Last night in our meat fabrication class we looked at a side of pork. With the side of beef, it was already cut into “Primal Cuts” and did not resemble much of a cow. The pig however still had the skin on, the hooves were attached, at least the head had been removed. I felt [...]
Posted by Becka on November 5th, 2009
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Posted by Becka on November 2nd, 2009
Our Buffet Was A Success!
Our buffet went very well. We served a lot of food, and there was nothing but complements from the guests. The guests ate almost all the food that was prepared, and even ran out of waffles and duck legs. Other things on the menu were wild rice hash, asiago hash browns, walleye, tatertot casserole, a [...]
Posted by Becka on October 28th, 2009
Open For Business
Today, Wednesday Oct. 28th, we open for business in the school restaurant. We did a trial run for staff and other culinary students and things went well considering we had no idea what we were doing. Each day we rotate stations, I was at the deep fryer making chicken for chicken and waffles and polenta [...]
Posted by Becka on October 20th, 2009
Almost Done.
We have done the bit with chowders, our team made corn chowder and it turned out wonderful. The last type of soup to do is bean. We were to do that today, but chef is sick and he called off class for today. Monday you could tell he was suffering with sinus and respiratory stuff, [...]
Posted by Becka on October 15th, 2009
Catching Up
It has now been 7 weeks since my classes have started. I have almost completed both Basic Culinary 1 and 2 and will be moving on to the restaurant. My class will be serving breakfast to real, live customers. Since it is an evening class, Chef calls what we do, “breakfast on steroids”; very hearty [...]
Posted by Becka on October 2nd, 2009
Risotto
I had risotto for the first time ever in class yesterday. I was incredible! Chef added portabella mushrooms, rosemary and thyme, and of course onion was part of it. It was a tough day, we ate Chef’s risotto, then made some one our own, then some rice pilaf. We practiced flipping things in the saute [...]
Posted by Becka on September 5th, 2009
Feeling Overwhelmed
I have been overwhelmed with the length of class, homework, trying to spend some time with Jason and kids. I didn’t even get to see Jason on Wednesday since he was out that evening too. I get to see the kids for more that dropping them off in the morning only if my class ends [...]
Posted by Becka on August 24th, 2009
Here I Go!
Today is my first day of class. I start at 3:00 and go until 9pm. It is going to be a very long day for me, and it is something I will need to get used to, quickly. After getting home late, I will have to get up early to get the girl off to [...]
