Cooking Challenge

The most challenging lab was the “plan of attack Mac n cheese” because my partner and I only had 15 minutes to create a recipe and come up with good ingredients to put into the Mac n cheese. Our Mac n cheese we ended up making was pretty good and something I wouldn’t of made on my own time but it was still a fun and tasty lab. It contained 2 different types of cheese (cheddar and Havarti) tomatoes, bacon and macaroni noodles; strange combo, but very delicious and cheesy. The process of this lab wasn’t tp hard other than planning but the sauce was a little challenging because we had to keep tasting and seasoning to get to taste right. After awhile we finally added the correct amount of salt, pepper and hot sauce to the cheese sauce. We did meet the product standard with this lab because everything was cooked properly and everything was timed perfectly. Some successes we had in this lab was how perfect we cooked the noodles and cooled them just in time under cold water, so they couldn’t cook any longer. I am proud of our end result and that it did taste as good as I thought it was gonna taste even thought we only had 15 minutes to plan and everyone else got a whole class to plan.

Successful Cooking

My most successful lab was Mac n cheese because I think I prepared and completed the best out of all the labs. the Mac n cheese we made was a creamy cheese sauce and spices put in to perfection with macaroni noodles cooked al dente. I chose this lab as my most successful one because in my option it was the tastiest and one I wanted to make the most. I met the product standards indefinitely because everything I made was very well made and looked very nice. The sauce was nice bright yellow colour and it was very cheesy with a great little taste of onions ion the sauce as well that enhances the flavour by quite a lot. I am most proud about this experience of making Mac n cheese because now I can make this recipe but add so many more things into the dish as well as making a side dish to go with it to balance the meal out, since its not the healthiest thing you can eat. I did learn how to make a roux and a cheese sauce in this lab as well as how to clarify onions in a pot with butter.

Banana Muffin – Sanitation

The banana muffin lab went very well and it was one of the fairly easy ones. I didn’t have many challenges in the lab other than trying to put the same amount of batter in all the muffin tins because they need to be all the same size and shape. Another challenge was not trying to over mix it so when the muffins bake they have the crispy tops and soft middle. I did barely good at mixing and preparing all my ingredients before putting them together into one bowl.

For sanitation and cleanliness there are 6 steps to make sure you have everything done 1. hair tied back 2. sleeves rolled up or jacket/sweater off 3. recipe in hand 4. phone put away 5. apron on 6. wash hands last. These things are very important because you cannot start cooking when your not properly

Most Memorable Food Experience

This is a memorable food experience because it was one of the first fancy or put together dinner I had at my boyfriends house with his family and it was very delicious. It was sided with mash potatoes and Yorkshires topped with gravy. this meal was very tasty because the meat was cooked and seasoned perfectly and the gravy had a lot of flavour. the potatoes were cooked and mashed by johns mom and it was made very well.