[October 23, 2019]      

Pictures by Curtis Fox

Guest speaker at the 4-H International Fest was Grace Lessen, a senior at Lincoln Community High School and member of Cloverdale 4-H. She leads the audience on a tour of her time in Costa Rica as an exchange student. Costa Rica is in Central America bounded on the south by Panama and the north by Nicaragua.

 

Grace participated in an ensemble that performed traditional Costa Rican dances.


Cloverdale Club members discuss the food of Nepal. They prepared Nepalese dumplings for everyone to enjoy.

 

Hollanders 4-H members talk about the Haitian food they prepared including orange cake, rice and beans, and plantain porridge.

 

The Pioneers with examples of their culinary contributions from England with bangers and mash, traditional English tea, and Sheppard’s pie.

 

Caroline represented the Chester Club and talks about the fried plantain she prepared as part of her Costa Rican presentation. She had to travel to Peoria to find the fruit. Caroline spent a month in Costa Rica on a 4-H scholarship.

 

Guest speaker Grace Lessen (C) along with Logan County 4-H program Coordinator Amy Hyde (L) and University of Illinois Extension Coordinator for Logan, Sangamon, and Menard Counties Carissa Davis (R).
 

 

The unique food from the different countries was a big hit with the parents and friends of the 4-H members.