Cookin' up a storm

Yesterday we had a large time in the kitchen. Chef had thawed out all kinds of meat for us to practice different cooking methods on.

Maddy & I were assigned to make Hungarian Goulash (with beef tenderloin, no less). Easy.

Other dishes made by other students: Beef Stroganoff, Brown beef in gravy, & some kind of meatballs. We prepared some homemade noodles to eat with the aforementioned dishes. Then we each got to pound out a small tournedo of beef tenderloin and quickly sauté it and then pour in some wine and flambé it. It's soooo much fun playing with fire! Next we each got to do the same thing with a chicken cutlet and some rum. Yee haw! Chef also prepared a london broil with a dry rub that was spicy and a flatiron steak. We ate until we were almost sick! We ALL took leftovers home. Mom was mighty happy....

Today.....Algebra test #2 (can you hear the sounds of the music from the Theme of "Jaws"?).

I'm also struggling with the preparation of my menu for my Intro. to Hospitality class. I chose to do a Tapas bar as my restaurant. Unfortunately, Tapas is all appetizers, so I'm kinda clueless on what to do. Chef said he would help me with it. I uploaded what I've got so far to my page on the college webspace and will go to school a bit early so he can peruse it and give me some suggestions.

Off to hit the Algebra book!