QUIZ ON MONDAY

THIS WEEKEND I'M DOING NOTHING BUT STUDYING.... I NEED TO PASS THIS FINAL..AND I'M REALLY NERVES ABOUT MY FINAL LAB.... HMMMMMMMMMMM........AND THIS IS THE LAST TIME I WILL BLOG.. IT WAS FUN, BUT ITS TIME TO SAY GOOD BYE....

BUTTER CREAM LAB

OMG!!! IT WASN'T SO BAD.... FINALLY.... MAKING BUTTER CREAM WAS PRETTY EASY... NOW I HATE HOW MUCH BUTTER REALLY GOES INTO MAKING BUTTER CREAM.. I CAN GET SICK JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.... OMG!!!!MAJOR CALORIES.... IT FEELS LIKE I'VE GAINED 50 POUNDS IN LAB...... MAKING THE SIMPLE SYRUP WAS A LITTLE STRESSFUL. IT TOOK FOREVER FOR THE TEMP TO REACH 240.... THERE HAS TO BE A FASTER WAY... BUT OVER ALL I LOVE THAT I LEARNED HOW TO DECORATE MY CAKE... I TRIED BUTTONS AND ROSES... I'M EXCITED.... MY CAKE WAS A LITTLE SLANTED... BUT ITS REALLY GOOD

CAN IT BE

FOR THANKSGIVING I WANT TO TRY A BREAD PUDDING WITH A WHITE WHISKY SAUCE....I HAD IT A THE WILD FIRE RESTAURANT IN OAK BROOK, AND IT WAS SO DELICIOUS .. ANOTHER THING ON MY LIST IS A GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE. OVER THE HOLIDAY I REALLY WANT TO PLAY WITH ABOUT 3 TO 4 DESSERTS. BAKING AND PASTRY KINDA LEFT A BAD TASTE IN MY MOUTH, BECAUSE MY DESSERTS NEVER NEVER CAME OUT LIKE I WANTED THEM TO ... SO OVER THE HOLIDAY I MUST REDEEM MYSELF...

COOKING AT MY INTERN

AT THE HOLIDAY INN THIS WEEK I REALLY GOT A CHANGE TO MAKE A CHANGE. THE FOOD IS SO BLAND. THE ASKED ME TO MAKE THE BANANA PUDDING ... OMG..... I JUMPED TO THIS , THIS IS MY SIGNITURE DISH.. EVERYTING MY FAMILY GET TOGETHER THEY INSIST ON ME MAKE BANANA PUDDING.... SO AT THE HOLIDAY INN I HADE TO MAKE A HUGE PAN OF BANANA PUDDING AND IT WAS A HIT... THE CHEF WAS REALLY TAKING BACK.. HE KNOW MY BAKING AN PASTRY CLASS IS MY DEATH. BUT I GUESS IF YOU DO ANYTHING A THOUSAND TIME, YOU WILL ONLY GET BETTER AT IT... I MUST PRACTICE ON MY OTHER DESSERTS TO MAKE THEM BETTER...

AND THE BEAT GOES ON

I'M HOPING THIS WEEKEND TO GET A LOT OF EXTRA PRACTICE FOR MY FINAL.... I FIGURE IT I MAKE WHAT ON THE FINAL A COUPLE OF TIME EVERYTHING WILL GO SMOOTH NEXT WED.... I'M REALLY NERVES ABOUT THOSE DARN SWANS ...... A PASTRY CHEF TOLD ME TO TRY TO MAKE TEAR DROPS SHAPES FOR THAT DARN BIRD WINGS, AND IT WILL LOOK SO MUCH BETTER, THEN WHAT I WAS DOING ..MY SWAN CAME OUT LOOKING LIKE A RAT.. SO WE WILL SEE....

