Culture Night: England

After a long break, we finally had another culture night back in May.  This time Marsha chose England.  It was a fun one.  For dinner we had bangers and mash (sausages and mashed potatoes with an onion gravy), mince pies, and butterbeer (just for fun, at the kids' request).  We were all a little nervous about the mince pies.  The recipe was pretty crazy sounding (beef, apples, pineapple juice, pickle juice, molasses--to name a few of the ingredients) but they were actually a hit.  It was weird how you couldn't taste the beef much.  Sadly, no one could finish a glass of the butterbeer.  It was way too rich.  

Here's the table:

 After dinner we had our presentations.  These last few times, we've helped the kids make powerpoint presentations and hooked it up to the TV.  That has worked really well.  This time Elizabeth talked about English authors, Joe talked about religions, Natalie talked about monarchs, Marsha talked about landmarks, and I helped Nate talk about the food.  I also made the kids look at my book from my trip to London with Katie.  

 Here's the only picture I have:

Next up: Brazil!