Brownies, brownies and more brownies. We were all so excited when we heard we were making these from scratch today. But then the twist came in, conversions... from teaspoons, to tablespoons, to ounces, to pints, to quarts and then to gallons! Goodness, talk about putting a damper on things ;). But that's ok, its all so very useful. I'm still stuck on figuring out what half of 3/4 oz is. We did get to see how the kitchen is run, how things are stored, food safety and sanitation lessons first hand ( because that class comes AFTER our techniques class.. who figured that one out?). I will be learning a few things backwards it seems. Trial and Error, it's my best friend. We had to work with a partner today which was nice because we were all able to meet someone new. Everyone in the class is a little younger but the passion is the same, and that's what counts. We are all eager to learn and eager to share.
You should have seen me this morning though, I had a ball trying to figure out how to put on my cravat. Luckily someone was nice enough to see me struggling and helped out. Being in full uniform is a big part of the grade. They make you line up and everything. They even have a YouTube video that we are supposed to check out, but I forgot. Oops! I will do it as soon as I am done here. The uniform isn't really ALL that bad. I do complain about the checkered pants though. I don't love those at all.. but the rest of it is nice :).
Food Safety and Sanitation is going to be a class that requires a lot of paying attention to. We have to pass the state exam at the end of the 6 weeks and there is a wealth of information to cover. The Chef mentioned quite a few times that once the course was over, we would NEVER want to eat out again. I personally don't eat out much, but wow! That doesn't sound too good. I will definitely be keeping you in the loop, unless of course, you choose not to know and continue your restaurant hopping :)
All in all I am piled up with homework, quizzes and reading. But as I said in the beginning, this blog is as much for you as it is for me! Ask me questions. Let me know if there's anything in particular you want to know. Like, why to sift the ingredients or how much time ingredients should be laying out before mixing.. whatever you want! Its a learning process, and as it was told to me today, Life is not about doing things right, its about learning what you did wrong.
Ta ta for now! Tomorrow is Cookie day. Ok, and quiz day, homework day and conversion day. But Cookie day sounds so much better!
Well BAKIE...I see you didn't have time to ask your chef to move you to week 23 (CHEESECAKE WEEK). Instead you were dealing with as you know, my favorite. BROWNIES! BROWNIES!! Yuck! I knew there was a catch to this Cord On Blue school. Note to self...must work on getting rid of the brownie class for future sake ;)
ReplyDeleteBtw, I tried to get the 3/4ths answer for you but closest I got was something about 6oz is 3/4 cup so half would be 3oz? Who uses that, not even Julia Child!!! ps...had to Google it ;) Here's some real help, its times like these you NEED to pick a good partner, preferably one who is good at math and measurements ;)
Sounds like your doing the teaser course, Yay!, dangle that baking carrot then HIT me with don don don don...the dreded SANITATION!!!!
I'm happy to know you learned to put on the Cravatie scarf. After I finish with my bloggie, I'm going to YouTube to find the Cravatie video.
I know what U mean about the pants, they bunch up in front as if you were pregnant...Hi Sal! Golly Gee, there I go again, must remember this is not my personal email. This would not have happened if we would have skipped to Week 23 (CHEESECAKE WEEK)!
FOOD SAFETY & SANITATION...always good to know but I must disagree with Chefie. There will always be a spot in my heart for crappy fast food but I'm curious, can't wait to hear about the never eating out again ;)
HOMEWORK...Really, what is that? That is something I'll gladly help you with "M" although you might want to evaluate and reevaluate what I say cause me and HOMEWORK were not the best of pals in school ;)
Any questions, yes, I would like to know WHY people do the sifty thing. I know you put the ingredient in the sifty thing and shake or crank it and stuff falls into the bowl. I don't understand why you can't pour the ingredient into the bowl and skip the sifty thing. Oh and I know its done for bread dough but IS there anything else you should lay out before mixing? Think I might try to do some of the stuff you make in school...anything but BROWNIES!!!!
Ewwww, homework and quizez. Yay!! COOKIE DAY, I love COOKIE DAY!!! I have questions because the only cookies I ever made came out of a roll.
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FANTABULOUS!!! Yeah!! It sounds like you're already having a wonderful experience!!! And yes, life is about learning what you did wrong...so you can learn to live it right!! xoxo :)
ReplyDeleteThanks girls! Every day is a new challenge but I relly look forward to them all. Thank you for all the support. :)
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