Finals tonight

Last night L and I knocked out two 20s with our BBQ shrimp, dirty rice, and steamed mussels.  An awesome night, and we ate the hell out of it afterwards.  This seafood week hasn’t really produced much by way of yummy snacks, but last night’s was a good dinner for us. 

 

Tonight is our final, we have a written test and a practical test.  The written is the classic diagram of a cow and we have to label the cuts of meat, and we have to identify various birds, and roundfish, flatfish, lean meats, fatty meats.  40 questions in all, he said.  Then we have to make two of six possible dishes for grading: roast lamb, fried chicken, hanger steak, poached salmon, beef bourginon, and one other dish, I forget.  And of course, the dishes are in French so they sound better, and they have sides and sauces too.

 

Next week, we’re on to baking.  I will be able to bring home more snacks to the fam then.  For the past few weeks, I haven’t been keen on bringing these proteins home, in case they stay at an unsafe temp for too long. 

 

And tomorrow night I’m staging at FINO again!  Looking forward to it. 

 

More info on how the finals go tonight.