First week of school '09

Woo Hoo!
Checking the on line transcript for the last quarter, I find I earned straight A's. The vice president of Clark College tells me in a letter that I am in the top 5% of 11,048 students enrolled fall quarter. This stimulates my interest in finding a scholarship for next quarter. Having looked at a few lists, I think one of the few that would take my application is the one for those who have not been in school for a long period of time. Even if I count anesthesia training, it has been 40 years since I have been in school.

Most of the students from my class return this quarter. Some of them have moved up to management, and I hear that there are 20 managers for 10 work stations. I count 7 new faces and the classroom and kitchen are filled with people. It is difficult, with so many cooks, to complete any project alone. Everything is a team project. I am able to put together a pasta salad for the cafeteria line, but other than that, my time in the kitchen is non productive. As the old saying goes: many hands make light work.

In theory practice we will be concentrating on vegetable and fruit carving plus fancy decorated food. George shows slides of winning chefs who have competed with sculpted and decorated food. The food was expensive and had to be thrown away after the judging, so now it is mainly done on cruise ships or for expensive banquets.