Foods 11 – February Lab Reflection

I chose to reflect on the Apple Strüdel lab because it was my favourite lab to make this month. Doing a lab in pairs was good to work on our groups time management as we all tried to be done around the same time.  I enjoyed doing this lab because I found braiding the dough a slightly complicated but fun task. I liked this lab because it was generally simple as not much ingredients went into making it but it still turned out very tasty and very flavourful. After braiding the dough and putting the strüdel in the oven i was expecting the dough to have broken apart in the oven, but Reman and I were very happy that the strüdel turned out as it did. The main reason I believe that the braids stayed together is because Reman and I worked together to stretch the dough and glue it down with water. I think our group worked well together in pairs as well as in one unit. Reman and I make a very good pair and we would help the other people in our group whenever they would need it. Our group is always good with time management as we tend to be some of the first done. We start to do the dishes as soon as we can so we don’t feel rushed to finish the dishes right before the bell goes. If I were to do this lab again I would be more careful with the dough and not handle it too much because we had a harder time rolling the dough out into a thin sheet. We were still able to do it correctly but if we had handled the dough less the strüdel could have possibly turned out even better.