Evaluation & Rice Paper Rolls

For our next hospitality lesson, I was away from school but the class was working on their evaluation for our sandwiches which was a bit of a pity, as I didn't know we had to then email it to Mrs Baker. I got it done, however still by the due date and just did it the next week on the afternoon of our next lesson. Our evaluation was  just about our sandwich including questions about our work plan and what we thought of it.


Rice paper rolls were the next things we made. In this lesson I was working with Juliette. Although we worked well together, I didn't personally think our end result tasted that good. To make these rolls, we used a variety of veggies with a bit of shredded chicken wrapped in rice paper. I learnt through this that one way to shred chicken easily, is to use a fork and scrape it across the piece of chicken, making nice shreds. I also learnt how to roll the ingredient into a neat rice paper roll. I thought we ended up with some nice looking rolls, but I didn't really find the taste of the rice paper or the rolls that good overall. It wasn't one of the better foods we have made in hospitality but it was still fun to make. When our rolls were finished we got some sweet chilli sauce to dip them in. If I was to improve the recipe, I think I would include a lot more chicken or other meat, with some different veggies, such as carrot. We could also try making them with soya sauce as our dipping sauce.

Finished rolls with sauce



Sandwich Assesment

For our assessment in hospitality we were required to make a sandwich using ingredients, of our choice, from a specific list. We had to have a partner for this and I was working with Issy but when we made our sandwich, our partner was not allowed to help or assist in the making so we had to make it by our self. I made my sandwich the first day and Issy made her sandwich the next. I thought making a sandwich for our assessment was a great idea as although it seems quite simple, you can actually come up with some quite complicated sandwiches. I had chosen to make a hot sandwich on lightly buttered Turkish bread with chicken, ham, avocado, tomato, kalamata olives, cheddar cheese and chives. My whole sandwich was put in the toaster at the end and for presentation, I cut the sandwich in half diagonally and sprinkled some of the leftover chives on top with two olives on the side and placed it on one of the plates we were given. I made my sandwich in a good amount of time, with some time at the end to spare so I could make it look great on the plate.  I really enjoyed making this sandwich and it tasted absolutely delicious once it was finished. I was very happy with my sandwich and called it Mediterranean Magic. All of the flavours in the sandwich went well together and it was a really good meal overall that I enjoyed, that tasted and looked great.

Finished Sandwich

Ready to take away

The next day, Issy made her sandwich. I would have liked to help but we weren't allowed to. Issy's sandwich ended up looking amazing and she let me try some too, so I found out it tasted great too. Everything in her sandwich went well together. During this lesson, the girls who made their sandwich the day before were working on their blogs. Next lesson, we will probably be doing our evaluation on our sandwich.

Basic Scones

Basic scones was what we cooked this lesson. I was working with Ally and I thought we worked well to make our scones in a good amount of time, without having to rush too much. I had made scones quite a few times before so I didn't find it hard to make them. Scones have a very simple recipe and they don't take that long to make. The only ingredients you need are flour, butter and milk. We both enjoyed making them and once they were finished they tasted scrumptious, topped with jam and cream. Our basic scones turned out really nice but I would like to find out about other types of scones you can make too, like if you can make savoury ones with spinach and feta or sweet ones with fruit bits, like dates.


Scones in the oven (ours were the top ones)

Potato in its jacket with Vietnamese Coleslaw

This lesson, we made potato in its jacket with Vietnamese coleslaw. We cooked the potato in the microwave, which wasn't hard, but it still ended up tasting really good, especially if it was topped with sour cream. Luckily, we had this lesson just before lunch so we could eat it straight away! I was working with Issy and Claire, and together we all got fantastic tasting potatoes with coleslaw for lunch. I think the coleslaw would have been better though if it had some dressing, like mayonnaise, on it so it wasn't so plain. We won't be having the next few lessons of hospitality though, as we go on camp next week

Our food

Assessment Task:
We also started talking about our assignment for hospitality in this lesson. The task is to make a sandwich, which doesn't sound too hard, but there is actually quite a lot to think about for this task. I realised you have to think about what bread you want; if it will be vegetarian or have meat on it;
whether it will be hot or cold and what ingredients, overall, you want. I'm exited about this task,
although I'm not sure what kind of sandwich I will make yet but it should be fun to make. After camp, we will start talking about this in greater detail.