Lost: In Austin

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Letter From the Editor

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ear Reader,

I want to welcome you to this edition of “Lost: Lost in

Austin Culture”. The entire staff and I are passionate about different cultures and diversity. We want you to be

able to have fun while learning about others’ cultures.

The goal of “Lost” is to show how you can take pride in your culture and how other cultures influence your life every single day. With this magazine you will learn all

the traditions, customs, and beliefs from many cultures,

including German, Caribbean, and Indian. “Lost” wants to inspire you to change your perspective on people who aren’t the same as you. I challenge you to come up with

your own Spring Resolutions, including learning more about others, learning a new language, or trying more foods.

Hopefully, you will learn more about how connected each culture is in a city like Austin. “Lost” encourages you to go

out of your comfort zone and feel more confident with your own identity and meeting those who are different than you.

Sincerely,

Mele Perry Editor-in-Chief

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Thank you for reading!

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Meet The Staff SAMANTHA

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PORTER

is a photography fanatic. She is also starting to get interested in filmmaking. Samantha loves to run and dance. Her friends would mostly describe her as funny, goofy, unique, and energetic. Her future goals include being a biomechanical engineer (while doing photography and filmmaking on the side). She would like to attend Spelman (a liberal arts women’s college) and also attend classes at Georgia Tech. To reach these goals, Samantha plans on applying to go to a residential early-college program at UNT to get some of her college credits early.

SEAN HALL

is a 9th grader at LASA. In his free time he participates in theater, soccer, ultimate Frisbee, German club, and map club. His story is inspired by his trip to Germany last summer. And if you can not tell from his story he loves currywurst.

MELELANAOKALANI

PERRY

is a 9th grader at LASA High School. She speaks Spanish, and is currently learning ASL and Italian. She’s involved in musical theatre and has a passion for performing, which explains her love for Broadway and musicals. In her free time, she likes to listen to music, binge-watch Netflix, and write short stories. She also has a beautiful ginger tabby cat named Hamilton (named for her love of the dude on the $10 bill).

SHIRISH

PANDAM is

an avid swimmer as well as a football player.

He enjoys reading novels and myths.

He has an interest in science and wishes to have a career in chemistry.

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Table of Contents 1. Letter From the Editor 2. Lost Thanks You 3. Meet the Staff 5. Table of Contents 6. Feature Stories 7. Traditions Abroad 11. German Restaurants 13. Deaf-inite Culture 17. Diving Into Indian Culture 21. Hinduism: A Backstory 23. LASA Culture 27. FInd Your Muse 29. Badischer Zwetschgenkuchen 31. Caribbean Culture 33. Chicken Korma 5 // LOST // MAY 2017

Page 5: Traditions Abroad

The Festivals and Customs of Germany in Austin

Page 11: Deaf-inite Culture

Deaf Culture in Austin

Page 15: Diving Into Indian Culture

The Festivals, Food, and Religion

Page 21: LASA Culture

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Photo by Carmen Fann

Traditions Abroad The festivals and customs of Germany in Austin

By Sean Hall

Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften, Try saying that five times.

This is the German word for “insurance companies providing legal protection.”

Austin Texas has a rich German history that is evident today in places like the Texas German Heritage society and school German programs.

The technology and live music hub known as Austin has a little known rich German history. Through places like the Texas German Heritage society in downtown Austin you can witness some of this unique history. Germans first came to the Austin area in the 1850s fleeing oppression in their home country. Some of the German culture manifests in schools as languages classes and on the streets as unique eateries. There you can learn to have German in your mouth through language and food.

Austin has a rich unknown German history with fun traditions. Keri Jaworski, the German teacher at Kealing knows them well. “I love Sankt Nikolaus Tag and Karneval. There are so many fun celebrations that take place throughout the year.”

All of the foreign and odd traditions in Germany are very similar to some in the us. “I also like decorating the Easter tree,” Jaworski explains.

Germany with Bautzen holding their first one in 1384, Dresden in 1434, Frankfurt in 1393, Munich in 1310 and Augsburg in 1498. These Markets are traditionally held in the town square and have lots of goods sold in open air stalls accompanied by traditional singing and dancing.

“Christmas traditions in Germany are truly magical,” recounts Clair Weaver, a German teacher at LASA.

