It's been an odd week at school. We had off on Saturday and Monday for the 4th of July holiday, so we came back to school on Wednesday and then Thursday we had the second session of our wine-tasting class. Tonight (Friday) we have a make up class for missing Monday but we are doing a taste sensation class with the head chef from school, no producing anything. I have no idea what taste sensation entails, but I'll let you know - I guess it has to do with the sweet, salty, bitter, sour, etc. sensations. Tomorrow is a big cook day (7 items!). I'll be ready for some sleep when it's all said and done.
On Wednesday, our cook night this week, we made a cold cucumber and mint soup. It was refreshing, but a little too "cucumber-y" for me. I like cucumbers, but it was a bit much. It had cucumber, mint, garlic, anise seeds and some sherry vinegar and yogurt all blended in the blender until smooth. We had seeded the cucumber and mixed the seeds with some chives for the topping - interesting.
We also did paella. Yum! How can you go wrong with chicken, onions, chorizo, peppers, tomatoes, shrimp, mussels and peas? Add the rice and some saffron in and it's a little bit of heaven on a plate. Best part? Lots of ingredients, but only one pot! Sorry I didn't get a picture, because it was pretty all there in the paella pan with some fancy lemon wedges on the top.
I'm starting to look at places to do my externship - looking at some higher end hotels around the area. Praying something comes of one of them.
Have a great weekend!
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