Baking One: Culinary Chronicles Capers Canards

Baking and Pastry One: Quick Breads I enjoyed the quick breads unit. I was already sort of skilled in the area since I have previous knowledge on scones, biscuits, pancakes and muffins. I already knew how to cream butter and sugar. My group also tinkered with a recipe, we took out the nutmeg and added vanilla and chocolate chips. Everything looked as good as it tasted. On our first day in the kitchen, it was a bit hectic because we had never cooked in there. Cooking in the culinary kitchen was a whole new experience. I had never worked in an industrial kitchen before, I also wasn't too familiar with where everything was. We learned skills that would carry into the other classes, for example, to clean as you go. Cleaning as we went, helped us not to rush at the end of the period. Recently, from baking scones and muffins, we learned we need to work quicker and more efficiently in order to get our pastries out of the oven. I also learned to be patient when turning on the gas stove, I nearly singed my eyebrows off trying to turn on the stove top. I look forward to what our next unit will bring. Erin H.