Due to the international make up of the missionaries in the Washington DC zones, they chose to do a zone activity highlighting cuisine from the various countries. Of course we had to go and see what was on the menu. Here are just a few of the offerings.
Here are close-ups of some of the food.
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| Raw tuna prepared Tahitian style |
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| There's no way I can tell you everything on this plate - just know it was all delicious. |
And from Europe we had:
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| Sister Morotti from Italy prepared pasta. |
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| Sister Blasco from Spain made a potato torta. |
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| Elder Szabo laughing describes his food from Hungary. Elder Vanaa far right is the one who brought the raw fish. |
And from the islands we had:
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| Elder Salanoa from Samoa and Elder Fisher from Salt Lake City put the activity together. Elder Salanoa made corn beef and cabbage...from Samoa.... |
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| Elder Ah Puck from Hawaii brought Spam musubi. |
From Latin America:
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| Elder Standing, Elder Bigelow and Elder Sanchez make Mexican shrimp ceviche. |
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| Elder White has learned to make papusas. |
From Asia:
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| Elder McLane and Elder He, who serve in the Chinese branch, bring spare ribs and steamed pork buns that a member has made for them to bring. It was delicious...nice to have connections. |
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| Sister Lin from China made egg rolls. |
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| Elder Nielsen helped his companion Elder Furugen from Japan make gyoza...more commonly known as potstickers. |
Here are photos of some of the missionaries who were there - and also their native countries if outside the US.
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Left side of table front to back: Sister Clement and Sister Bowman.
Rights side of table front to back: Sister Kaarma (Estonia), Sister Wankier, Sister Morrotti (Italy), Sister Blasco (Spain), Sister Schoemaker (Canada), Sister Lin (China), Sister Gros (France). |
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| Camera wars with Elder Anderson. |
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| Sister and Elder Porter and President Matsumori. |
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| Elder Nielsen, Elder Lim and Elder Ah Puck (Hawaii...yes, I know it's part of the US, but he did bring some culturally different food). |
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| Elder Branning, Elder White, Elder Christensen and Elder Vanaa (Tahiti) |
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| Elder Schow, Elder Branning, Elder Lowry and Elder Clapier. |
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| Elder Anderson, Elder Florez (Mexico), Elder Olsen, and Elder Giles. |
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| Elder Picon (Peru) and Elder Martinez (Argentina). |
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| Elder Palmer, Elder Morris, Elder Vaterlaus, Elder McDonald, Elder Szabo (Hungary), Elder Synelnikov (Ukraine), Elder Furugen (Japan) and Elder Mullins. |
And we also celebrated Sister Clement's birthday. Her food - cupcakes! The perfect American birthday treat.
