Been Meaning to Write

Culinary two period seven, baking and pastry period one. Two periods apart. Make one thing in culinary, a period later, make the same thing in baking and pastry. That’s basically been my experience for this unit at least. In culinary we’ve been doing all the same stuff we’ve been doing in baking and pastry. So I can do something in one of the classes then come to the next class and seem, well, like a cooking genius, so I’m kind of looked up to in the classes…(sarcasm). Any way, the food we just finished was quick breads and I had absolutely no complaints cooking those two times a day. Those involved waffles, pancakes, Irish soda bread, crapes, muffins, and biscuits. I can easily say that quick breads were probably my favorite unit so far. Because let’s be honest, who doesn’t like them… come on, be real. Most recently however, we’ve been working with yeast, and making bread. The first bread we made the first day I thought was better than the bread we made out of the dough that we let ferment for a few days. The bread that sat for a few days was too sour for me, I preferred the other one. The grilled pizza we made, although Chris ate basically all of mine, was still very delicious. Definitely something I will try at home when I want to make something up pretty quickly. Maybe cook for Tracy and Dave, maybe. But I am intrigued to find out what we will be doing next, and I can’t wait to get into the kitchen and get my hands dirty for another day.
Eric F.