Everyone has their favorite German tradition. The president of the Texas German Heritage Society, Christopher Markley’s, is the Weihnachtsmarkts. “In Germany, when they [the kids in Germany] do a Christmas market, they set up stands in the street centers and in the towns themselves. And you have everyone selling handmade crafts, you can get food from one stall, and hot spiced wine at another stall, it’s just the whole atmosphere, it’s cold, and it’s nice and it’s all lit up, and it’s a very special time in German culture.”

This annual event is a one day occasion in Austin but in Germany the Market is up for the four week period of Advent. The history of the Christmas market goes back to the middle ages where they were popping up all around Germany, Switzerland, and eastern France. The first thing that resembled the Christmas markets was the Dezember Markt in This quickly spread throughout

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Expierence These Events for Yourself!

Texas German Herritage society

Mai Fest may 21st 2017 Oktoberfest October 14th 2017 Oktoberfest 6 October, 2018 Weihnachtsmarkt December 2nd 2017

New Braunfuls

Wurst fest November 3rd – 12th, 2017

Despite being a world away from Germany, you experience these German traditions in Austin. The Texas German Heritage Society hosts a Christmas market every winter where lots of German shops around Austin have booths and bring the German culture to the people of Austin.

The Austin Christmas Market, or Weihnachtsmarkt takes this age old tradition and brings it to the people of Austin.

southern part of Germany, where they have a 3 week festival with about 6 million people that attend.

The age old German tradition takes place on December 10th from 10am to 4pm.

The Austin festival features many gifts and goods imported from Germany as well as many made in Texas. Traditional wood carvings from the Erzgebirge region of Germany are present and help take visitors across the ocean. A historic American Santa Claus along with a German Sankt Nikolaus is there to give the kids a Geschenk or gift. The whole air is infused with German spirit and draws people from far and wide.

Oktoberfest is a big drinking festival celebrating fall. You can find many celebrations in New Braunfels and Austin.

The festival started in 1810 when Crown Prince Ludwig of Bayern was married to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen on 12 October 1810. The prince invited the people to attend a horse race in front of the city’s gate. In 1811 they decided to add an agricultural festival to promote Bavarian agriculture. In 1818 small beer stands were added and the Oktoberfest we know today was created. The Austin Oktoberfest holds a fun festival bursting with German culture.

Another popular festival other than WeihnachtsMarkts is Oktoberfest. “That’s [Oktoberfest] where they have a big event for three weeks down in Munich, and the

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They have what they call tents, but they are actually big buildings they set up 3 months in advance and each building can hold about 8,000 people. So there is light music and eating and drinking and all that fun stuff.”(Markley).

Austin has a rich cultural history which can be found in the many German language programs and festivals. You can experience the magical land of Germany through food and fun. And incase you got hurt reading this you might need some

Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften.

German Food and Their Origins

GrĂźnkohl und Pinkel

Currywurst

Badischer Zwetschgenkuchen Gingerbread

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Sholz’s Beer Garten 1607 San Jacinto Blvd. Austin, Texas 78701.

German Menu Wiener Schnitzel

Sholz’s Beer Garden offers a traditonail style German beer garden comonly found in Germany.

Jagerschnitzel Scholz Schnitzel Grilled Bratwurst Scholz Chicken Schnitzel

Easy Tiger 709 E 6th St. Austin, Texas 78701.

German Menu Prezels Bratwurst

Easy Tiger is a fun German restaurant with lots of authententic German food and games.

Corned Beef Entewurst Knackwurst

Make it for Yourself, Ingredients:

Curry Wurst Recipy

3 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce/1 pound kielbasa/2 tablespoons chili sauce/1/2 teaspoon onion salt/ 1 tablespoon white sugar/1 teaspoon ground black pepper/1 pinch paprika/Curry powder to taste

Procedure:

1.Preheat oven to Broil/Grill.

2. Pour tomato sauce into a large saucepan, then stir in the chili sauce, onion salt, sugar and pepper. Let simmer over medium heat, occasionally stirring; bring to a gentle boil and reduce heat to low. Simmer another 5 minutes.

3. Meanwhile, broil/grill kielbasa sausage for 3 to 4 minutes each side, or until cooked through. Slice into pieces 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch thick.

