#geographyclass

We are trying out a box program. (Just a disclaimer I pay for the box. This is completely all me!!!) This month was our first box so I didn’t know what to expect. With that said I was pleasantly surprised! I went with www.universalyums.com . Not knowing what to expect and realizing only 3 of us would be eating the Yums I picked the small box. For a month to month subscription it was $14. If you purchase a whole year it will be a little under $13. (I’m thinking of doing the yearly subscription.) One thing I really liked was that it was FREE shipping! (I hate when companies toss on expensive shipping when you go to pay.). I was confused about the sticker they chose to seal it with. Later I realized it was the Polish flag...my bad. So...here’s what was in the box!

This was the first thing I was greeted with when the box arrived.  Well hello there Poland!  Oh and hello to you as well Poland’s flag.

The next thing was this booklet.  As you will see in a picture later on it has information about the yummy foods in this Yum box!  It also had a little 5 question trivia game that was extremely fun!  They were completely random facts.  The best part was on the back page it didn’t just give the answer.  It also gave an explanation of the answer.  I will also have to say that the description of each food was completely fun.  It wasn’t cut and dry.  It had some sassy mixed in with the facts which made for an enjoyable read.  (Yep, there’s the flag again in that circle.)  Also in the book was a brief overview of Poland, a link for some Polish tunes (very enjoyable and totally danceable <- Yep, made that one up although I’m sure someone has used it in the past), along with some fun info about the country and their art/festivals.  The chart you see off to the side is what was on the other side of the “Welcome to Poland” page.  Everyone got to pick their favorite, second favorite, worst and most unusual snack.  It also had a little game to play.

Snack number one!  This was interesting.  If it’s hard to tell because of the glare (I will do better next month...I was just so excited!) these are cheese and onion chips.  The chips were potato and rice flour based so they were crunchy but light and airy.  The taste wasn’t too bad either.  I was pleasantly surprised.

Snack number two!  I must say these gave me cause for concern.  Paprika covered peanuts.  I’m kinda scared.  Due to this I did learn a new little fact.  I never really put much thought into it but paprika is dried bell peppers?!?!  Who would have thought.  Interesting.  Once again I was pleasantly surprised.  This ended up being Mad Scientist’s favorite.

And the other snacks.  The red and white little packages are called Lobster Tails.  I will admit I learned a lesson about reading the info on the snacks.  I read the first few lines that said they were named lobster tails because they were made out of minced lobster.  Oh how you could taste the fresh seafood in these little treats.  (I was tired when I read it...it was late.  I gave up on reading.)  Yeah, that was a little sassy added in.  Had I kept reading I would have realized it was a joke.  Ooops.  I have to say even finding out they weren’t really lobster ground up in candy they were the only one I didn’t really enjoy.  All of the others I did enjoy to one degree or another.

Due to the Easter egg artwork we read about in the book I decided to try my hand at making paper ones.  This was my first slopping experiment.  (We will make more after learning from this experiment and post new pictures.)

Now adding the orange.

And onto the red.  It appears I need to recoat the white crayon after each painting.  But for a first experiment I thought it turned out kinda neat.

I’m in geography. With a teacher that talks in a monotone voice. With an iPad. So bored. Need entertaining things to do! Most boring class in school.

Why do we have to do this? I know where my country is. I know where other countries are. I know my country’s population and population of the world and other countries. I don’t know why we have to go through this!

It’s just trying to teach me things that I already know!