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YMCA Recipe for Success






Buck Reed
CAMP interesting conversations with people them. For instance, a smoked chicken
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As a chef, I get into a lot of
will need a different sauce then a
grilled chicken breast. I didn’t get the
I meet. Mostly, it involves questions
WEST is or what my specialty is. Once in a recipe, you have to be ready to roll
about what my favorite thing to cook
job.
So, instead of memorizing a perfect
while, someone will ask me what my
favorite ingredient is or if I have a
with it. You may have to adjust the
favorite gadget I like to use. One girl
flavor to suit someone else’s taste.
was amazed that a chef could keep all
Take French toast. I add a little orange
juice to give it a different flavor. Most
those recipes in their head. People will
MAR they were a better cook, to which I but they either enjoy it or they do
people cannot even identify this flavor,
often express the idea that they wish
not. Most people enjoy my French
can only reply “then you should learn
toast, but that does not make me a
to cook better.”
So what does it take to become
genius. The idea that I understand the
a better cook? Many who teach the
technique and I use the right bread
makes me a good cook.
culinary arts believe that all you have
to do is demonstrate a recipe, go over
Why is understanding technique
Stay Away Day Camps also available! it, and let the student loose. I can tell more important than memorizing a
recipe? The answer is: Because recipes
you from experience that these people
couldn’t be more wrong. Recipes are a
are flawed. Any fool can write a
good place to start, but someone who
recipe; I do it all the time. Have you
tells you that recipes are the answer to
ever seen a recipe that calls for one
Summer If you want to become a better cook Even if you don’t particularly like
clove of garlic? They must be kidding.
becoming a better cook is lying to you.
garlic, one is almost never enough.
you have to learn about ingredients,
techniques, and how to get the most
Recipes have to be living things. You
flavors out of your dishes.
have to have the knowledge to look
Camp interview for a craft brew pub that the at them and make changes as needed
I remember a fairly recent job
to suit your taste. The mistake many
people make is that they believe
owner swore he had the best barbecue
sauce recipe ever. Everybody loves
recipes are written in stone by the
it, he told me, and nobody better
almighty himself (Emeril). The ability
In the come here thinking it needs changing. to “fix” a recipe is the road to true
I pointed out that there are many
kitchen enlightenment.
Catoctin
If you have any questions or need
cooking techniques in which barbecue
Mountains!
sauce might be called for and one
an idea, please feel free to contact me
sauce will not accommodate all of
at [email protected].
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