Day 23 - October 23, 2009

Day 23:

When I got to school today I started taking my chapter 5 test. It the test on yields and price charts, etc. It is not my favorite and it took me a while to get through it. It also took so long because I was talking to people and then someone came in and told us about a food show at Lee's that we can participate in if we would like to. I'll go into that more in a minute. So I get to the last question on my test and it is a chart that I need to fill in. I had to convert a recipe made for 24 portions at 8 oz each to something like 60 portions 8 oz each and 48 portions 6 oz each. I looked at it and almost just submitted my test without it but I tried it and I figured it out and I am pretty positive I got it all right. After I took it I found out that the chart is worth 18 points so it was probably a good thing I filled it out. I have to pass every test with at least 90% or I have to continue to take them until I get 90%.

The Lee's food show is something I guess they do right before Thanksgiving every year, people set up a little table and hand out appetizers to up to 1,500 people! It sounds like fun and I'm debating if I should participate in it. I want to, I just don't have a clue what I would make and serve in that large of quantities. I'll have to keep thinking.

Anyway after my test was finished and I headed into the kitchen to find something to do. We had a lunch to serve that day so I helped with that and was put in charge of it. I didn't make any of the food, just assembled and served. We served a simple spinach and red leaf salad with thin slices of red onion and some croutons with a red wine vinaigrette. In the middle of plating all the salads, out of nowhere I got a splitting headache right above my right eye to the point my vision went blurry and I couldn't see out of it very well. I also started to get a little tipsy and started to trip over things and run into things more. It was really really odd! My headache just kept getting more and more intense until I finally decided to go find my glasses in hopes that they would help my eyes focus a little better and my headache started to calm down a little. I plated up the chicken cordon bleu with rice and a veggie and we took them out and served the lunch. For dessert Craig made a chocolate and caramel sauce and we put it over ice cream with a banana, whipped cream and a cherry. It turned out to be a really good lunch and everyone seemed to like it. After lunch I stayed and cleaned it all up and had a little bit of the leftover rice.