4. Pour tomato sauce mixture over sausage, then sprinkle all with paprika and curry powder and serve.

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Texas-German Herritage Society 507 E 10th St. Austin, Texas 78701.

Festivals Oktoberfest

The Texas German Herritage Society hosts many festivals, and brings German culture to Austin.

Maifest Weinachtsmarkt Wurst fest Many classes on German culture

Hauptgarten Edelweiss 125 E Clark St. Bartlett, TX 76511

German Menu

Wiener schnitzel

Jagerschnitzel

This restraunt offers many Currywurst German foods that are not

Panfried Potatoes found in the rest of Spaetzel Texas.

Good German Foods

Sauerkraut Recipy

Ingredients:

1 head green cabbage/1 tablespoon sea salt per head of cabbage/Clean glass jar/If you need extra brine: 1 additional tablespoon of sea salt and 4 cups non-chlorinated water

Procedure:

1.Wash the cabbage and remove any wilted outer leaves.

2.Quarter the cabbage, remove the core, and slice the cabbage into thin strips 3.Place the strips in a large bowl, and sprinkle the sea salt over the top. Allow it to sit for 15 minutes or so, and then mash/knead for about 8-10 minutes.

4.Place a couple handfuls of cabbage into the jar, then thoroughly pack down with a wooden spoon.

5.Repeat the packing and mashing until the jar is full– just make sure to leave about 2 inches at the top.

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Deaf-inite Culture

by Mele Perry

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H

earing

culture

may

Many people take ASL for so many

it’s

wonderful benefits, including being

Deaf

able to communicate with many other

essential.

people, learning about a new culture, and

When asked what deaf

having fun. Nowadays, there are so many

culture is, many people look confused.

opportunities for people to learn ASL.

not

exist,

not

necessary.

culture

is

but

They know about other types of culture and they know about deaf people, but

More and more schools are providing

both of them together just don’t make

ASL classes, yet not all schools consider

sense. It’s like saying two plus two

it a real foreign language. Porter had an

equals five. But with one definition,

incredible opportunity, as she states, “I

the equation will make more sense.

heard that LASA was opening an ASL

According to Wikipedia, deaf culture

class and like I guess I’m just lucky like

is “the set of social beliefs, behaviors,

that cause like they didn’t have it last year.”

art, literary traditions, history, values,

Many people don’t know much about the

and shared institutions of communities

culture of deaf people. Novella Marble,

that are influenced by deafness and

a LASA student who occasionally

which use sign languages as the main

goes to ASL club, says “I’m not really

means

Now

sure what deaf culture is to me.”

they know, and so will many others.

The awareness of deaf culture isn’t as

Samantha Porter, student in an American

many deaf people would like it to be.

Sign Language (ASL) class at Liberal Arts

Many people just aren’t knowledgeable

and Science Academy (LASA), is very

on the topic. But it’s not always their fault.

knowledgeable when it comes to deaf

“None of my family, or my friends, are deaf.

culture. She learned about it in her ASL

Because of this, it’s really had no effect

class, which she took for a few important

on my life whatsoever,” Marble explains.

of

communication.”

“I guess I’m just lucky like that because they didn’t have [an ASL class] last year.” reasons. Porter {said}, “I have a [Child

Although many people aren’t extremely

of Deaf Adult] friend … so I’ve been

knowledgeable, they still know about deaf

around her mom a couple times. It wasn’t

culture and the effects it has on many lives.

really awkward but I felt kind of bad

“[E]ven though I don’t know anyone deaf,

[because] I couldn’t communicate with

I know of deaf people, and I, of course,

them.” Samantha slowly learned about

get upset when anyone says anything

their culture and what rules were in place.

offensive, even if it doesn’t apply to me.”

Want to learn some ASL or another foreign language? Check out www.lifeprint.com and www.duolingo.com!

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“I take so so much for granted,” Marble says.

Hearing people don’t use hearing to their advantage, especially when helping deaf people.

“I do appreciate being able to hear, but in a remote way.” Marble elaborates on this by saying how she doesn’t feel the need to help because of all the help that has already been done.

Many hearing people are grateful and show appreciation towards the deaf community, and very supportive when it comes to providing help. On the way, they learn about deaf culture.

