Scones + Berry Sauce
Making and Sharing Reflection
“Identify and use appropriate tools, technologies, materials, and processes for production”
It is very important when cooking to know all of your ingredients, equipment, and techniques needed. Whenever I am not sure what something is/means, I will first check my recipe to see if it is explained there. If I am still not sure, I’ll ask one of my other group members. On the occasion that no one in my group knows it, I will then go and ask the teacher. Asking questions is a crucial part of learning.
“Decide on how and with whom to share prepared food product”
As much as I love eating the food I make, I especially love sharing it with people I care about. However, this all depends on what exactly I make. Often, we will cook or bake something that is just for ourselves or to split with our partner, which we will eat in class. These have been things like Eggs/Omelets, Breakfast Hash, French Toast Créme Brûlée, or a Grilled Cheese Sandwich. But when we make multiple things such as Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies, Scones, Lemon Blueberry Muffins, Pancakes, Montreal Bagels, Brownies, and Sugar Cookies, I get to eat some and still have others of the product to give to somebody else. My priority when we make things like this is to save some for my parents. If there’s more than enough for them to both try one, then I’ll give some to one of my friends! I can also bring home leftovers of certain dishes like Tomato soup for my family.
Core Competency Reflection
“The ways I communicate while cooking differ from how I communicate at ____ (soccer/ work/ hockey/ piano lessons/ family events/etc) in these ways:”
Communicating in the kitchen takes lots of patience, understanding, determination, and willing to compromise. I communicate quite differently there than when at my basketball practices and piano lessons, for example. Basketball and cooking with others both need similar communication styles, as in both you are working with others to achieve a common goal. With cooking and Piano, things are less full-body than basketball (most of the time) and you are essentially translating written work into real life art (sheet music into music, recipes into food). I would say that lab test days and individual recipes are more similar to my thought processes and amount of communicating when in piano, and recipes with partners are more similar to when I play basketball. However, in all three you need quick thinking, passion, devotion, logical thinking, and some form of communication.
“When I need to work collaboratively with people I don’t know well, I…”
There are lots and lots of opportunities where you will need to work with people you don’t know well. I find the best way to do this is to get to know each other first! Talking with each other, breaking the ice, and learning about the others makes working together so much easier than if you were to jump straight into it. I really enjoy the level of collaboration used in this class and completing any tasks in life are less stressful when you can rely on someone else for certain things, even if it’s just someone to talk to.
“One of the ways I ensure my group is clear on the common purpose is to…”
The way I make sure that everyone is on the same page is to talk with each other before we actually begin to cook. We are always given a few minutes to discuss our plan with our partner before going and grabbing our ingredients, which I appreciate.
“Examples of where I communicate clearly and purposefully can be seen in…”
My goal is to improve on communicating clearly and purposefully more often, since I sometimes choose to just not say anything. To achieve this goal, I will remember that this is my goal and keep it in the back of my mind. Then, the next time there’s an opportunity for my to speak up in a way that may be helpful, I will.