By BRIAN RATHJEN
Kaitlyn Heisdorffer has just a knife and spoon with which to eat her cheddar garlic biscuit. PHOTO: Brian Rathjen
Imagine being served a meal with creamy mouth-watering chicken and rice casserole, a fluffy cheddar garlic biscuit and a berry fruit cup … but having no utensils to eat it with.
Katelyn Healey looks perplexed as she has chicken casserole and a fruit cup but no fork with which to eat them. PHOTO: Brian Rathjen
It was all in good fun, but that’s exactly what some Iowa Valley High School family and consumer science students experienced during the annual Mystery Meal event last week at the school.
Twenty-three students in Nancy Frank’s FACS classes participated in the Thursday, Jan. 26, event, which had a Disney princess theme. Most of the participants were girls, dressed in formal dresses befitting the female stars of such classics as “Snow White,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Aladdin” and “Disney’s The Little Mermaid.”
The provided menu choices were all one- or two-word selections, all fitting under the princess theme but giving no other indication as to what entrée or other item they corresponded to. For instance, a student could select “tiara,” “glass slipper” and “romance,” and be given a fork, a strawberry ice drink and the biscuit.
Under the rules of the event, the students could only use the utensils given, or eat the food provided to them during that particular course.
A second course, with only new items, was then served, where the same rules applied.
Then, the students were off the hook, and they would be served the full meal with all the courses and needed utensils.
Frank, who has sponsored the “Mystery Meal” activity for 20 years, said the event is all in good fun.
“It’s a nice social activity,” she said. “They’re not learning manners or anything like that, but they’re having a good time and being around friends.”
Belle Hartman and Megan Sauerbrei, last two at right, watch as art teacher Kathleen Frimml serves a meal to Makayla Carney, left. PHOTO: Brian Rathjen
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