Haddonsfield!

Today we played Haddonsfield, which in case you didn't know are rated number six in all of New Jersey, and we won! To be honest I thought that we was going to lose, not to be negative or anything but I was just playing realistic. Since Lindenwold doesn't have the reputation of being a strong ball club, people don't take us serious but not no more, we came out today looking for blood, and we got what we were looking for but our thirst isn't quenched just yet! We are looking earn a spot in the playoffs!

little tuna!

With the project coming up soon, Darrien and I having been talking about how I shall go about it. At one point we came up with the one of the dishes that I'll be presenting. Since it is going to be summer when I present, I've decided to go with a pretty simple summer salad, and this way I can use the audience in my presentation. After discussing all that, it was time to get to down to business in the kitchen. With in just a few moments, the orders just started swarming in. It was just two hours of quality practice!

Playoffs!

Our school hasn't really been known for our accomplishments in baseball, but this year we have a chance of going to the playoffs. Last week we won two games, that put us on track for the playoff cuts. Today we go up against Camden Central High School once more, we played them Thursday and came up victorious. We are hoping for another win against them. Even though we need to win six out of the eight games we have left till the playoff cut off date, I believe if we play with determination we can definitely upset some people.

Summer Weather!!

This weekend was one of the best weekends that I have had in a long time. Friday night we won our game versus Woodrow Wilson high school, and after that I headed out to Coney Island in New York! The weather made it great to just stroll the board walk and go swimming. Since Coney Island is said to be the birth place of the hot dog, I couldn't resist hitting the board walk and trying the world famous Nathan's hot dogs! Great weather, great food, and great friends call for good times! But all good things must come to an end, unfortunately I had to go to work Sunday. I was stuck indoors all of Sunday when I could have been enjoying the great weather, but at least I enjoyed myself Saturday.

Meeting!

Yesterday we had a meeting with Mr. Vick and Mr. Paul, wasn't as enlightening as I thought. Most of the things that they said I kind of knew. The only things that I learned was the cover page and what as to be on it. But now that I know almost everything that I need, I have to start actually sitting down and start my drafts!

Little Tuna 4/7

New day, new recipes! Today Darrien decided to reiterate last weeks lesson. He further demonstrated how to "en papillote" by making Tilapia with fresh herbs and veggies, such as rosemary, basil and tomatoes. He also added lemon for a bit of tang. After making the Tilapia, Darrien and I spoke about the next step in the senior project class. I told Darrien about the ideas I had and the different themes of menus that I had in mind, he found my idea about the world menu a little bit too complex "The menu should be a simple, and easy to read." Taking that into consideration, started to think really hard of what type of food my menu will consist of, I was drawing blanks everywhere. After a while of hardcore thinking, Darrien suggested we should meet up on his day off from the Little Tuna and sit down and begin the ground work for the menu, not only that he said he knows a few techniques to help me maximize the time for the final presentation. After all the thinking was said and done, we got back to business. In addition to the Tilapia recipe, he taught me a real simple but elegant dish, Fried Penne.

Making fried Penne is very simple. What you do is start by making Penne al dente, then shocking them. When penne is shocked then you take a skillet and add butter. When the skillet is hot then add the Penne to the concoction as the Penne is slowly cooking away you will start adding bread crumbs to add some crunch to the penne. When the bread crumbs stick to the penne and the crumbs turn a golden color then add some marinara sauce, and cheese, then put it in the oven until the cheese is melted.

Little Tuna! 3/2

Well today was like any other day. Darrien and I helped Marcus with the preparation of a catering he had to do later that day. Luckily by the time I got there the chaos of bins everywhere was long gone. But the task was not done yet, I had to help out with the few last bins of food that were going to be taking. Even though the time there felt like another Tuesday it was actually a Thursday, and to be honest I thought that it would be more if a trraffic jam in the kitchen.

Research paper!

FINALLY! I handed in my paper today and I know its still a little rough but man does it feel good to get such a weight of my chest. Now we get to start forming our ideas about the project portion into a physical product. I head is filled with a ton of ideas, from creating a cook book to creating a restaurant. Even though that my paper isn't as polished as I want it to be, I have to hand it what I have Mr. Abrams is allowing us to take some time and revise it and turn it in later next week.