Finals are finally over so I can post again...and I start my new job today! ♥
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
4 years ago today...it doesn't get any easier
(Almost) Wordless Wednesday:
I miss you Grandma...we are doing all we can to make sure others know more about Ovarian Cancer so they wont miss out on their families! I love you!
Grandpa, Ashley, Grandma and Me 1985 or 1986
Ovarian Cancer Awareness is VERY important...be in the know!
http://ovarianoc.org/
Friday, March 5, 2010
"Group" Project
I am in a artisan bread class like I mentioned before. At the end of the quarter we do a competition in groups. There are four groups of four people. As much as I love school I don't exactly love everyone in my class. I got paired up with a good friend, a nice girl who is very slow, and a total pain who is very lazy and very slow!
We decided it was easiest for us to communicate through emails...well it seems I have been doing almost all the work. The friend of mine was trying to help but she got pretty sick and I have been on my own for a week and a half with the other girls. The nice girl actually did what we said we were going to do this week but only after I emailed her asking her to do it...after the deadline we had all set with no communication from anyone. The pain...no communication...AT ALL!!! I am livid. She promised that she would not do this. She promised she would do her work this week. I sent her an email as well asking for her part of the project and...NOTHING! I have done her part of the work for two weeks now because we get to invite our family to this competition and I will be mortified if they come and I have nothing to show to them. I work hard in class and I want them to see what we can do...not someone's laziness.
But I just have to keep thinking well...I guess I am getting good experience since I did ALL the work in class this week. I mixed, laminated, shaped, baked and put it all together. I was exhausted this week and I can't wait until my friend is feeling better and she comes back so we can rock it!!!
We decided it was easiest for us to communicate through emails...well it seems I have been doing almost all the work. The friend of mine was trying to help but she got pretty sick and I have been on my own for a week and a half with the other girls. The nice girl actually did what we said we were going to do this week but only after I emailed her asking her to do it...after the deadline we had all set with no communication from anyone. The pain...no communication...AT ALL!!! I am livid. She promised that she would not do this. She promised she would do her work this week. I sent her an email as well asking for her part of the project and...NOTHING! I have done her part of the work for two weeks now because we get to invite our family to this competition and I will be mortified if they come and I have nothing to show to them. I work hard in class and I want them to see what we can do...not someone's laziness.
But I just have to keep thinking well...I guess I am getting good experience since I did ALL the work in class this week. I mixed, laminated, shaped, baked and put it all together. I was exhausted this week and I can't wait until my friend is feeling better and she comes back so we can rock it!!!
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Culinary Catch-up!!!
I have been very bad about updating about my culinary life because I have been busy with school and work and friends. And then I have a bunch of hw that I have to type out and do so I haven't felt like writing more about it all....well now is the time.
I am currently taking an Artisan bread Class...that is art-i-san not ar-tee-sian...and I love it. I like learning about the different types of bread and how to mix, score and bake them. There isn't always a lot of ingredients that go into bread but there is a lot of effort. We have made just plain baguettes, German breads, Italian breads and last week was laminated dough. We made croissants. It was really fun...one of my favorite weeks.
We take dough and roll it out...we roll out butter to just about the same size in height and then fold the dough over the butter. Then it gets put into the fridge. After 30 min it gets taken out and rolled out thin. Then it get folded on top of itself and put back in the fridge. This happens a few times and when the final product is baked it has many layers from where the butter and dough have been layered on each other and is very flaky. I had so much fun doing this. Next week is more laminated dough! YAY!
Here are a few things from past weeks!
I am currently taking an Artisan bread Class...that is art-i-san not ar-tee-sian...and I love it. I like learning about the different types of bread and how to mix, score and bake them. There isn't always a lot of ingredients that go into bread but there is a lot of effort. We have made just plain baguettes, German breads, Italian breads and last week was laminated dough. We made croissants. It was really fun...one of my favorite weeks.
We take dough and roll it out...we roll out butter to just about the same size in height and then fold the dough over the butter. Then it gets put into the fridge. After 30 min it gets taken out and rolled out thin. Then it get folded on top of itself and put back in the fridge. This happens a few times and when the final product is baked it has many layers from where the butter and dough have been layered on each other and is very flaky. I had so much fun doing this. Next week is more laminated dough! YAY!
Here are a few things from past weeks!
Bread in a mixer
This is my friend Justin playing with dead dough
Baguettes waiting to be baked
Finished Baguettes...we burnt the short mix...oops
Finished Baguettes...we burnt the short mix...oops
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