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Skriven 2012-02-18 12:23:52 av Carol Shenkenberger (37225.cooks)
  Kommentar till text 20369 av HAP NEWSOM (1:123/140)
Ärende: Joining up
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 > Hey Carol!
 > 
 > Good to see you posting again! We
 > were beginning to wonder if you'd
 > washed out to sea!!

LOl, naw. We've had some household problems (damage to the house sort, not
anything else) that have kept us off for a bit again.  Charlotte's room got
hit by those not to be mentioned bugs (can happen to anyone) and carpet
beetles got the master bedroom then a tree limb hit the roof. Not fun.  Had
to clear out the house for the exterminators and all that which is pretty
painful.

 > -> Getting ready to graduate HS this year and planning to join the
 > Military.
 > -> She's also in cooking class at last and rather enjoying it.  Straight
 > A's
 > -> there as the teacher likes her creative attitude.
 > ->
 > Has she decided which branch she's
 > interested in?

Well, like all kids the Air Force seems most exciting but once i showed her
the statistics on being able to go 20 years, she reset to the Navy where the c
hances are best to make it if you keep your nose clean.

 > -> One challange in class was to try to make a soufflee (sp?).  Now, I;ve
 > never
 > -> tried that but she grinned, grabbed a recipe and 'tried'.  I gather it
 > ws
 > the
 > -> sorriest little thing you've ever seen but that didnt matter. She got an
 > A
 > -> for *trying*.
 > ->
 > Souffles are tough to make well. And
 > even if you do make them well, they'll
 > often fall (collapse) at the merest
 > hint of a vibration...I think I've
 > only succeeded a handful of times
 > to get one to stay all poofy!

Well, all I know is this one failed but she got an A for trying. She also
just made a whole cake from scratch with a mixer and it was pretty good. 
That was this past Thursday and she brought it home so we are munching on it.
(that was this past week's challange).

 > -> Every 3-4 weeks they have a 'challange' where you look around the class
 > -> kitchen and devise something.  The teacher, NOT aware the first time of
 > her
 > -> background had lots of asian stuff. Snicker, she glommed the bannana
 > sauce,
 > -> oyster sauce, dried udon sticks, a can of tomato soup and a broccoli
 > head.
 > -> She got an A+ for steaming the spear after cutting to bitesize and using
 > it
 > -> to garnish the dish with the flowerets.
 > ->
 > Sounds good!How's she doing in
 > her other classes? What does
 > she want to do in the service?

She's doing well this year in all classes, suprisingly even Chemistry.  As to
field in the service, she has several interests and will see what is open at
the time of selection.  Her interests seem to reside in IT, Cooking, Admin.

 > -> Yesterday, she finished the making of a rotisserrie chicken for us all.
 > Don
 > -> got the machine setup and had it in there and helped her mash garlic
 > into
 > -> butter for the basting then left her to it with the basting brush.
 > ->
 > What are you two going to do when
 > your chef moves away? (Grin)
 > How's your back been doing?

Grin, we cook most meals so she isn't stressed out on havingto do it.  Back
holding ok enough.
          xxcarol
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