To everyone that follows my blog sorry it's been so long since my last post. This new semester has been oddly busy and hard to adjust to but I think by the end of week 3 I finally have it figured out. So here's pretty much what I've been up to:
Baking and Pastry: Pretty much the class that takes up majority of my time, everyday for 5 week from noon-6:00pm (I miss waking up at 6am and being done by noon). I'm finally enjoying it but at the same time I'm getting really sick of pastries/desserts. I am now beginning to understand how Chef Brooks (my instructor) does not really enjoy desserts. For the first week and a half we focused mainly on breads which was interesting but really time consuming. It is so true that you have to work on the bread's schedule, the second it's done proofing its ready to bake. If you want to work on your schedule you get a broken challah (ie my first practical). From there we moved on to cookies, brownies and tarts. I really enjoys this part of class since I've done this stuff before. What girl hasn't made cookies or brownies in her life? (Second practical went awesome!) And now were working on custards, cheesecakes, and ice cream. All I have to say is YUM! I love cheese cake and am so excited to have learned how to make it. I can see many cheesecakes in my future =)
Advanced Skills: This is my dreaded Saturday morning class (6am-1pm = bye bye friday nights). As much as a hate waking up super early on saturday mornings I can see how important this class is to take before my internship. On the first saturday we work in pairs and complete an entire menu (Soup, App, and Entree) stopping periodically to present our product to Chef Altieri and discuss what she's really looking for. Then the following Saturday we re-make the entire menu by ourselves and are timed. Stressful? I know. So pretty much every other saturday I am taking a practical and each class our time gets shorter and shorter. Hopefully we get faster and more efficient...So I'll let you know how that class is going but so far so good. I had my first practical last Saturday and did better then I thought I was going to. I figured I'd be a chicken without a head but it went well.
Then I have two other classes foodservice management and intro to business planning...not much to say about either of those. Just classes I have to take...
Sorry it's been so long! I swear I'll keep up with my blog!!
