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Week 3 & 4

April 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Cooking, butchering, chicken, culinary school, journal, lamb, shellfish, veal

Day 9:
Knife drills
Introduction to shellfish & shellfish fabrication.
Nothing too new for me here besides the fabrication of squid into calamari.  We were called to the center work station to find two lobsters crawling around in hotel trays.  I think everyone knew what was happening next unfortunately.  We learned how to identify a male and female [...]

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Week 2

April 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Cooking, culinary school, journal

Day 4:
Week 2 begins with an introduction to nutrition.  I guess we learned some key points, obviously you’re not going to become a nutritionist in an afternoon.  nothing to life changing here for me, eat plants you’ll be fine.
Herb Identification. Rosemary, thyme, basil, cilantro, parsley, tarragon, oregano…
Cheese ID. I love cheese, and by the end [...]

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Blades of Steel.

March 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Cooking, Wustof, culinary school, journal, knives

12″ Sharpening steel
10″ Crust Buster
9″ Chef’s
7″ Santoku
7″ Flexible Filet
5″ Boning
3 1/2″ Paring
2 3/4″ Peeling
Shears
6″ Fork
Cordura Knife Roll

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