Semester 2: Week 9 Just Me, My Bro, and a Cup of Joe

This week, my parents went a trip to Mexico for there 25th anniversary and I have to house sit and make sure my brother doesn't burn the house down while I was at school. So for the past few days, we snacked on pizza, sandwiches, and pumpkin bread until we got sick of it. I also took my friend from high school (Cory) and took him to the dining room at the college and he loved it. I hope I can show my other friends from the past this amazing restaurant/classroom. Who knows, it could be the next big thing in student dining.

As for the week it's self, lets just say that things were simple but not as easy as you think. On Monday, I blanched green beans, now blanching is simple on a small scale, but it takes real concentration to take it large scale because of all the large batches you have to watch. As I was stemming green beans at the speed of light, I thought to myself that this would be easy until I realized I have a time limit of 1 hour to complete this task of blanch. Now blanching is when you cook the vegetable until tender and "shock" the vegetables in a container of ice. Now I don't have any problem with that in a small scale, but when its a couple of pounds at a time, then I get a little scared. Luckily, the green beans turned out perfect and I got through with no problems.

Wednesday was the first night of semi-al le cart service (soup and salad bar with table side entree service.) On the floor, I "acted' cool and collected but in the back, it looked like I was about to have a heart attack because I did not have any experience doing this kind of service. There were bread baskets, complimentary appetizers and I don't have any clue of how do this in the right way. I was really afraid to make someone really angry or if I was unpleasant. Luckily, My friends from the front and back of the house helped me out with what to do and everything went smoothly that night.

On Thursday, the unexpected happened. I was just about to get ready for class until I was asked to teach the class. I forgot to read the chapter for that week so I went up there and tried my best. After about the first 10 minutes, they told me to sit back down and I was relieved for surviving after that social disaster. Actually, my class mates liked my attempt to teach the class but I'm not sure if I'm willing to try again until I'm ready.

So then my parents came home and everything was right in the universe yet again. For now, I'm just going through with my school life, home life, and everything in between. So for now, I bid you a-do.