We have evaluations every Friday. There is a written test followed by a practical exercise and evaluation. The written test includes everything that has been covered for that particular module - in this case, we are in the cookies, dough and quick bread module. The practical portion includes 2 recipes that we did in the past week. The good news is that we know what products will be evaluated. The twist is that we are given the ingredients and weights but not the procedure. Everything is based on methods - only the ingredients change. For example: the jelly roll was made with the separate egg sponge method. The practical this week was with blueberry muffins and a jelly roll. It was a piece of cake (giggle). The instructor grades us on product texture, uniformity, color, taste, etc. Our poor instructor for this module is about 3 months pregnant and she has to taste all of this product. Yikes.
