When we first started the great chili cook off, I was worried that we wouldn’t have enough time to complete the lab, as our chili needed to simmer for three and a half hours, and we only had 30 minutes to simmer, but in the end our chili turned out just right. On day 1 my group worked well together to find a good recipe, when we found one, everyone was helping to convert it. Day 2 was the demo for the cheese braid, and I was afraid that we would mess up the cheese braid because we had no idea what to do. After the demo my group worked hard to measure out all of the ingredients for the chili cook. We added tomato’s to give us strong bones, vitamin A and fiber. We also added beef to give us protein. The spices that we added are cumin, cinnamon, chili powder, brown sugar, oregano, paprika and salt. The brown sugar balances out with the chili powder and made our chili sweet yet still spicy, We added salt to bring out the different flavors in our chili. The process off cooking the chili went well, and the end product tasted great, I believe that all the spices we added helped to make it taste great. If I were to do this lab again, I would give the chili more time to simmer, so all of the flavors can be brought out.
Excellent reflection, Melia!