"Coulda said something nice about my profiteroles!"

^From a Flight of the Conchords song. :D

Because we made profiteroles! Whee!

They aren't too beautiful, because we only got to fill one of the ones we were plating, and couldn't use whipped cream, so... very minimal. Still, cute!

Pat a choux is very hard to pipe correctly... you have to hold perfectly still with just the right amount of pressure, stop at just the right time, don't lift it AT ALL, go in a circular motion, but not more than ONE CIRCLE, and then swipe it off to the side and pray the whole thing doesn't fall off. And then you usually still end up with a "tail" that you have to smoosh down! O_O Silly profiteroles... Anyway, these had a pumpkin filling, and the swish is creme brulee. And I definitely would have done something with whipped cream if I had it. :P That was yesterday, Wednesday.

Today was service day and I was on Salmon. Freaked out for a minute because we got a little bit behind, but mostly because I burnt my finger on the pan... twice... in the same spot.. lol Hand towels are your friend... It's actually not too bad, just stung and was really frustrating. Kept having to go re-numb it when it got slow. :D Overall, a very smooth day though. Caught up really really fast, and from then on nothing went wrong. The rest of the class were going very smooth, too, and we really busted out everything when it was time to clean, and got out of there are 2. :)

Almost time for Halloween! I am having a nerdy Halloween party with friends on Saturday. ^_^ Can't wait!

Dining Room Management

Our final project for my Dining Room Management class is Food Photography. We watched a video about a food stylist today and it made me think about how awesome it would be to plate and photograph food for a living. ^_^ I think that would make me happier than being in the kitchen every night, honestly... Anyway, I'll look into it while I'm finishing up my AAS degree. I'm sure it's not the most readily available job on the market, so it'll just be a wish for now. :) I'd prooooobably have to take some photography classes too (duh) so ... yeah, it's fun to think about anyway!

So I haven't decided what I will create for the plating yet... in fact, I'm still debating between dessert or hot foods! Desserts usually look the prettiest to me, although shrimp can be pretty cool looking on a plate, too. And then, there's all the desserts to choose from if I *do* go with that, and I know I don't want to be in the kitchen forever, so I have to decide on what length of time do I want to spend baking the darn thing before I can take its picture!!! *huff* Chocolate and raspberries look reallllyyy pretty together, so I'm considering something with those in it... and sauces, of course. Boo-ti-full sauces. ^_^

Blarrgghhh

I've been lazy with posting because I hurt my ankle really bad and have just been really tired because of it. It was getting better but then I had to go to school and it just stopped getting better. :C I have a few pictures from baking last week, so I guess I'll post those now.

Really, we just made some kind of boring pear stuff. The other one looks more boring so I'm not going to post it. I didn't have any pictures from this week because during baking I got really dizzy from medication and had to go home early. We were making bread pudding. I really wish I had just left after lecture because the hour or so that I was in lab ended up counting for nothing at all. ;-;

Today was really painful but went better than I expected. I was on the grill station making steak, the most popular dish. I think we sold about 20 and there were only 64 or so people who showed up. Which is a lot of steaks considering it's only one of 5 entree choices. :S Anyway, I only messed up one order and it was the second-to-last. Basically it just got well-done when it needed to be medium, so I just made another steak. Took a few extra minutes and all but I was very happy that I only made on mistake and it was so minor. :)

Oh, I slowly burnt my fingers by holding the steak to slice it. haha Nothing too bad, of course. After a while I got a glove and that helped a little bit.

I have a three day weekend now so I am REALLY hoping that my ankle will heal and I can stop being so irritable and tired. O_O

Happy October!

Today I did a makeup lab for Meats from 12-3. Spent about half of it slicing bacon on the big slicer, and the other half packaging that bacon and some sausage.

It is now 6:28,

I've washed my hands plenty of times...

but the smoky bacon scent is still lingering. O_O

WEEKEND, WOO!