BUTTERCREAM

I CAN'T WAIT FOR LAB ON WED. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT MAKING BUTTER CREAM.... ITS SO YUMMY..... AT MY INTERN AT THE COUNTRY CLUB, THAT'S WHAT I LOOK FORWARD TO IS THE WEDDING CAKE. EACH NIGHT AROUND 8PM THE BRIDE CUTS THE CAKE, THEN THEY BRING IT TO THE BACK FOR US TO CUT UP FOR THERE GUEST, AND OF COARSE ITS ALWAYS EXTRA CAKE FOR US. MY FINGERS ARE ALWAYS CROSS HOPING THE BRIDE PICK BUTTER CREAM ICING ... CAN NOT WAIT TO SEE HOW THING TURN OUT.....HMMMMMMM

CAKES.... LAB

On wed it was interesting. That butter cake was so good. making it wasn't as bad as i thought. i couldn't stop licking the bowl. i made a mistake i had it sitting upside down to cool. and the second one ended up falling...... chef mark misunderstood what i was asking. but it was all good... my lemon curb is a little runny, i'm hopeing it can be fix and saved next wed... when i got to class i was a little stressed because i was the last one to come to class due to traffic. i wasn't late but every one had a jump start on me so i was feeling a little rushed putting everything together.... i'm hopeing chef mark helps me when it come to decorating my cake.... lord knows i need major help.............

COOKIES!!!!!!!

AS WE ALL KNOW I AM NOT A BAKER.....BUT MAKING COOKIES WAS NOT SO BAD.....IF I DO MAKE COOKIES ITS ALREADY PRE-MADE OUT OF MY GROCIES FREEZER...AND I ONLY BUY CHOCOLATE CHIP.... ONLY.... IN LAB WE TRIED A LOT OF DIFFERENT COOKIES AND I WAS REALLY SURPRISE THAT THEY WERE PRETTY GOOD... PLUS I HAD A PARTNER NIKKI, WHO LOVESSSSSS BAKING SO I WAS IN GOOD HANDS........MY DECORATING SKILL NEEDS LOTS OF WORK,...........I MUST PRACTICE... I MUST PRACTICE.....

PASTRY CREAM LAB

OMG!!!! MY SWAN WAS A MESS.... I WALKED AWAY 2NITE NOT FEELING GOOD ABOUT MYSELF AND MY STOMACH WAS SO SICK FROM TASTEING EVERY SWEET THING THAT I COOKED.....BAKING MY NOT BE MY THING, I HATE TO SAY IT... WOW.......CAN I JUST GO AND HIDE. I 4GOT TO FILL MY ECLAIRS W THE PASTRY CREAM. MY SWANS LOOKED LIKE A RAT W WINGS.... OMG...WHAT DID I GET MY SELF INTO.... NOW I HAVE TO PRACTICE AND PRACTICE B4 MY FINAL........I'M ON MY KNEES PRAYING ALREADY....

lab

DARN....I MISSED LAB ON WED. DUE TO THE FACT THAT I WAS SICK... I WAS AT HOME THINKING ABOUT THOSE SWEET DESSERTS I WAS MISSING.... YUMMMMMM.....DARN, DARN.......OH WELL NEXT WELL I'M LOOKING FOWARD TO WHAT CHEF MARK HAVE UP UNDER HIS CHEF HAT....FOR US TO MAKE... TILL NEXT TIME....

MONDAY CLASS

CHEF MARK BROUGHT IN CHOCOLATE ...HMMM ....THAT HE MADE ...VERY VERY GOOD.... I M THINKING WILL I EVER GET 2 THAT POINT, WHERE MAKING SWEETS WILL COME SO EASY...

THE MIDTERM TEST.... WOW... I REALLY SHOULD HAD STUDIED... IT WAS NO 0NE FOUGHT BUT MINE.... ITS SO HARD THESE DAYS TO STUDY... I'M THINKING ONLY 5 WEEKS LEFT OF SCHOOL. PLUS MY 2 INTERNS R KICKING MY BUT... IF I SIT DOWN 4 TOO SECONDS I'M FAST A SLEEP.... WHEN I TRIED TO STUDY SUNDAY, I WAS SLEEP AFTER READING ONE CHAPTER.... OH WELL NEXT TIME....... THE EXTRA CREDIT WAS SO EASY, BUT I GUESS I REALLY DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO JUDY CONRADS HUSBAND NAME OR THE LADY IN THE BAKERY... DAMN DAMN DAMN....

