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Event Description
Multicultural Food Program
5/14/16 Multicultural Food Program “Stuffed!”
There many delicious rolled or stuffed Japanese food are out there, but we decided to present our infamous, Makizushi, at the free Multicultural Food Program at Poughkeepsie Adriance Library since some of our members well practiced at our last Sushi workshop at the same library. Besides us, there were 3 other ethnic groups brought stuffed food - Chinese Zongzi, Jiaozi & Baozi, Ukrainian Varenyky , Indian Pani Puri. While displaying beautiful Futomaki (thick-roll Makizushi), we demonstrated how to make hosomaki (thin-roll Makizushi) as well as offered hands-on experience. I personally expected to see some of the kids from the workshop but unfortunately didn’t see any. Nevertheless, there many people came. Some even tried to grab our Futomaki-display which I furiously protected from other fingers though couldn’t blame them as it was rather natural behavior to want bigger and more colorful delicious-looking food.
Thanks to our Sushi-chef volunteers who, as always, offer us their endless help. And, we’d like to thank to the Executive Director at Arts Mid-Hudson, Mrs. Linda Marston-Reid, for her making sure we all got enough supplies and the event would be done successfully. Food bring friends and smiles. We truly enjoyed other yummy food and certainly confirmed, more strongly after this program, that food could be an excellent tool to bring peace among different nationality people.
This event was our member as well as the AMH’s Folk Art Program Director, Polly-san’s, last work before her departure for West Coast. She had organized and coordinated countless collaboration programs for MHJCA in so many years. She had done us so much more by making sure our name were well known in the community so that we could continue our activities. We will certainly miss her and wish her the best luck in her new job and life in CA. My only regret is, however, she didn’t get a chance to improve her Ikebana flower arrangement skill after her first and last try… Maybe she would find another Japanese group there and continue her interest. Arigatoh and Ganbare, Polly-san!!!
Midori Shinye
Project Leader
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