Posts by felixe the dog

I don't want to hijack the thread, but culinary art?, pastry art? Wow! over here (Oz) it is still called cooking and baking. Why the posh names, is it so they can charge more for schooling? We still have apprenticeships over here so I...

hmmm, you gotta change that attitude.

It's called......................encouragement!:)

Spoons here is a basic hi-ratio using a solid hi-ratio shortening. 460ml Milk 460gr Egg 760gr Caster sugar 340gr Hi-ratio shortening 30gr Glycerine 675gr Hi-ratio flour 30gr Baking powder 10gr Salt Mix 1st group to break up the...

NJ Cupcake, I can't get into food laws as I am outside the US. So let's talk ovens (back to your 1st post). If you need a baking oven, but don't have room for a bakers oven, you have a couple of choices. Blueseal/Bakbar (do you have...

Chef in training, culinary school ( or apprenticeships) are merely the tip of the iceberg, while I am sure you are able to learn a lot at culinary school, becoming qualified does not make you a profesional in your career, only years of...

I agree, check your oven, and if you have a probe thermometer check the core temp of your product. You may just have to be patient and give the brulees a little more time. Depending on the rational oven we use, our baking times can...

Well said!!!!

If you want to move on, you will need to gain experience. When I was a "youngster" starting out and gaining experience, I used to stay back and work/train in different sections in my own time, have you volunteered your free...

I currently work for a chain restaurant. I so want to leave the job because it's very demanding and not very rewarding (moneywise). Yep, and you will find in a lot of places that when you start out the money is not very rewarding! ...