As I feel the Halloween spirit that surrounds me in the October month, I love to find a really fun and creative costume every year. Doing so, I’ll search online for DIY’s and videos on simple and creative ideas for this joyous American holiday. Instead of being a cat or bunny every single year, I try to switch it up often and try some new outfits that fit well for school and Trick-or Treating later on. Once I find the perfect costume, I can finally relax and enjoy the spookiness and fun mood of Halloween. This year I chose to dress up with a group of friends as superheroes, so we all wore a colorful cape of a classic, iconic superhero and it all came together nicely! My Halloween was definitely one to remember!

What I find so cool and interesting about popular foods in America is that some of the popular “American” foods are actually originated from other countries. For example, pasta and pizza, which are a couple of my favorite foods in the whole world, are native to Italians, but still enjoyed by hungry families and especially children across America! Basically found on any Kid’s Menu in any restaurant you walk into, pasta and pizza can be eaten in different delicious styles and served with multiple toppings. Pasta can be devoured as different shapes and with many different sauces such as Marinara, Alfredo, and much more! Along with pasta, you can find 1000’s of different flavored pizzas that vary with many unique combinations of toppings like Pepperoni, olives, or just classic cheese. They both have a dear place in my heart! Here’s a link where you can learn more about the history and love for pizza by people all over America and also by several countries all around the world! http://www.lifeinitaly.com/food/pizza-history.asp Enjoy!

I really enjoyed learning about new cultures and their favorite foods in this activity!

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Hey Mary-Ellen, I’m Ella all the way for California! Wow, I absolutely loved your creative video and I’ve never tried any Australian foods, but after watching this video, I’m definitely going to make sure I taste all of them soon. Are all these foods special deserts or do you and people from your community eat them on a daily basis? I would love to get to know more about you and I can’t wait to check out your blog another time!

This comment was on Ayla’s blog: http://aylaz13.edublogs.org

Hi Ayla,
I’m Ella from California! I really enjoyed learning some cool facts about the Canadian dish, Poutine. It’s very funny-looking, but I’m sure it’s still very tasty! I am looking forward to trying it sometime and I was wondering what ingredients it contains? I enjoyed reading your post and I’m excited to come back to read more soon!

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Hello Victoria,
I’m Ella from California! I thought your video about Australian favorite foods was so entertaining and fun to watch! Basically, I’ve been seeing Vegemite in so many videos and posts and I was so curious to know what it is and what do you eat it with. I’m looking forward to enjoying more of your posts soon!

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Hey Chantal, I’m Ella and I come from California! I find your loving passion for maple syrup amazing and I loved reading your detailed post about your favorite Canadian treat! I also eat maple syrup on my waffles, pancakes, and French toast, but I’ve never heard of maple syrup candies or popsicle sticks! Are they easy to make, because I’d sure love to try? I will definitely love to read more of your posts in the future!

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Hi Claire!
I am Ella from California! I really enjoyed your post about the iconic Australian dish, Damper. It was so interesting to learn about a completely different method of cooking camping treats compared to how we cook s’mores where I live! Here in America, when we go camping we cook delicious s’mores over the campfire, and it was so neat to see how you bake this dish in coals of a campfire. I wanted to know if there are any other foods, besides Damper, that people in your country cook with this cool technique when they are out camping? I will make sure to visit your blog soon and read more of your great posts!

 

 

Here in America, we have a wide variety of healthy and delicious lunch options at our cafeteria! As you walk into the cafeteria, you can choose from Chinese food, hamburgers or chicken sandwiches, salads, nachos, and pizza for our main meal. Then , there are cookies and different types of deserts as a special treat, and specifically at our school, we are required to take a fruit for extra nutrition in our lunch! There is also a snack bar with many tasteful snacks from chips to slushies! So whenever I forget my lunch at home, I know I can count on the good school lunch!