Text 21406, 66 rader
Skriven 2012-02-18 12:10:26 av Carol Shenkenberger (37224.cooks)
  Kommentar till text 20296 av Dave Drum (58732.cooking)
Ärende: Back to normal?
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 > -=> Carol Shenkenberger wrote to MICHAEL LOO <=-
 > 
 >  > Glad to hear it. Doin' okay? How about Charlotte?
 > 
 >  CS> Getting ready to graduate HS this year and planning to join the
 >  CS> Military. She's also in cooking class at last and rather enjoying it.
 >  CS> Straight A's there as the teacher likes her creative attitude.
 > 
 > Good thing attitudes in the services have changed from when I was a swabbie.
 > With Charlotte's face and "attributes" she'll still be a target for every
 > horn-dog in pants (and some in skirts). But, now there are ways of dealing w
 > such.

Grin, boys will be boys!  I can't say as I blame them but she's got a good
head on her shoulders and will do well.

 >  CS> One challange in class was to try to make a soufflee (sp?).  Now, I;ve
 >  CS> never tried that but she grinned, grabbed a recipe and 'tried'.  I
 >  CS> gather it ws the sorriest little thing you've ever seen but that didnt
 >  CS> matter. She got an A for *trying*.
 > 
 >  CS> Every 3-4 weeks they have a 'challange' where you look around the class
 >  CS> kitchen and devise something.  The teacher, NOT aware the first time of
 >  CS> her background had lots of asian stuff. Snicker, she glommed the
 >  CS> bannana sauce, oyster sauce, dried udon sticks, a can of tomato soup
 >  CS> and a broccoli head. She got an A+ for steaming the spear after cutting
 >  CS> to bitesize and using it to garnish the dish with the flowerets.
 > 
 >  CS> Yesterday, she finished the making of a rotisserrie chicken for us all.
 >  CS>  Don got the machine setup and had it in there and helped her mash
 >  CS> garlic into butter for the basting then left her to it with the basting
 >  CS> brush.
 > 
 > So, she's going to strike for CS or CK?

CS would be the name now but she's going to take the aptitude test first and
see what's open and interesting (and leads to a job later!).

Here's an interesting recipe of her's based off some more advanced ones of
mine but simplified for her level.

Charlotte's PotRoasted Piggy

2 lbs pork butt
2 cans 'veg-all' mix, with liquid
2 4oz cans mushrooms, with liquid
2 large baking potatos, washed and sliced
1 onion, peeled and quartered, about 1/2 cup
2 TS each salt, black pepper, rosemary

Baked covered for 45 minutes at 375F and served with 'pop-n-fresh' type
buttermilk biscuits.

Sure any of us would have done it a bit different but I think it was pretty
good as it was.  I used the liquid to show her how to make a soup stock after
defatting in the fridge for a bit.

The soup which was essentially a meaty veggie broth at the start got added
turnips, mustard greens (milder asian ones) then at the end, dried udon and a
bit of miso paste.  Yummy and interestingly different.

  xxcarol

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