Genius Hour

Genius Hour 

(cook/bake)

For genius hour I have chose to learn how to cook and bake and some of the ways that the ingredients that we use react the way they do. I have always been interested in cooking/backing. Always enjoy helping my mom out for dinner. But for some reason whenever I start to bake or even sometimes cook something goes wrong. Weather it is just plain laziness or I just skip or repeat a step. This is why I want to learn how to cook and bake to further educate myself in this skill that I know will help me out some day when I don't have my mom around with me everyday to help instruct me on how to cook and bake. I think that this will be a very important skill for me to carry throughout my life and use it to the best of my ability. On top of learning how to bake. I really want to learn how the ingredients in baking effect the recipe and the reaction that causes the cookies to rise the mixture not to separate. Also why some things don't react well together.

To be honest I am very lazy when It comes to taking out the electric beater to cook or bake something. Last time I made pudding it was a little lumpy. I want to learn why the pudding did not combine evenly with just the force of the whisk as a pose to using an electric beater. I know that it is because the force is not being spread evenly and constantly with a whisk as a pose to a beater. Also that you whisking is not as fast unless you are a pro. But I want to know more about why there has to be so much force to make it smooth.

 I wonder how expensive can cooking get because on some cooking shows that I watch to get the defined flavors they have to spend a lot for good quality final dishes. Also some ingredients that work well together can be pretty expensive. For example something called a truthful that tastes really good with lots of ingredients. But it is very very expensive. If I start to bake and cook I wonder if I will enjoy baking or cooking more. This will benefit others by introducing them to different flavors and foods .

             
        Questions:
   -why do you need to use a electric beater as a pose to a whisk?
           -what are some ingredients that work very well with each other?
           - what are some ingredients that don't work well together?
           -what properties do baking soda/baking powder have to make something rise of explode (for                  example cake)
           -what are two ingredients in the world that work the worst together by making a huge explosion
      What I need to find out about:
       - how ingredients react to each other

           -the science in foods
          - what is inside of the ingredients to cause this reaction to happen
          What do I hope to learn:
           - What is the science behind food and the ingredients used to make things.
           - What does and does not work together while making food an using different
           -more about food and further extend my knowledge about the ingredients that we are putting in              our bodies

 sprite and banana reaction
     milk soap and food coloring: I know that this one is not  all food but I wanted to add It because I found that the reaction looks really cool.
         Coca Cola and Milk
        7 Coca Cola reactions  
        Coca Cola and mentos

        Coca Cola and salt
        baking soda and lemon 

      

Saints essay

Saints Essay

St. Perpetua and St.Felicity to this day still inspire many. Their heroic actions make us believe that there is still hope for us to follow our dreams. They lived in Roman the province of Africa. I wanted to learn about them more because I found there story very interesting and cruel on how they were punished for being saints. I was really fascinated to find out about how life for saints then was not equal to others.

   St. Perpetua lived in a palace, a very privileged person, She was married and had a son. St.Felicity on the other hand was not as privileged. But her life got a lot better when she met St. Perpetua she was her servant and friend. Also it was better because shortly after she met St. Perpetua she became pregnant. St. Perpetua's father warned her about the consequences of being a saint. But nothing could stop her not even her family. She did not care the consequences. St. Perpetua was very curious about god and always wanted to become a saint. St.Felicity also shared the same curiosity as St. Perpetua and also decided to become a saint.

    I found both St. Perpetua and St.Felicity inspirational because they were both warned of the consequences of becoming a saint especially St. Perpetua. They both new that there was a possibility of conflict from multiple people. They new in their hearts that it was the correct decision for them and no matter what the outcome is they will be happy with their decision to become saints. When you have a dream or want to do something you should never give up on your dreams. We often overlook the things that other people don't agree with or it is not suggested. But St. Perpetua and St.Felicity did the opposite they chose to become saint to follow in the footsteps of God and become saints.

  

     Usually when someone is about to be executed you would expect them to forget about everything and just think about themselves and their family well for St. Perpetua and St.Felicity that was not the case with St. Perpetua and St.Felicity . When they became saints there was a lot of conflict from a lot of people in their town. The final decision for the people that chose to be saints was death by an animal. When the lions were eating St. Perpetua and St.Felicity alive they did not forget about the lord and their faith for him. Therefor they did not just sit their in there last seconds forgetting about what they are fighting for and what they did and always will believe in.They spend their last seconds raising there hands up to the lord and praying. Showing their faith to god.

  I really enjoyed learning about St. Perpetua and St.Felicity and their experiences as saints. I personally think that the punishment for being a saint is cruel and I think that you would agree. A lot of the people did not respect the people that believe in God. I can tell you that now they would never treat someone different according to their beliefs. Even though you do not agree or believe in the same thing as someone you should never look at them any other than you would look at yourself. We often think that when something is different from usual that it is not right or just. I believe that this was the misconception with saints. Now we look at people the same and we have come to a place as people to accept everyone. But there's always something that happens to get us to where we are now.Their will always be conflict. But the conflict is the part that brings us further to our final decision and in this case the decision is to not have a different respect for saints.

MLA format references

CCTNtv. "Discovering our Saint's - Sts. Perpetua and Felicity." YouTube. YouTube, 07 Mar. 2012. Web. 31 May 2017.

Online, Catholic. "Sts. Perpetua and Felicity - Saints & Angels." Catholic Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 May 2017.

"Passion of Saint Perpetua, Saint Felicitas, and their Companions." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 30 May 2017. Web. 31 May 2017.

Christians, Early. "Saint Perpetua and Saint Felicity Featured." Saint Perpetua and Saint Felicity - Early Christians. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 May 2017.

Card:28,St. Perpetua and St.Felicity.(1994).University Press

Links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4F0DG-j3_c

http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=48

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passion_of_Saint_Perpetua,_Saint_Felicitas,_and_their_Companions

http://www.earlychristians.org/index.php/characters/item/1975-saint-perpetua-and-saint-felicity

Card:28,St. Perpetua and St.Felicity.(1994).University Press