Red Potatoes....

I love red potatoes.  They are so delicious and today we got to practice on red potatoes.  Our new cut for today is Tournes which is just a 7 facet oval shape.  Sound easy enough right?  NOPE!!!  Theses suckers were hard, I practiced on so many potatoes.   Lets just say I had a very nice dinner tonight.  (I forgot to take pictures before I ate them.)  Now you can cut those into 3 different sizes: cocotte (small), anglaises (medium), and chateau (large).  Mine were not consistant and they did not have 7 facets.  I will get there.  More practice. 

Guess what I am doing this weekend hahaha.  Again like with my knife holding skills I will get better.  I have already noticed an improvement on how I hold my knife, it is actually comfortable now.  YAY!! 
We started math yesterday and that went well.  Today we really got into the math and I think I got it!!  We converted recipes to larger servings and to smaller servings and it is not that bad.  Plus you have the help of a trusty calculator so that really helps.  We are having our first test tomorrow.  I was nervous about this, but I have been studying all evening, which is why I am posting so late.  I made flash cards and been going through them over and over.  I have found out that I retain more of the information if I use flash cards.  So this test tomorrow should be a breeze.  Today I also found out that some students walking around have stars on the collars and we asked about that. 

Chef told us that every 12 weeks they look at your grades and if you have 4.0 you get a GOLD STAR, (I maybe off on these other numbers) 3.5-3.9 Silver, and 3.0-3.4 Bronze.  I want GOLD!!!! I want to fill my collar all the way around with these gold stars.  Now that I know what they are and they are in my face everyday I have set another goal.  Which is to try to get a gold star every 12 weeks.  I think I can do it!!!