“It’s important to learn about deaf culture so we aren’t afraid of it,” says Marble. She adds that the main challenge between hearing and deaf people “is a barrier in communication, just like so many things, and we need to normalize it.”

Speaking of normalizing their culture, many deaf people are pressured by others to get cochlear implants or hearing aids. Marble say, “I think of course they’d want to be able to hear, to know what they were missing out on, something almost everyone else has, but I think after a while they’d just have to accept it and move on.” “ I think we all have something we really wish we could change, but can’t, maybe not as big as hearing, but still.

After we realize we can’t fix it, we need to stop trying to, and start trying to be okay with that,” says Marble.

“I think, in an ideal world, all people would know sign language,” she adds. While many people believe everyone should learn sign language for a universal language, many people don’t realize there are many types.

“But, even though it may seem more, all it is is a language block.” Language is main thing separating us from keeping deaf culture in our lives.

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speak English,” Marble explains. The language barrier has had a huge impact on how much help hearing people are.

“I know that everyone knowing sign language would really normalize it, and I know there’s a difference between talking to a foreigner and talking to a deaf native, but [it’s very similar],” says Marble. “[Deaf culture] is not important to me personally. But I think everyone has a culture and their culture is part of their lives,” explains Eliza Hernandez, a student at Akins High School, without a lot of knowledge on deaf culture.

Culture is important to everyone, no matter which culture, including deaf culture.

“If you’re born deaf, you can’t control it and like you shouldn’t be mean just because someone is deaf and different than you,” she adds. “Even though you can hear it’s not okay to be rude to deaf people. Or anyone.”

We’ve all heard that everyone is equal, but many of us have yet to show they believe that. Even those who don’t know much about deaf culture understand the basics of their culture.

Hernandez says, “ I guess you just talk without talking.”

While deaf people and hearing barriers between them, we can still communicate and cooperate. Deaf do anything hearing people can do,

people have find how to people can except hear.

“Deaf people can do anything hearing people can do, except hear.”

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DIWALI

Festivals at their Best

Today is Holi. The usually busy streets are quiet. So silent, you can hear skittering from above you. They are waiting. Waiting for some unlucky passerby to come. You listen to the shuffling of feet. Oh no. The roofs explode with children. Children, armed with water balloons, Holi powder, and water guns. All of the kids on the roofs target the one man. Why? For fun, of course. And to celebrate the death of a demoness.

related festivals as there are 330 million gods in Hindu mythology. With that many gods, your life is sure to be a fun life. And the food. Tons and tons of food. Food that is served to the throngs of dancing people and the gods they pray to. Here is all you need to know about Hindu culture.

First, why do Indians celebrate festivals? Well as Ram Dokka says, ”we observe the changes of nature. Then, of course, we have God related festivals, like the birthdays of gods. We also celebrate the myths and histories of fantastic people of the distant past. For these characters, we celebrate their birthdays and life. We celebrate Indian culture has tons of festivals. 54 these people because they are real people to emulate.” of them per year. There are also many Indians celebrate everything. ” When the crops grow, we types of celebrations. As Ram Dokka celebrate. When we sow the seeds, we celebrate.When says, ”There are several important the rains come, we celebrate. This is because India is festivals to Hindus. Some festivals a farming based country. When you get food home, we are god related, while others have to celebrate. When we get money, we do with nature.” There are many god 17 // LOST // MAY 2017

celebrate. This is because India is a farming based country. When you get food home, we celebrate. When we get money, we celebrate with everyone.” As this happens very frequently, India is almost always in a state of happiness. Then again as Ram Dokka says, ”The best festival to celebrate is one when everyone is happy. Because festival means, everyone being happy, satisfied, with not only money but food and clothes as well. The festival happens when the core needs are met.” But sometimes, a festival occurs after a natural disaster. Then, no one is euphoric. But they still have to celebrate it. Like when it’s a god related festival. You don’t want God breathing down on your neck because of some petty thing like a cyclone.

However, these events are incredibly rare. Even then, the festivals are always a blast to celebrate.

