Days 3-5
Sorry, very busy. Last week we learned more knife cuts (concasse, tourne, chopped garlic and parsley, and chiffonade). There was a practice knife competency test which I didn’t finish all my cuts, so I need to practice more and get faster. The exciting thing though was starting to actually cook things! We made fish stock and chicken stock. I thought both were too weak (especially the chicken), but Chef said my fish stock was good and the chicken stock had pretty good flavor too. I think it will be good for me to be more critical than the Chef. I hope that will drive me to improve. Friday was a great day. At the end of the day I was up to my elbows in dishes; sweaty, dirty, and running out of time, but the 5 of us working the dishwashing station were really working as a team and getting it done. It felt great at the end of class to see we had gotten that mountain of pots and pans washed and put away.
