegetable Oil
Aceite Vegetal
Onion
La Cebolla
Bell Pepper
Pimienta
Celery
Apio
Garlic
Ajo
Thyme
Tomillo
Salt
la Sal
Black Pepper
Pimienta
Cook
Cocinar
Cocina
Heat
Calentar
Calienta
Saute
Saltear
Saltiend
Add
Anadir
Anade
Pour
Poner
Viertier
Season
Sazonar
Sazona
Stir
Remover
Remueve
2 cups cooked black beans, plus 3/4 cup bean cooking liquid (can be made days in advance)
3 cups cooked long-grain white rice, cooled (can be made days in advance)
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 onion, diced
1 bell pepper, diced (in Costa Rica, this would be a green pepper, but I love the red)
1/2 cup diced celery
2 large cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp dried thyme leaf
1/2 tsp kosher salt, or more to taste
1/2 tsp fresh black pepper, or more to taste
Chopped cilantro for garnish (optional)
Directions
I used a pressure cooker to cook a batch of dry black beans, with no presoaking, in less than an hour. You can cook beans in a slow cooker or stovetop pot. Any way you prepare them, beans made from scratch will have a more firm texture than canned beans. Make the beans way ahead, even days ahead, and store them in the refrigerator. In a pinch, of course you can use canned black beans; reserve some of the bean liquid before rinsing the beans.
In a large, deep frying pan, heat the oil over medium heat. Sauté the onion for 2 minutes, until translucent. Add the bell pepper and celery, and continue to cook for 3 minutes. Toss in the garlic and thyme, and stir for 30 seconds.
Gently pour the black beans and reserved 3/4 cup of bean cooking liquid into the pan. Stir well to combine, and try not to break up the beans. Bring the mixture to a simmer. Then, add in the rice, breaking up clumps with your fingers as best you can.
Stir the rice and bean mixture together so that all of the liquid coats the grains of rice, turning them a brownish color. Season with salt and pepper (this dish needs a lot of salt to be authentically Costa Rican, so don't be afraid to add more than the recipe calls for).
Top with chopped fresh cilantro for serving, if you wish.
- 2 cups cooked black beans
- 3 cups cooked long-grain white rice
- 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 1/2 onion, diced
- 1 bell pepper, diced
- 1/2 cup diced celery
- 2 large cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp dried thyme leaf
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp fresh black pepper
Black Beans
Frijoles Negros
White Rice
Arroz Blanco
Vegetable Oil
Aceite Vegetal
Onion
La Cebolla
Bell Pepper
Pimienta
Celery
Apio
Garlic
Ajo
Thyme
Tomillo
Salt
la Sal
Black Pepper
Pimienta
- Cook dry black beans.
- Heat the oil over medium heat.
- Sauté the onion for 2 minutes.
- Add the bell pepper and celery, cook for 3 minutes.
- Add the garlic and thyme, and stir for 30 seconds.
- Pour black beans in
- Add in the rice
- Stir the rice
- Season with salt and pepper
Cook
Cocinar
Cocina
Heat
Calentar
Calienta
Saute
Saltear
Saltiend
Add
Anadir
Anade
Pour
Poner
Viertier
Season
Sazonar
Sazona
Stir
Remover
Remueve
2 cups cooked black beans, plus 3/4 cup bean cooking liquid (can be made days in advance)
3 cups cooked long-grain white rice, cooled (can be made days in advance)
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 onion, diced
1 bell pepper, diced (in Costa Rica, this would be a green pepper, but I love the red)
1/2 cup diced celery
2 large cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp dried thyme leaf
1/2 tsp kosher salt, or more to taste
1/2 tsp fresh black pepper, or more to taste
Chopped cilantro for garnish (optional)
Directions
I used a pressure cooker to cook a batch of dry black beans, with no presoaking, in less than an hour. You can cook beans in a slow cooker or stovetop pot. Any way you prepare them, beans made from scratch will have a more firm texture than canned beans. Make the beans way ahead, even days ahead, and store them in the refrigerator. In a pinch, of course you can use canned black beans; reserve some of the bean liquid before rinsing the beans.
In a large, deep frying pan, heat the oil over medium heat. Sauté the onion for 2 minutes, until translucent. Add the bell pepper and celery, and continue to cook for 3 minutes. Toss in the garlic and thyme, and stir for 30 seconds.
Gently pour the black beans and reserved 3/4 cup of bean cooking liquid into the pan. Stir well to combine, and try not to break up the beans. Bring the mixture to a simmer. Then, add in the rice, breaking up clumps with your fingers as best you can.
Stir the rice and bean mixture together so that all of the liquid coats the grains of rice, turning them a brownish color. Season with salt and pepper (this dish needs a lot of salt to be authentically Costa Rican, so don't be afraid to add more than the recipe calls for).
Top with chopped fresh cilantro for serving, if you wish.
Project explanation
In this project, we started out by researching poems that famous Spanish poets had written, after that, we researched specific Spanish countries that we could base our food from, these foods couldn't be foods that aren't authentic such as burritos and tacos. Then, we continued to write a poem of our own, except the specific poem that we wrote was an ode. For the ode we took the food that we had chosen from our specific country and wrote about the qualities of it. After that, we made that specific food, and gave it out at the exhibition.