Well, what about texts? Christians have the Bible; Jews have the Tanakh and Torah, Muslims have the Quran, what do Hindus have? Hindus have a variety of different texts. For example, as Swamy Punyamurtula says, “These texts were the Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavad Gita, and Srimad Bhagavatam.” Now, what do these books say? Well, in brief, they say how people should live and act. As Swamy says, “[These documents show] how a society should be built, how a kingdom should be ruled, how a brother should behave, how a son should behave, or how a wife/spouse should act.” This makes a whole lot of sense once you realize that Hinduism’s original name was Sanathana Dharma. Dharma means righteousness. By righteousness, it is in the sense of everything. Righteousness in how you act, how you live, how you treat others, what you be like determined by your position. These texts showed how anyone in any position should work. Kings, husbands, brother, mother, father, queen, princes, sister, and wife. All of these posts were shown in one text. The Ramayana. Written by a sage named Valmiki around, according to Hindu mythology, eons ago. In all actuality, the book was written around couple thousand years ago. Still, this is one of the oldest texts of the world.

But were these people real or fake? Well, according to Swamy, “Hindus believe that these people were real and these books that they wrote were real.” So do you think these authors are real? Or do you say they are fake?

Finally, food. You might want a snack as you read this. You’ll get hungry. Why is Indian food unique? Well, I talked to The Clay Pit and Tarka co-founder, Balinder

Singh about this, and he replied, “Indian food can be very intimidating at first.” And this is true. If you look at any Indian recipe, you will find loads of spices. Tumeric, cumin, saffron, fennel, fenugreek, red chili, black cardamom, white pepper, black pepper, and peppercorns to name a few. All of this in dishes. This is overwhelming to their stomachs, says Mr. Singh.

So at the Clay Pit, they have, “tone[d] down the chili level, [and] tone[d] down the elements that fear or scare people.” And what do the new customers like in Indian food? Well, as Mr. Singh says, “the most common and widespread is always chicken tikka masala.”

So now you know about the important parts of Indian culture.

Do what you want with this information. Do you want to try to experience the food, the fun, and the happiness? Or are you going to at peace with this newfound knowledge and not try?

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Check out an Indian recipie from The Clay Pit on page 29!

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Hinduism is regarded as one of the oldest religions in the world. Its texts predate the Bible, Torah, and Qu’ran.

The Vedas, the standard scrpture, is the basis of all of Hinduism. The Vedas teach grammar, life, medicines, and God. The Upanishads are a commentary of the Vedas to help people understand the complexity and the meaning of the Vedas.

Indian festivals are very important in Hinduism. Indians have many different reasons for why they are celebrated.

They celebrate some festivals, like Shivaratri, are devoted to the auspicious days of the those gods.

Indian food is loaded with tons of ingredients. Spices vegetables, and rice are extremely common in indian food.

Hinduism: A

Then, there are the epics and myths which make it easier for common people to understand. These epics, like the Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Bhagavatham. These epics tell how a person should act and a person’s character and attitude.

Other festivals are devoted to the seasons and the changes in nature.

There are festivals celebrating the harvest, the new moon, and the new year.

Backstory

LASA Culture

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How often do you step outside your comfort zone and take a look at other people’s cultures? At the Liberal Arts and Science Academy (LASA) High School, many students come from different parts of Austin and have different backgrounds. Everyone has a type of lifestyle, and whether they embrace it or not is their choice. It is second nature, meaning we do things that are a part of our heritage and think it is normal, while people from other backgrounds may find it unusual.

Between its staff, students, and other members of the LASA community, there are many diverse customs that may not have been known about. Three aspects of three different cultures will be shared, and they will show how three contrasting ideas can be tied together and broken apart. Will you chose to let your differences from

others set you apart, or will you focus on the similarities that unify you?

“I think it’s important for people to embrace their culture because it’s what makes us different. I have lots of friends that are from different cultures, people that have grown up in different places. It doesn’t bother me.

Culture gives us different beliefs, different traditions, and if we didn’t embrace it, we’d all believe in the same things, do the same traditions.

It’d be very boring I think,” LASA student, Nishtha Tripathi said.

The three interviewees come from three altered backgrounds with different traditions. These contrasting beliefs and practices don’t keep them from working together in the same environment. “[In Guyana,] people live together mostly out of

financial necessity, so people don’t typically move out ‘til they’re married. Then you form your own family, and you support yourself,” LASA parent, Alys Porter said.

When it comes to living with family, many other societies are similar in that way.

Tripathi explains how her parents want her routine to be when she goes off to college.

