Worried Wednesday

Well, today was a long day. I got up early and had time to get ready, so I had a good morning. In kitchens we peeled a tomato after blanching, peeling, and shocking it. We loosely diced it to make tomato concasse. This is not usually used to put in salads or a dish where the tomato is the singular flavor, because at this point, it doesn't have much left. We small diced some more onions, which I'm pretty sure will never leave my hands because they still stink. Using instant mashed potatoes, we became acquainted with pastry bags, which i already knew, but it was fun to use a new medium, that made it more difficult. With the potatoes, we piped rosettes and a straight line. Rosettes start at 6 o'clock and go counter clockwise in a circle about 2.5 inches wide, stopping at 7 o'clock. You first establish height, which Chef said is about an inch about the surface. When using a pastry bag, squeeze with the top hand, your guide hand is just that: a guide.
In strategies, we learned about intrinsic and extrinsic motivators. Intrinsic is when we do something just for the sake of doing it, or for ourselves. Extrinsic is when we are motivated by something outside of ourselves, be it a physical, monetary or other motivation technique. And I wish we did some review, but really we just learned more new things before our test. So I did alot of studying. ALOT.

In sanitation, we learned about receiving products and how they should be received and checked for safety. Many if not all received products need to be closely inspected for damage.

And finally, at lunch, I got my knife kit engraved!!! StuCo (Student Council) was doing it for only a few dollars. So some guy named Jared engraved my monogram on my knives and spatulas. I designed a monogram that is a cupcake with my initials where the cupcake wrapper would be. Its ADORABLE!!!!!

Off to bed now, because I have more studying to do tomorrow before class.
M