4.01.2009

Let Them Eat Sushi

Today, 27 teens dropped in for our April Fool's Day candy sushi program! Everyone made (and ate) three kinds of fake sushi, and we had a great time. We will definitely do it again in the future. There are a lot of ways to make candy sushi, so it could be a totally different program!

Today, our first candy project was a nigirizushi, which we created juju fish attached with Fruit Roll-Up strips to halves of mini powdered donuts. Next, we did a futomaki made from sliced Twinkie wrapped in Fruit Roll-Up, with gummy worm pieces in the center. Finally, we did another nigirizushi by using icing to attach large pieces of dried mango to quarters of Rice Krispy Treat. People who didn't like mango used gummy worms and juju fish for this one.

Everyone arranged the resulting 10 pieces of sushi on their square plates for a very nice presentation. Some people ate theirs at the program, while others took it home to try to trick family members! Here are some pictures of the event:

A table working on their sushi creations.

Another table making sushi.

Sarah B.'s sushi was the most realistic looking.

Chopsticks!

Enjoying the finished product.

Cousins and colorful sushi

6 comments:

katie said...

Hey I don't look half bad lol! ooooooooooh so thats why we had fake sushi on April Fool's day. I just thought it was a coincidence. Gretchen, you better do it again or else I will hunt you down..........................lol belated April Fool's!

Gretchen said...

well, you know where i work...

Marissa said...

Im curious... what ingredients did you guys use too make the sushi?

Gretchen said...

it's all up there in the post, but it was stuff like fruit rol-ups, rice krispy treats, gummy worms and fish, and twinkies. everyone had a major sugar high!!

Genni <3 said...

OMG!!! My food looks soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo tasty!!!!! <3

Nitha said...

Genni,your food looks something a cat would cough up.....unlike my awsm looking food that actually tastes good!!!