Thursday, April 9, 2009

look sharp...

The first 3 days of school this week were spent on sanitation and hygiene and I passed the test.  Yay.  This afternoon, we had a 2 hour knife skills demonstration and session. We cut some citrus supremes (look it up), sliced crab apples and diced an apple (1/8" dice size).  I thought I was pretty good with a knife but it's amazing how much better things turn out when you learn the correct way.
The school is having a workshop on Friday morning and they'll be making pressed sugar Easter Eggs. I'm going to get up early and give it a shot.  In our normally scheduled class, baking commences on Friday. We'll be in groups of two and evaluated along the way by the instructor. I hope I don't get performance anxiety.