TR PHOTOS BY LANA BRADSTREAM — Lorena Dorado Robles, 4-H recruitment, retention and engagement specialist, talks about Hispanic and Native American food history at Food Camp Tuesday, an event held at Grimes Farm.
Nearly eight families attended a Latino and Native American cooking day camp hosted by Marshall County Extension and Outreach on Tuesday. Held at Grimes Farm, participants braved the wind to learn about the history of Hispanic and Native American cuisine before feasting on a variety of dishes.
Lorena Dorado Robles, 4-H recruitment, retention and engagement specialist, and Grisel Chavez, Latino Youth and Family Outreach Coordinator for Marshall County Extension, led the group.
Dorado Robles said the purpose of the event was to explore the culinary history of traditional dishes, practice basic cooking techniques, share personal experiences and have fun cooking.
“80% [foods] “We are here because of our sponsors,” she said.
Sponsors of the camp were Supermarket Villatuato, La Salud Restaurant & Grocery, Zamora Fresh Market and La Caleta Mexican Grill.
Grisel Chavez, Marshall County Extension Latino Youth and Family Outreach Coordinator, serves pork tamales at an Extension food camp where attendees learned about and sampled foods provided by sponsors.
Among the foods the family learned about were tamales, menudo, mole, buñuelos, churros, Spanish rice, tacos, arepas, pozole and tortillas. Chavez said the foods highlighted are also considered indigenous foods.
“These are traditional Latin American foods,” she said. [Lorena] She talked about pozole and its history, the history of tamales and tacos, the origins of the tortilla, etc. She talked about all of the history of these traditional foods.”
Chavez said the camp is part of the Salil Adelante program, which the Extension office launched last year to target Latino families.
“We invite families to learn about how they can prepare and succeed in high school,” she said. “We start with our seventh- and eighth-graders.”
Chavez said families also have the option to transition to the 4-H Career & Pathways Academy. The Career & Pathways program focuses on sparking interest in higher education and starting careers in high-demand fields such as education, health care, science, engineering and the skilled trades.
“The program is primarily about career preparation and career exploration,” she said. “It’s for students from seventh grade through high school.”
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TR PHOTOS BY LANA BRADSTREAM — Lorena Dorado Robles, 4-H recruitment, retention and engagement specialist, talks about Hispanic and Native American food history at Food Camp Tuesday, an event held at Grimes Farm.
Grisel Chavez, Marshall County Extension Latino Youth and Family Outreach Coordinator, serves pork tamales at an Extension food camp where attendees learned about and sampled foods provided by sponsors.
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