Classes started this past Thursday. I had been battling flu and then bronchitis for over 2 weeks and still was nearly as energetic as I should have been. And when they say you should eat a decent meal before school there is some truth to that too. Algebra was ok, i like my instructor. He’s been teaching for 25 years so he is older but hadn’t taught at the college since 1994, so he was as rusty as we were. The 2 hours went by fast. Because we voted to not have a break in the middle of class, we get to get out ten minutes early which is perfect because I have another class right after math but now I get 20 minutes to eat and have a break before Bakery Production. I SHOULD have taken the time to eat a lot more between classes but I didn’t and paid for it. Bakery class is 5 hours long. We spent half the time listening to the instructor talk and the rest running around like crazy people. We were made to make food on the first day! But wow, I will say this. I really like my instructor. He knows I am not getting a degree or majoring in food service but he knows not only do I have a passion but I am prepared. I pretty much decided I am going to challenge him and say his job is to make me love baking and believe in myself enough that I will want to change majors. I have been baking since I was a teenager I am a natural but common sense tells me that medicine is secure. There is a shortage of chefs believe it or not.
I just don’t know yet if its the path I would want to take. To help with that I signed up for the culinary club, maybe some extra curricular cooking competition will tell me. He is a good instructor and I love the subject matter but is it enough to sway my plan? Its too early to tell. And because I had no food I didn’t quite have my brain all there and was confused a little and seemed slow. Lesson learned, I will eat before that class! We made Focacia bread and we have to bring the food home so I did that and my family went crazy for that bread. They loved it so much they asked if I could use the recipe and make it at home to make pizza dough. I will admit it was good. Just the right amount of basil and garlic. It was supposed to rise more but we didn’t have time so the finished product was just like eating bread sticks. This week I am taking my camera 
Well I have to dive into my anatomy class and do homework while I don’t have kids underfoot but I wanted to stop in and give an update!
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OH you poor thing…I didnt know you were sick! what a way to start school:(
I also did not know you were a med major! THAT is so COOL! Way to go! I have a nephew taking the entrance test this week. It is a tough road but a true calling! Good luck!
FIVE hours is a LONG food lab/class. I would love to do this. My one claim to fame is baking. I love to make people’s tummies HAPPY! But I need a lot of work…I always make the same 20 or so things and am tired of it. Keep us posted and HEY…recipes would be nice when you have some time…um,,,maybe in , say, 2016?
YES! take more pics!
You read my mind Eileen about the recipes! When I get home from college today I will start a recipe section and hopefully I will get pics of everything
Your class sounds like so much fun… I would LOVE to go to cooking school… I didn’t know about the shortage of chefs… my daughter heads off to college this week to Johnson and Wales University in R.I. and her major is Culinary and plans to get a degree in Baking and Pastry. Like you, i like to bake – but think i would love cooking school/culinary over that.