“They want me to drive home every night, and my mom wants to do my laundry. And I wanna get out of Austin — get out of Texas preferably and do something by myself,” Tripathi said.

Parents play an important role when a child is learning about their culture. They are usually a child’s main resource when being educated about their way of life.

“In my home, my parents only spoke Spanish, and we

we were not allowed to speak English. They were very strict.

Part of the Hispanic culture is being very strict with the female. Not so much the male,” Language Other Than English (LOTE) Spanish teacher, Adriana Lacera said.

culture. It was never frowned upon. If your mom tells you to do something, you do it. You don’t ask why, you don’t tell them that you think you should be doing something else, you don’t refuse, you don’t slam doors, you don’t throw tantrums,” Porter said.

are the same. I haven’t wanted to be anything but a doctor,” Tripathi said.

Porter also explains the strict respectful environment she grew up in and what discipline was given when children were not as respectful.

With some children, it’s not hard to get along with parents.

Nishtha feels as though this is her relationship with her parent, and she finds that they have the same vision of her future in general.

“Language wouldn’t exist without culture. It’s an essential part of it,” Lacera said.

“[My parents] want me to go to a good college; I wanna go to a good college. Most of our goals

“[The Guyanese diet is] very starchy. Protein was just a small part of it, but most of it is starch.

“You’re taught to respect your elders, not talk back to them, not express your opinion — Not even really have an opinion.

And spanking is a part of a

Rituals and traditions play an important role in other factors such as language, which is what Lacera teaches now.

Along with language, food is also another big factor that culture plays an important role in.

But everything is really fresh. You never had a grocery store where you bought canned vegetables.

You went to the market and bought your vegetables and even your rice and stuff came

“I think it’s important to remember really where you came from.”

There’s also things called Barfis.

There’s so many types of them.

There could be like pressed khoya or dried cashews that are packed into little squares.

Mostly all these sweets are made for big festivals like Diwali and Holi and those are just some of the traditions, like, food wise,” Tripathi said.

Being Colombian, Lacera goes on to explain some traditions of her lifestyle.

“There’s [a tradition we celebrate] on Dec. 7, called the candle lighting, “Candelabra.”

We light candles for the virgin.

And then there’s another one also tied into religion, but it’s like the Mardi Gras when you have a carnival also,” Lacera said.

Porter also states that Caribbean has unique traditions and superstitions.

pretty fresh,” Porter said.

Tripathi also talks about the various sweets made in Indian culture.

“There’s one dish called the Gulab Jamun. It’s a big brown ball made of khoya, which I don’t know what that is in America, but it’s boiled into these little balls and then they’re put in a vat of boiling sugar water.

“As a sign of respect, you call people ‘Auntie’ and ‘Uncle.’ So as a kid, not knowing … you may not know that they’re not related to you because you call them ‘Auntie’ and ‘Uncle’ out of respect. They were always worried about somebody working some kind of black magic on you. So your personal belongings or even, like, your hair. If you combed your hair

out, you never threw it in the trash; you flushed it down the toilet because somebody thought that somebody could pick your hair up and do something with it and work some black magic on you. You don’t wear, like, black is a taboo color. My mother never put her pocketbook on a bed. We had this thing called a Bacoo, a gremlin-looking thing is what it was thought to be.

Basically it was a sign of not just bad luck, but it would like haunt you or do bad things to you,” Porter said.

Everybody has unique traditions, foods, religions, practices and superstitions, but our differences also bring us together.

“I think it’s important to remember really where you came from,” Tripathi said.

People at LASA may come from backgrounds that are not the same, but most of them are not afraid to stay true to who they are. These individuals were even brave enough to speak about it.

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Adults: $5 Senior Citizens/Students: $4 Children (under 12): $1 Prohibited: Food and Drinks Backpacks There are many parking garages, lots, and spaces around the museum. It’s relatively easy to find free parking.

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Monday-Thursday: 10am-6pm Friday: 10am-5:30pm Saturday: 10pm-4pm Sunday: Closed Free for everyone!

Some special performances could cost extra, but the exhibits are always free.

Prohibited: Food and Drinks There are many parking garages, lots, and spaces around the museum. It’s relatively easy to find free parking.

