The end of week 1

So yesterday, we had a lecture on ingredients and it was loooooong.  We learned about ALL the different kinds of flour (there are a crazy amount!) and how they are all made.  We learned ALL about sugars, leavening products, starches, what makes different kinds of gluten, substitutions, and much much MUCH more.  It was a lot of info, but good info for us to know, but still a looooong lecture.  

We then had a demo on how to make cornets (essentially piping bags) out of parchment paper because we will have to make 12 of these with perfect points as one thing on our check off sheet.  Also how to make a good caramel sauce and chocolate sauce for making designs on plates during plating.  We saw the proper way to cut a cheese cake and the chocolate torte for the restaurant.  After that we learned out to use the ice cream machine.  Next we saw our four desserts (caramel nut tart, fruit strudel, chocolate torte, and brownie sundae) being plated properly, and that was the end of the night!  Mainly it was a lot of watching last night, but we actually start making all the stuff and plating it for the restaurant on Monday, so I took lots of notes because now they'll just critique us mostly and not re-show us again unless absolutely necessary.  

And yet again, we had a yummy dinner (of mac and cheese) thanks to Chef Hammer, though I think these dinners are ending now and hopefully the culinary students will start sharing with us soon instead!  :)  So now it is back to my homework!