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Monday, November 26, 2012

NHS Family & Consumer Science Students Prepare Annual Thanksgiving Feast

Neshaminy High School's Family & Consumer Science students prepared their annual Thanksgiving feast without wasting any food.

Neshaminy High School's Family and Consumer Science students prepared their annual Thanksgiving feast in Today's Foods classes without wasting any food. According to a school district press release, the students in the Today's Foods classes spent most of November preparing for their annual Thanksgiving feast. They planned menus, collected recipes, wrote shopping lists and prepared the dishes for the meal. The students also studied the history leading up to the historic meal. In the class, time was also spent teaching the technique of formal table setting for a holiday meal and praticing the art of table manners. The students roasted five turkeys, mashed 50 pounds of potatoes, broke up 10 loaves of bread for stuffing, baked five sweet …

Monday, April 9, 2012

NHS Family, Consumer Science Majors Donate Meatloaf Meals

Neshaminy High School Family and Consumer Science Majors donated meatloaf meals to Aid for Friends.

The Family and Consumer Science Majors at Neshaminy High School recently donated 137 meatloaf meals to Aid for Friends. According to the district website, students learned how to make meatloaf and homemade macaroni and cheese and prepared the meal for Aid for Friends, which delivers meals to people in the Philadelphia area who are “shut-ins” and cannot provide their own meals. Students prepared 12 meatloaves, eight macaroni and cheese casseroles and 72 biscuits. Working in an assembly line fashion, the four classes of family consumer science majors were able to package 137 meals.

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