Day: January 20, 2020

Course Reflection

Brayden on

This course has really been an amazing experience for me I’ve met a lot of great people, I’ve made a ton of delicious food and i also feel that I’ve learned some super useful skills that has helped me become better in the kitchen and i believe that i can use these skills to continue to learn and become and even an even better chef later down the road.

I would like to say thanks to all the people that I’ve gotten to know throughout this course and for also helping me when i needed help, and for also making time in class a whole lot better.

I would also like to thank Ms Bolli for teaching me all these amazing skills and helping me grow throughout my time in this course, i also want to say thank you for introducing me to all these awesome recipes and i well make sure i continue to cook and continue to try out new dishes for me and my family to enjoy.

Finally if i had to give any advice to any future foods students i would say don’t worry about messing up, because that’s how you learn from your mistakes and it helps you to become a better cook plus you’ll always get a second chance to try and do better. I would also say to make sure you get to know the people in your group because your gonna be stuck with them for a whole semester you should at least get to learn something about them because teamwork is an essential skill to becoming a better cook and just becoming better in the kitchen overall, plus you could make some really good friends by the end of it.

Overall this experience has been a real eye opener for me and i feel that this will only help me grow to be a better cook.

And for all the reasons listed above i would give this course 5/5 stars

Korean Style Sushi

Brayden on

REFLECTION…

For this final lab of the course we were tasked with making our very own sushi, we had to prep our own nori to roll the sushi on and the veggies that we were going to use as filler for the sushi, we also had to learn how to roll our own sushi.

The vegetables i chose for my sushi was avocado, peppers, carrots and a little bit of green peppers, i was going for a bit of a California roll type of sushi.

What went well for me was my knife skills because for the veggies had to cut them pretty thin so i feel that i did a pretty good job in doing so.

Next time i need to work on paying more attention to the recipe because i forgot to add the filler with the rice before rolling it but thankfully i was able to fix my mistake with a little help.

Overall i was super happy with how they turned out and i’m really glad that i was able to make them for the first time. i would definitely make these again because i would love to try and mix up the fillers to try something different, plus i’m pretty sure my family would love to try them sometime.

For all these reasons i would give this lab 5/5 stars.

Greek Week

Brayden on

REFLECTION…

For this big lab we had to make an entire Greek dinner for our whole group to share at the end, we make some popular Greek foods like roasted potatoes, chicken souvlaki, Greek salad, pita bread and tzatziki to top it off.

For this we had to work with our group and split the jobs to help prepare this awesome feast. My job was to prepare the tzatziki and the greek salad which wasn’t really hard at all.

The tzarziki didn’t have a lot of steps to it but it was a lot of waiting around for the water to come out of the cucumber so I took that time to help out my group a little with there tasks while I waited for mine to be ready.

For the Greek salad it was fairly simple as well for the majority of the time i found myself mostly preparing the vegetables that were going to be put in the salad and then making the dressing to go on top.

What went well for me was my confidence on my own because I had to work on my own a lot and i found that i did a pretty good job and the food came out really well. I also found that my knife skills improved a bit because i had to prep a lot of food using the knife mainly for the Greek salad.

Next time i need to work on my communication with my group a little bit more because I felt that I should have been asking about how my groups progress was going and seeing if I could help them a bit more.

Overall I was really happy with how everything turned out and I feel that me and my group did a great job with the food and i’m glad to have had them in my group. I would definitely make this again because me and my family love Greek food and I would really like to make it for them someday.

For all these reasons I would give this lab 5/5 stars

Pecan Snowball Cookies

Brayden on

REFLECTION…

For this lab we had to make our very own Greek dessert for Greek week, so we made pecan snowball cookies, I had never heard of this dessert before but I was excited to being able to make it then the try it for myself, plus I’m a sucker for desserts so I’m always down to try a brand new one.

The recipes only had seven ingredients and only took about 10 minutes to make and 20 minutes to bake, it also made a total of around 18 cookies.

For this recipe we had to use the electric mixer to help make the mixture very creamy to help give it the softer texture on the inside and get a bit of a harder texture on the outside after it’s done baking.

What went well for me was the communication with my group so we were able to get them in the oven pretty fast, our time management skills were also pretty good too and we had time to spare near the end.

Next time i need to work on being a little more organized.

Overall i was really happy with how everything turned out and i’m glad that i was able to make this awesome dessert, I would definitely make this again because i would like to make this for my family

For all these reasons i would give this lab 5/5 stars

Thin Crust Pizza

Brayden on

REFLECTION…

For this lab we were tasked with making our very own thin crust pizza from scratch, which I had to make as a home lab. This was a fairly simple lab that really didn’t have many ingredients in it.

The two methods we had to use for this lab was the yeast bread and flour mixture methods.

What went well for me was my time management skills because I was able to finish my pizza at a reasonable time at home i also think i did a pretty good job working confidently on my own when preparing the pizza.

Next time i need work on my organization skills because at times i found myself lost of what had to do next.

Overall I believe that this was a really successful lab and the final product tasted awesome. I would definitely make this again because I love pizza and i would love to make it for my family sometime.

For all these reasons I would give this lab 5/5 stars