Well I have completed my first week of school, and boy am I tired! This past week we were just working on getting our ServSafe cards. The Chef, Chef Bruce, likes to mix it up though so we dont get completely sick of food handling and servsafe crap. On Tuesday we got to try making pipping bags from parchment paper and pipping chocolate. It was much different then frosting, since it is runnier. I did ok at some of the designs but need some work on others. We also got to work on chocolate on Wednesday. Wednesday was also the day we recieved our kits! They are so cool and filled with all sorts of awesome pastry/culinary tools. On Thursday we got to work on our knife skills. I'm actually better then I thought I would be as far as speed and accuracy. We got to practice chopping/dicing all sorts of veggies for Friday, oh and we make pizza dough from scratch. On Friday we took our Multnomah County foodhandlers test and a conversions test. I passed the Multnomah test and recieved my first A on the conversions test. After the test we celebrated with a "pizza party" and all made our own individual pizza. I made 2 and took them home, my first one was canadian bacon, pineapple, and garlic and the 2nd was pepperoni, sausage and garlic... mmmm so tasty.
School is a lot more demanding then I thought it would be. I have been getting involved in the clubs at school and am most interested in "Farm to Table" and "Bleu Chippers." I am so happy I made this move and am doing this though!
As far as Portland in general goes, I am still loving it. I love the MAX... I mean there are all sorts of "weird" people but it makes everyday interesting. I am meeting new people through school and really enjoy that, I was getting real bored not knowing anyone. So far I've become pretty good friends with Kathrine (Kat), Kathleen, and Grant is a pretty cool guy. Kathleen, Kat and I are working a one time job through our school tomorrow. It is a wedding in Ariel, Wa. all we have to do is prep things for the buffet line and keep it full, then slice and serve cake. I have desided I will just take these one time jobs as they come up rather then work part time. I figure this way I can give my all to school, while still having the chance to earn extra side cash every now and then.
I havnt been taking as many pictures as I had hoped but still have quite a few ( I just gotta quite being lazy and finally post em )
Well I miss and love you all!! Take care <3
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