Reflection
In this project I was very proud of the food that I made, it was called Gallo Pinto, a traditional costa rican food that is normally served at breakfast or lunch. I was proud of this because I spent a lot of time researching it and finding out what vegitibles I could add to it to make the flavor unique from every other student who was making it. I was also proud of my Gallo Pinto because everybody who came up to my stand at exhibition really liked it and said it had amazing flavor. the vegitibles I decided to add were a lot of the greens such as chives and cilantro, these were not in the recipe before I changed it.
Reflection
In this project I was very proud of the food that I made, it was called Gallo Pinto, a traditional costa rican food that is normally served at breakfast or lunch. I was proud of this because I spent a lot of time researching it and finding out what vegitibles I could add to it to make the flavor unique from every other student who was making it. I was also proud of my Gallo Pinto because everybody who came up to my stand at exhibition really liked it and said it had amazing flavor. the vegitibles I decided to add were a lot of the greens such as chives and cilantro, these were not in the recipe before I changed it.
Spanish CHILDREN'S book project
Project reflection
In this project, we started off by picking and researching a certain country of our choice. After that, we did countless more hours of research on the specific country that we chose and its cultural norms, habits, food, area surrounding, festivals, and many other topics. Once we had completed the research for our countries, we chose a specific city or town within that country and did research on the cultural parts of that city or town. After we had completed research completely, we laid out the basic structure of a childrens story that we could read easily, and had lots of detail. Once we had laid out the structure, we begin writing the story and drawing pictures in our books. After the pictures were done, we wrote the lines of our story in our books, and made them look pretty. Then we read our stories to 1st and 2nd graders at Needam Elementary school.
My favorite parts of this project were probably drawing the pictures and writing the actual story part. I liked drawing the pictures because it is always fun for me to draw, and it comes pretty easily, it's kind of just a fun activity for me to do so it didn't seem like i was actually having to do work, just having fun. I liked writing the actual story because writing is also a fun activity for me and coming up with idea that children would like to hear was just a really good experience. In this project, I learned that I should always color pictures before i put the words in so that I can put the words on top of the color and make the whole book look better. I would change some of the drawing in my book because they weren't as refined and detailed as I wanted them to be, also I would add a lot more color if i could do this again.
In this project, we started off by picking and researching a certain country of our choice. After that, we did countless more hours of research on the specific country that we chose and its cultural norms, habits, food, area surrounding, festivals, and many other topics. Once we had completed the research for our countries, we chose a specific city or town within that country and did research on the cultural parts of that city or town. After we had completed research completely, we laid out the basic structure of a childrens story that we could read easily, and had lots of detail. Once we had laid out the structure, we begin writing the story and drawing pictures in our books. After the pictures were done, we wrote the lines of our story in our books, and made them look pretty. Then we read our stories to 1st and 2nd graders at Needam Elementary school.
My favorite parts of this project were probably drawing the pictures and writing the actual story part. I liked drawing the pictures because it is always fun for me to draw, and it comes pretty easily, it's kind of just a fun activity for me to do so it didn't seem like i was actually having to do work, just having fun. I liked writing the actual story because writing is also a fun activity for me and coming up with idea that children would like to hear was just a really good experience. In this project, I learned that I should always color pictures before i put the words in so that I can put the words on top of the color and make the whole book look better. I would change some of the drawing in my book because they weren't as refined and detailed as I wanted them to be, also I would add a lot more color if i could do this again.
dias de los muertos project
For this project, we were given the task of creating some form of art that represented somebody who was close to us, for my form of art, I chose to make a calaca, which is basically a paper miche sculpture. I chose to do a calaca because I liked the idea of representing my great grandpa through an actual human like figure. Also, a big part of this project was writing a poema calevera, which was a poem about the different parts of the person you chose to make your calaca about. In the process of this project I spent alot of time figuring out who I wanted to have my finished product about, and finally came to the conclusion of picking my great grandpa, because he is close to me and I feel like honoring his memory.
This project in my eyes was a big success for me because I felt like I honored my great grandpas memory quite well with both my calaca and poema calevera. I could have refined my calaca a little bit more, in a way of making it more polished and pretty, but otherwise I was happy with the overall outcome of this project and felt that I deserved a good grade for it. I feel like this project was a great way to honor all the people who were chosen by the students and had a very positive effect on the sophomore class.
This project in my eyes was a big success for me because I felt like I honored my great grandpas memory quite well with both my calaca and poema calevera. I could have refined my calaca a little bit more, in a way of making it more polished and pretty, but otherwise I was happy with the overall outcome of this project and felt that I deserved a good grade for it. I feel like this project was a great way to honor all the people who were chosen by the students and had a very positive effect on the sophomore class.
Calaca
Poema calavera
Roy Wells
El es activo, agricultor, viejo, trabajador.
El es residente de Durango, CO.
El es padre de Skip Wells.
El es marido de Nora wells.
El es bisabuelo de mi.
Le gusta labrar.
El ama botas de vaquero.
El es embelesados de caballo.
Le importa la familia.
El observa flores.
El escucha pájaros.
El necesita tractor.
El quiere paz interior.
El desea vivir llevar tiempo .
El sueña con agricultura .
El va al cielo.
Roy Wells
El es activo, agricultor, viejo, trabajador.
El es residente de Durango, CO.
El es padre de Skip Wells.
El es marido de Nora wells.
El es bisabuelo de mi.
Le gusta labrar.
El ama botas de vaquero.
El es embelesados de caballo.
Le importa la familia.
El observa flores.
El escucha pájaros.
El necesita tractor.
El quiere paz interior.
El desea vivir llevar tiempo .
El sueña con agricultura .
El va al cielo.