A Day In The Life Of An American Culinary Student
12/19/01- Killed my first lobster today. Our lecture today was on receiving crustaceans and mollusks and we had two lobsters that we had just received that morning. Chef demonstrated how to cut a live lobster down the middle and he asked for volunteers ...
12/3/01- This meatcutting lab has turned out to be quite enjoyable because our class has finally gelled and the Chef is easy to learn from. The class is beyond the point of being a little hesitant around each other and lately we have been hanging out on ...
12/10/01- My grades appear to be back to normal after the C+ I earned in Pastry. Can you really earn a C+? Doesn't matter. I zipped through my written Meatcutting final with a final score of 90%. My practical was deboning a chicken and stayed as clean...
1/7/02- First day back from vacation and I can't wait for spring break. Today wasn't a very exciting day in the storeroom, but that is not to mislead you into thinking most days in the storeroom are exciting. Took an open note quiz, listened to a present...
1/14/02- Not a whole lot of excitement on the home front today. My group was assigned sausage patties and homefries. The 6 of us knocked em out in no time and worked on our deep fry, shallow fry and potato lecture we would be presenting on Wednesday.
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1/22/02- Went to town on the meatball subs. Heck, I might even consider myself a "Sandwich Artist" after today. The breakfast buffet has finally ended. With omelets in our rearview mirror it's time to start working on lunch buffet food. My group was ...
1/28/02- The second exciting day in the Beverage lab is upon us. We started the morning by taking a seat in the dining room for our first quiz. Flew through the coffee and tea quiz without having to guess on too many questions. There were a couple ques...
2/5/02- I'm officially certified to kick an intoxicated person out of my establishment. Well, I will be if I pass the Training for Intervention Procedures (TIPS) test, and ever have an establishment. After a brief review on the do's-and-don'ts of alcoho...
2/11/02- The rumor that we'd be taking hours of notes on nutrition never actualized.
We did take about 30 minutes of notes, but that isn't unusual. The main topic of our lecture was taste and where different tastes are located on the tongue. We tried ...
In the literary world, it is probably bad form to start any writing with an apology. Seems to be admitting defeat before the readers have a chance to judge the writing for themselves, but this journal is a wreck. Recalling anything that has happened thi...
