Today was the final day of my time at the Indian Education Summer School. About 35 students attended & today's lesson was "Safety in the Kitchen". We started with a discussion on cleanliness & safety, then went to the kitchen for a "hands on" session. The students washed, sliced, mixed, and blended their snacks for the day. As we had discussed healthy eating choices on Tuesday, the snacks were mainly "good for you" types. They mixed a low fat dip for their carrots, cucumbers & broccoli, sprinkled sunflower seeds on strawberry yogurt and then we had a "less than healthy" snack! We melted chocolate chips & cream in which to dip our bananas, grapes, & vanilla wafers. I had intended to snap photos of each stage of the preparation, but with 35 students--well the only THREE photos I got were the above showing the results of their work. Would you believe we were together for 1 hour 45 minutes & they were great then entire time!!! No "I'm bored" or "When is this over". Instead, it was "can I do that" or "this is good". Oh, and we did practice measuring--cups & spoons. They learned the importance of math--and they took home measuring cups and spoons.
But, hey! That's not all the kitchen produced today!! While I was having fun with the kids, the staff finished preparation & delivered two meals. The first meal to go out was: Brisket w/BBQ Sauce, Garden Salad w/Dressing, Twice Baked Potato Casserole, Rolls, and Strawberry Cake. It was delivered to a Dr.'s office for a drug rep.
The second meal to go out was for a local bank's board meeting. It consisted of: Stuffed Peppers, Spinach Salad w/Bacon Vinaigrette, Sauteed Mushrooms, Glazed Carrots, Rolls and Vanilla Cheesecake w/Bananas Foster Sauce. We try to do a bit more for the bank--especially since I am indebted to them---
All deliveries were on time & served hot!
After class, I headed back to the kitchen to finish a 1/2 size sheet cake ordered for the local fire department. It was a "thank you" cake from the local Baptist church to the department for coming to VBS. They were quite excited!!
Tomorrow is a "free" day, meaning we have no deliveries. But we do have a cake delivery on Saturday, and a shower to prepare food for on Saturday--cupcakes, cake truffles, chicken salad on cream puffs, fruit tray & vegetable tray. I'm going to try my very best to remember to photograph the cakes, cupcakes & cake truffles.
What's your favorite cake? Is it decadent chocolate? Purist white? Fruity strawberry? Designer flavors? I'd love to know!!!
From the kitchen---talk to you later!!
well, it used to be the crumbs from your shop, but NOW those crumbs are made into these yummy cake ball things.... so thats where my heart is now. Oh, I can taste those in red velvet, hmmmmmm.
ReplyDeleteI don't see how you guys get all of that done, AND delivered hot!
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