Avocado toast with quail eggs

Jacob Wiegand

Friday, January 31, 2020

Some Jefferson Elementary School students had the chance to try avocado toast with quail eggs Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at the Cape Girardeau school. Inspired by the book "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" by Judi Barrett where food rains from the sky, resource reading title teacher Rachel Bentlage said students had the chance to make toast with quail eggs, taken from the quail housed at the school, or to construct a raft or house made out of food. The quail egg toast also featured fresh avocado. Bentlage said many of the kids have never tried avocado or a quail egg, and she wants the kids to have a “totally different experience.”

Resource reading title teacher Rachel Bentlage puts a quail egg into a pan as first-graders Gavin Ryan and Molly Mittrucker observe Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at Jefferson Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. Inspired by the book "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" by Judi Barrett where food rains from the sky, Bentlage said students had the chance to make toast with quail eggs, taken from the quail housed at the school, or to construct a raft or house made out of food. The quail egg toast also featured fresh avocado. Bentlage said many of the kids have never tried avocado or a quail egg, and she wants the kids to have a "totally different experience." (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Quail eggs are seen in a class with Rachel Bentlage, a resource reading title teacher, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at Jefferson Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. Students in Bentlage's class had the opportunity to make toast with the quail eggs and avocado. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Resource reading title teacher Rachel Bentlage shows a quail egg for use in avocado toast to first-graders, from left, Max Drury, Gavin Ryan, Myla Crowden and Gia Dombrowski on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at Jefferson Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Quail are seen in a cage Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, outside Jefferson Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)

Resource reading title teacher Rachel Bentlage (top in center) shows avocados to students, including first-graders Max Drury, (holding out hands at bottom center), Khalil McCluney (left in Tigers sweatshirt) and Alonnah Louis (top right in pink) on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at Jefferson Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Jefferson Elementary School first-grader Khalil McCluney tries avocado toast with quail egg near first-grader Max Drury, in background, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at Jefferson Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Jefferson Elementary School first-grader Khalil McCluney works on a drawing before making toast with quail eggs Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at Jefferson Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Jefferson Elementary School first-graders Khalil McCluney, left, and Gia Dombrowski look over "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" by Judi Barrett on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at Jefferson Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Jefferson Elementary School first-grader Andy Mondragon points to a food creation for a picture near first-grader Jaden Jackson on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at Jefferson Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)