Day 36 - Week 8

It's getting close to the end now. I've already got my final menu pretty much thought out, although depending on the weather, I expect I'll be changing it.

So we start this week in a new kitchen, or "Demo Kitchen" to give it its full name. There's only 6 people here so that makes for a very concentrated kitchen opposed to the mayhem of loads of people running around. I had a pretty easy day today (i'm sure I say that all the time). Spicy Roast Aubergine Soup, Cheese Biscuits and Lime and Mint Cream. So I finished those pretty quickly and helped anyone else that was around out for a bit.

For the first time ever though, I tasted my soup, and thought, "My god that is delicious". I'd got the seasoning spot on. Seasoning is what cooking is all about. You can follow any recipe that you want, but as the raw ingredients differ in quality from store to store, a pinch of salt could mean a teaspoon of salt if the ingrendients aren't up to much. This time, I got it spot on. I think my pallette is starting to learn. The teacher agreed with me.

So a good start to the week.

Meanwhile, me at play with one of Therese's dogs, Derek in this instance. It was cold.