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Badischer Zwetschgenkuchen Authentic German Cuisine

What You’ll Need: aka: your ingredients

-7 ounces all-purpose flour 200 g -pinch of salt

-1 package dried fast-actiing yeast

-1-1/2 oz butter at room temperature, 40 g -5 tablespoons superfine sugar -1 small egg beaten

-3-1/2 oz lukewarm milk 100 ml

-1-3/4 lbs plums pitted and quartered, 750 g -1 oz almond flakes 25 g 29 // LOST // MAY 2017

-grated zest of 1 lemon

How to Make It: aka: your directions

1

Mix the flour with the yeast, rub in the butter,

then mix in 3 tablespoons of the sugar. Make a well in the center then beat in the egg and milk until you have a soft, smooth dough. Mix

well in the bowl and knead for about 4 minutes.

2

Grease a 10 inch shallow, round, springform cake pan. Roll or pat out the dough to fit the

pan. Dip your fingers in flour if the dough sticks. Press the dough in lightly, taking it right to the edge. Cover and leave to rise

until doubled in size, about 1/2 to 1 hour.

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Arrange the plum quarters skin-side-down in circles on top. Sprinkle over the remaining sugar.

Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Bake

the cake for about 35 to 40 minutes until it is risen and the plums are soft.

Cool in the pan and scatter over the

almonds and lemon zest.Remove from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack.

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C a r i b b e a n C u l t u r e

Food Caribbean 31 // LOST // MAY 2017

Arts/Music Fun Fact

Caribbean food is influenced by Indian, European, African, and many other cultures (ex. curry, jerk, etc.)

Many of the Caribbean forms of art and entertainment come from Latin and other Hispanic descent.

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Chicken Korma Authentic Indian Cuisine

What You’ll Need:

aka: your ingredients -4 fairly small boneless, skinless chicken breasts -25g almonds (blanched) -25g cashews -10g raisins -1 tbsp olive oil -2 large onions, chopped (400g prepared weight) -4 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced -20g chunk of fresh root ginger, peeled and finely grated -5 cardamom pods, seeds crushed -1 cup of heavy cream/ or whole milk -1 tbsp ground cumin -1 tbsp ground coriander -½ heaped tsp ground turmeric -¼ tsp hot chilli powder -1 bay leaf -4 whole cloves -1/2 to 1 teaspoon honey (add according to taste) -½ tsp fine sea salt, plus extra to season -300ml cold water -3 tbsp double cream -freshly ground black pepper -fresh coriander, roughly torn, to garnish (optional)

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How to Make It: aka: your directions

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Cut each chicken breast into 8 or 9 bite-sized pieces, season with black pepper and put them in a nonmetallic bowl. Add salt, pepper and olive oil cover with cling film and chill for a minimum of 30mins.

Heat the oil (for richer flavor add butter) in a large, nonstick saucepan and add the onions, garlic and ginger, almonds, cashews, raisins. Cover and cook over a low heat for 15 minutes until very soft and lightly colored.

Stir the onions occasionally so they don’t start to stick.

Once the onions and nuts are softened, stir in the crushed cardamom seeds, cumin, coriander, turmeric, chili powder and bay leaf. Pinch off the ends of the cloves into the pan and throw away the stalks. Cook the spices with the onions for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.

Add Honey and ½ a teaspoon of salt, then slowly pour a little water into the pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle simmer, then cover and cook for 10 minutes, add heavy cream/ or milk and keep stirring occasionally.

Remove the pan from the heat, take out the bay leaf and blitz the onion mixture with a stick blender until it is as smooth as possible. You can do this in a food processor if you prefer, but let the mixture cool slightly first. The sauce can now be used right away or cooled, covered and chilled until 10 minutes before serving.

Drain the chicken in a colander over the sink, shaking it a few times – you want the meat (do not over cook chicken). Place a non-stick frying pan on the heat, add the sauce and bring it to a simmer. Add the chicken pieces and cream and cook for about 10 minutes or until the chicken is tender and cooked through, stirring regularly. Exactly how long the chicken takes will depend on the size of your pieces, so check a piece after 8 minutes – there should be no pink remaining.

Adjust the seasoning to taste, spoon into a warmed serving dish and serve garnished with fresh coriander if you like. Use milk or cream to adjust the gravy thickness.

Garnish with cilantro and shredded coconut if you like.

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