It's All Fun & Game!
Lions and tigers and bears, Oh my! In reality, it was more like rabbit, veal, frog legs, lamb and alligator, OH MY!!! This week was quite a challenge. Most of the proteins I had never cooked with or tried before. I learned quite a bit this week. I really like veal and despite the controversy, I see the purpose to having it on a restaurant’s menu. Rabbit tastes like chicken, literally. Frog legs were surprisingly good. I hated alligator, with a passion! At least I legitimately tried it, twice. It tastes too fishy for me. Apparently Wednesday and Thursday weren’t enough with the alligator though. I came in to help Chef Jack make chicken alligator sausages for BIT Club. He hears me tell someone that math is not my forte so the first thing he has me do was convert the recipe to a smaller yield. Luckily Mr. Grippe gave me enough understanding so far that I was able to convert all the measurements successfully. Overall, I felt that this was an off week for me. Chef Jack gave me ...