How ridiculous does this sound?!
So I had my culinary arts final today!.
We had to do fish, with a vegetable and a starch!. The vegetable and starch were assigned, but we didn't know what we were going to get before we got there!.
So They gave me flatfish (sole), asparagus and YAMS (wtf, yams!?)!.
So I made sole muniere, asparagus sauted in butter with garlic, and mashed yams (wanted to make duchesse, but ran out of time)
So we've cooked yams in class like once, and we made them candied, which wouldve been nasty with fish!.
So i put up my plates and Chef Tim tells me that it was a bad decision to make yams with fish, and that yams don't typically go well with fish, and that he can't give me the full points because of that!.
So I'm like, "I was assigned yams"
And he went and asked Chef Jim (who did the assigning) and came back and told me "ok you were assigned yams, so i won't take off as many points!.
So they gave me ingredients that they knew wouldn't work well together, and then took points off when it didnt work out!. GRRWww@FoodAQ@Com
We had to do fish, with a vegetable and a starch!. The vegetable and starch were assigned, but we didn't know what we were going to get before we got there!.
So They gave me flatfish (sole), asparagus and YAMS (wtf, yams!?)!.
So I made sole muniere, asparagus sauted in butter with garlic, and mashed yams (wanted to make duchesse, but ran out of time)
So we've cooked yams in class like once, and we made them candied, which wouldve been nasty with fish!.
So i put up my plates and Chef Tim tells me that it was a bad decision to make yams with fish, and that yams don't typically go well with fish, and that he can't give me the full points because of that!.
So I'm like, "I was assigned yams"
And he went and asked Chef Jim (who did the assigning) and came back and told me "ok you were assigned yams, so i won't take off as many points!.
So they gave me ingredients that they knew wouldn't work well together, and then took points off when it didnt work out!. GRRWww@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
I think I would have julienned the yams and then flash fried them!. Used that as a nest to serve the fish on!. More for color to offset the fish than as a side dish!. It would have helped your presentation some perhaps!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
by yams do you mean something like sweet potatoes!? shame you didnt have time to make duchesse style yams - that may have worked pretty well!. how about french fries or something like a potato salad!? maybe the challenge was to find an innovative way to make everything work well together!.!.!.but taking points off because of ingredients that were assigned to you is pretty ridiculous!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I don't think he should have deducted points at all-that veggie was ASSIGNED to you!. you had no control over it and for him to decide to take off points was wrong!.
I would approach the chef who made the assignment and tell him you dont feel it was fair that you lost points for something you couldn't control!. tell him you've worked hard to get where you are and want to be treated with fairness!.
good luck!!Www@FoodAQ@Com
I would approach the chef who made the assignment and tell him you dont feel it was fair that you lost points for something you couldn't control!. tell him you've worked hard to get where you are and want to be treated with fairness!.
good luck!!Www@FoodAQ@Com
They took off points because of the way in which you chose to prepare the yams, not because they were yams!. You should have done something else with them than you did, maybe thinly sliced and sautéed them!. That would have gone better with the fish!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Ouch!.
You should talk to your counselor about this!
Still!.!.!. people make mistakes, so!.!.!. if it won't hurt your grade that much, I think you should let it slide (if it hurts your grade, see a counselor right away)Www@FoodAQ@Com
You should talk to your counselor about this!
Still!.!.!. people make mistakes, so!.!.!. if it won't hurt your grade that much, I think you should let it slide (if it hurts your grade, see a counselor right away)Www@FoodAQ@Com
sometimes sweet and savoury go together!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I would go talk to Chef Jims Boss!.!.!.!.thats not right!.!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
down right, stupid they set you up for failureWww@FoodAQ@Com