Culinary Arts Club helps out at the Windhover Event

Recently Moraine Park’s Culinary Arts Club participated in a fundraiser event at the Windhover Center for the Arts in Fond du Lac. This annual event is one of the Culinary Arts Club biggest fundraiser and it is a lot of fun. This event helps raise money for performing arts in Fond du Lac and to bring awareness to the community to get involved. This was my second year I helped with the event and I always have a lot of fun. I had the chance to work with my friends and classmates outside of school and gain experience putting together a three course meal for 150 people. As a group we worked well together and had fun doing what we do best. The hours we put into the event helps us achieve our 40 volunteer hours that can be used for either the Food Show in Chicago or the Germany Exchange Program. Afterwards a group of us from the club headed off to Applebee’s for dinner and drinks. Since it was after 10 p.m. Applebee’s has half-off appetizers and you really get your money worth. It was nice for us to hangout outside of classes and have fun. We are like a small family and that is what I love about our program. We work hard and we love having a fun time regardless how much pressure we are faced at times. Like always I am looking forward for the upcoming events ahead this semester! Cheers, Lee IV

Turkey Break Day 3

Wednesday, November 23, was the first Wednesday in awhile not baking something good but a change in pace is not always a bad thing. So instead I began my day with a morning workout then I started on my blog to get the day started. In the afternoon I met up with a friend that I have not seen in years at Starbucks in Fond du Lac on Johnson Street right of the highway. It was good to catch up on our lives; it is amazing how fast time goes by when we are constantly on the go. We laughed about funny stories in the past, and our plans to do in the future. It felt like we were there for a short time, but actually we were there for about two hours. Since we had other things to do we had to leave, but we are planning another coffee break soon. If anyone is looking for ideas to do in town with friends I recommend go to Starbucks and grab a comfy chair and relax.

Later that night I met up with some friends from MPTC at Ledgeview Lanes in Fond du Lac to go bowling. The specials for the night were buy two get one free game for $9 including shoes rental. There were seven of us, and we had a great time bowling and dancing to the music we picked out on the jukebox. For every time there was a spare or strike we cheered for one another. I must say after bowing three games it is definitely a good workout, you burn a lot of calories without realizing it. Once we finished bowling we were getting hungry, but we couldn’t decide what we were craving, then remembered Applebee’s is open late night. We drove to Applebee’s and there were a good amount of people there since it was turkey eve, more people decided to come out. The good part of ordering at Applebee’s is that there appetizer menu is half-off, therefore you get your money worth. Our waiter was really funny; she made our night and the food was good. Once we were done we all went home and got ready for the big day ahead for turkey day and Black Friday shopping. Now the fun things lay ahead, until next time ciao!

Cheers,
Lee IV

Snow Already?

You can tell winter is near because we had our first official snow fall. This felt like a dream since we had some nice weather previously, then all of sudden snow started to fall and the wind was blowing crazy. This weather didn’t ruin my day because in my baking class we made several tasty pie treats such as lemon tart, blue berries, and cherry pies. These pies were a lot of fun to make. There are so many creative things you can do with pies. I learned there are different techniques of making a pie crust depending on the kind of pie it is. Out of the three pies my partner and I made, my favorite pie was the lemon tart because I love the color and taste of lemons and sugars. For our blueberry pie we made a special design on the crust with pie symbols that represented fall decorations. After my baking class I got ready for my hot sandwich class, and this week we worked on making different types of hamburgers. During this time we used three different types of cooking techniques such as grilling, pan-frying, and steaming. Making hamburgers for class is defiantly not boring because there is so much you can do with burgers. I decided to add some salsas to my burgers to add an extra flavor profile; I made a corn and tomato salsa with jalapenos. I have some pictures above to show how my burgers & pies turned out.
Later in the day my friend Alyssa from school stayed in town because the weather was not the greatest to drive in, so we decided to hang out in town and go shopping. We went to Wal-Mart to get some food and snacks for the night, and basically chilled until our friend Chrissie got off from work. Once she came to my house we decided to go out to Applebee’s because after 10 they have half off appetizers, and it gave us something to do. As we went to the restaurant there were few people there, but the workers didn’t mind so we ordered our food. We just talked about how we are looking forward to our classes next semester because we will be in the same class for ethnic restaurant. I must recommend for anyone who is short on cash, but still wants to go out to eat, go to Applebee’s after 10 to get your money’s worth and some good food. Afterwards we headed home and called it a night; it’s funny how a snowy day can turn out to have a good ending. Well on my next blog I will be talking about my Aussie presentation!

Cheers,
Lee IV