zomg boxes

so much stuff, i don't want to pack anymore

moving boxes sucks

jealousy

I am slightly jealous of the customers. 

Although they have to pay for the food, they can get super awesome food in the restaurants. 

and fabulous desserts

I get

Leftovers 9_9 and random stuff that the other students make

Which is good some days

and not so good on other days...but usually not so good or remarkable and there's no decent proteins on the table and i always manage to get out there when there's only pasta, rice, and other carbs and maybe some piece of funky bit o meat

but second quarter who makes our food is focused on making tons and tons of food\

oh well, it's "free" food...meaning that it's calculated into the curriculum cost but according to our teacher comes out to like 75 cents a day or something like that and it's still way better than the lame burgers that they overcharge for in the cafeteria

so...it's not so bad being a server sometime because you get to sample the nice food in the restaurant during the pre-shift...nice...dealing with strange demanding people...not so much

and french service sucks...i'm always afraid the bread will pop out smack the person in the head

on the plus side :D i think the rice was finished in two days.  hurrah...normally i think people don't really eat the rice (but then again the chef told me to use wild rice instead of all long grain rice and people are just like...neat...wild rice and eat it...even though they don't know if it will taste good or not 9_9 ...mmm...lemon zest, wild rice, long grain rice, dried cherries, parsley, green onion, onion, and garlic...it needed more salt)  rice pilaf...it's...different and buttery and stuff and i still like my rice cooker better.  it's just too fluffy for me

-cindy jealously-

week 6

i might have made an enemy??

but i'm so likeable and ...cuddly 9_9 (not really)...and i find myself being like one of the dreaded old people in my old college classes that would always raise their hands and ask questions ...and like the way i used to be i am sure i have made many a classmate's eyes roll

but i did get put on chicken bone cleaning duty and student lunch room cleaning duty (which i assure you is two of the more odious aspects of first quarter kitchen duty)...but this week said group leader that put me on chicken duty is in my group...and somehow....i will have my vengence this week (that and she was extremely condescending)

and i'm not as strong as i like to think that i am...like when i accidentally dropped a whole mop bucket of dirty water which splashed over half the kitchen and drenched most of me in dirty filthy brackish chicken blood infested waters (which contained some kind of sanitizing fluid but that's small consolation)

anywho! i never realized there were so many casual recreational drug users in the class...well...maybe not frequent users (but sometimes i wonder about the guy that's always in my group that is like super spacey --read spaced out-- all the time...more than me which is amazing etc) but when i find myself in the midst of a bunch of youngun's talking about what it's like to be tripped out on ....ectasy? lsd? one of those anyway i've got to raise an eyebrow

smoking i can understand (and boy it seems like 50% of the class smokes and they go out for breaks etc) but it just seems like such a horribly silly concept --that and i am an extreme mostly goody two shoes

hmmm....what have i learned in week 6? do not snap your fingers at your servers it really really pisses them off

being a busser sucks, sucks even more when the person who is supposed to handle your drink area is super slow and you have to do their job for them (although, i supose i should be more forthcoming with requests for help, but gosh they can be so slow and i'm supremely stubborn and have the i can do it by myself because i'm a big girl attitude)

ummm....cutting speed is good....make sure you don't stab yourself in the hand and get sent to a hospital (twice) poor boy in our class :\

more helpful hints and clever devices next week/monthish

cindy-cindishly

foie gras

exciting :D i've had my first bite of foie gras

it was tasty!! i had it two ways: seared and scored foie gras with a thin fried potato waffley crisp thing with some creamy thing on the bottom and a mousse de foie gras with huckleberry and chestnut parfait...the second one was more...interesting

the seared one was wonderfully buttery and juicy and had a very smooth (and fatty) texture

bliss on a fork...i didn't even need that little potato bit

culinary school is going well

chef says i are slow

i'll work on it

that's all

back to study for me

cindy - procrastinatingly

Second week of culinary school :D

Didn't really do much the first week ( I think we have like 11 weeks total for the first quarter)  Went over paper work and other things and introductions.

This week we just started out our rotations.  I got to be a lead today :D  albeit a slightly forgetful one.  What is a lead?  The lead tells the kids in their group that is part of the 1st quarter kitchen what to do.  We monitor stuff to make sure people are doing what they are suposed to be doing and are sort of a quality control.  We cut up a ton of produce today.  Like....6 pounds of nappa cabbage, 6 pounds of green cabbage, 6 pounds of carrots, 15 pounds of potatoes and a couple of other odds and ends.  Although I should use the term kids lightly...there are a few in there that are older than I am 9_9

But wow!!  I love it :D Even though I really really need to get like insoles for my shoes to make them comfortable because you don't get much time to sit down.  There is a 30 minute lunch break (unless you need to cut it short to get back to finish work if you're behind)  We get to eat the stuff that the second quarter people eat (although I'd really love to eat the 4th or 5th quarter stuff >:D it looks really good) 

MM....what did i eat today....I had some arroz verde (although for some weird reason the texture feels wrong...it's all gummy and stuff...some group in first quarter makes the starch for the whole group) meatloaf, tofu zucchini curry, a few bits of beef stew...there was some bread although mine tastes better (yeah, i'm being all humble)

...slight pause as my monitor goes crashing back again, the cat lady next door must hate me :(...

Anywho :D it's great having to catch up with a deadline and the adrenaline rush is fun >:D

Now all I need to work on is my knife skills :P because apparently i can't cut straight :(

cindy sleepily