Culinary School Day Seven

Instead of hacking up our fine feathered friends, we’ve moved on to creatures of the sea this week. I don’t make a lot of fish at my house. And if I do make it, it is likely to come in nice little fillets. The reason for this? It’s right here Ray… It’s looking at me. [...]

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Culinary School Day Six

We glove boned chickens and ducks today. What does that mean exactly? In a nutshell – it’s taking the bones out of a bird without making a slit in the skin. Gasp! Impossible! You say. It cannot be done! Well, to an extent, it kinda is impossible. But you can get MOST of the bones [...]

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Culinary School Day Five

Back in high school, I had a momentary bout of vegetarianism. About the same time I was involved in Amnesty International and all other liberal student groups I could find (yeah, I was THAT kid). I was absolutely distraught about the dissection of fetal pigs in my Advanced Human Biology class. So much so that [...]

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Culinary School – Day Four

Two important announcements: 1. We used the STOVE today. FIRE, folks. I’m not sure why were trusted. 2. And going along with the trust issue – the inevitable finally happened – my first kitchen injury. But first – lecture. We learned a little math. Most specifically – we learned units of measure for volume (liquid) [...]

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Culinary School – Day Three

So what happened today that was exciting? Let’s see. There was chopping. And then more chopping. And then…some more chopping. We did learn a handy technique – how to make garlic paste. Basically what you do is take a couple of cloves of garlic, mince them really fine, sprinkle with salt and then with the [...]

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Culinary School – Day Two

Well, I can honestly say nothing super interesting happened on day two. More knives. More cutting. Ho hum. Batonnets this time. What’s that you ask? Ok, so you take a potato. Peel it. Cut off all the sides so that it resembles a rectangular prism (is there a term for that? Geometry class was oh [...]

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Culinary School – Day One

So I mentioned I am going to culinary school, right? I’m working s.l.o.w.l.y on a certificate program. I suppose maybe some of you would like to know what it’s like? Well, I’m hoping to chronicle a bit about it, so here goes nothin’: Question: Should you wear your uniform on day one? The answer to [...]

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Culinary School

So…I’m starting culinary school tomorrow. It’s something I’ve thought about doing for a long, long time and I’ve finally pulled the trigger. I won’t be full-time. Heck, I don’t even qualify as part time. Which suits me fine.  It should be an interesting ride. I can honestly say I’m a little freaked out. Somehow, I’m [...]

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