I chose to reflect on this lab because it was my favorite lab in this class so far. The perogies we made were really good and I love perogies so I was happy to make and eat them. I didn’t enjoy making the perogies because it was really hard to keep them from falling apart but I did enjoy them after they were done. The product did turn out the way we wanted and it helped to just follow the recipe for the best possible outcome. My group worked very well together on this project, as we had no problems dividing the work up and making sure everyone had an equally important job. We did although have problems keeping the perogies together, we fixed that by just pinching them shut hard. If I were to do this lab again I would do it the exact same way because it turned out great in the end.
Day: June 2, 2017
Chili Cook Off Reflection
In the chili cook-off, my group made a spicy chili. We used beef, tomatoes, black and kidney beans, onions, red peppers, chili powder, tomato paste and some spices like paprika. Overall the chili did turn out pretty good and we were happy with the taste. We did run into a few problems when cooking our chili considering the consistency of the chili. When we were making it, we noticed that it was really dry and not a good chili consistency. To make it runnier, we added a lot of tomato paste and it got to the consistency we wanted. We also ran into another problem the day we were going to be judged. As we were heating it up we noticed it was a little runny so we added a spoonful of cornstarch and it got thicker. The same day we also noticed it wasn’t quite as spicy as we wanted it so we gradually added hot sauce until it was what we wanted. Overall we were happy with the taste of our chili but if we were to make it again we would most likely add some bacon just to give it a bit more flavor.