DAN MCGEE'S

OMG!!! THE FOOD WAS EXCELLENT.... YUMMMM .... THANKS CHEF MARK BEST FIELD TRIP EVER.... I HONESTLY ENJOY WED NITE W MY CLASS MATES.... AT FIRST I WAS THINKING WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS .... ANOTHER RESTAURANT, SOMETHING I CUD DO ANYTIME. BUT THIS TIME IT WAS VERY UP LIFTING AND I WALKED AWAY REALLY THINKING THAT I'M SO GLAD I WENT TO SCHOOL, AND I REALLY WANT TO REALLY JUST DIG IN AND LEARN MY KRAFT OF COOKING ..... THE OWNER OF THE GREAT HAVEST WAS SWEET AND VERY WARM.....
BREAD IS MY DOWN FALL, SO SHE WILL BE SEEING ME AGAIN AND AGAIN..... I TOOK HER BREAD TO WORK THE NEXT DAY AND IT WAS A HIT....

PIE-TARTS PART 2 (lab)

IN LAB IS WASNT AS BAD AS I THOUGHT.... CHEF HAD EVERYONE IN CLASS GOING STEP BY STEP, SO EVERYONE WAS BASICALLY ON THE SAME LEVEL BAKING THREE PIES-TARTS, WHICH I THINK WAS 2 MANY TO COOK WHEN UR JUST JUMPING OUT THERE. MY APPLE PIE WAS GREAT, TOOK IT TO WORK AND EVERYONE LOVED IT.... I NEEDED MORE JUICE I THINK , THEN IT WOULD HAD BEEN PERFECT. I PICKED UP THE WRONG PIE CRUST FOR MY BANANA CREAM PIE, WHICH HAD TO MUCH BUTTER IN IT. BUT OTHER WISE IT WAS PRETTY GOOD..... MY TART HMMMMMMM MY POOR CRUST....... NOW THAT I KNOW WHAT TO DO MY NEXT PIE/TART WILL BE PERFECT....

PIE/TARTS

I'M TOTALLY STRESS ABOUT THIS WEEK........I'M SUPPOSE TO MAKE 3 PIES FROM SCRATCH IN WEDNESDAY LAB....HMMMMMM. THIS IS SO NEW FOR ME, I WISH WE ONLY HAD TO MAKE ONE, THAT WAY I WOULDN'T HAVE TO FEEL RUSHED, I REALLY WANT IT TO TURN OUT GREAT, SO MAYBE I COULD TAKE IT HOME OR WORK... SO FAR NO TREATS ARE GOING HOME...LOL......I'M SURE I'LL LOOK BACK AT THIS ONE DAY AND LAUGH. MAYBE HARDER THAN WHAT I'M DOING NOW........PLEASE LORD JUST LET ONE PIE TURN OUT CORRECT......LOL.....

Breads

In lab tonight we cooked breads. Hmmmmm ..... I love bread.. I could live off bread alone.....I
have always been very nervous about baking. Its a kraft where you must really follow direction, no adding or taking away. You must stick to what the book is reading. I'm not the most patient
person.in the world ..and really not good on following direction completly...(only being honest).. Getting everything together is the easy part, and i stuck to everything the book instructed. At the end myself and my team member still came out a little short . With time, and maybe a little short on salt. I do believe you really have to have a day set aside if your going to bake, where that all your going to do, and that bake and bake only.... What kills me is waiting. Waiting on the bread to rise, then after it rises, you must wait again. .. oh my gosh.... Hmmmmmmm ...... i have so much more respect for our baker after
tonight.....But it was fun and i did learn alot.......

Breads

WEEK 2 (BREAD)

LEARNING ABOUT (YEAST) BREAD IS VERY EXCITING.. BREAD IS MY DOWNFALL, I COULD LIVE OFF BREAD ALONE. SO WEEK 2 SHOULD BE FUN. NOTHING BORED ME, I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT MIGHT BOTHER ME WILL BE THE WAITING .... THE WAITING ON THIS BREAD TO RISE. HMMMMM....WHEN I WAS YOUNGER BELIEVE IT OR NOT BUT I WOULD GET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND MAKE BREAD AND TAKE IT TO SCHOOL AND SHARE WITH MY CLASSMATES.. SO I'M KINDA WONDERING IF I STILL HAVE IT.... WE WILL SEE WED.

HEY