Home Economics, Tuesday, Sept. 23
"Good day, class," Lulu began. "I thought today we'd go for something a little more difficult, so we're going to try cooking fettucine alfredo."
Lulu demonstrated the dish first, taking the students through cooking the pasta -- "The most popular way to cook it is known as 'al dente'; al dente pasta is still a little bit firm." -- and then making the sauce right on top of the pasta. "Some people make the sauce separately and then add the pasta to the finished product, but I find that doing it this way lends something to the final product. It also means that you can make it in only the one pot -- leave your pasta in the colander while it's drained, and then start the sauce in the pasta pot."
With the final demonstration, Lulu waved the students to their stations. "Pair up," she said, "and get to work."
At the end of class, she told the students, before they left, "Next week, we're going to try something a little different. I'd like each of you to bring in one ingredient. It doesn't matter what it is. Just bring in one ingredient; it can be anything at all that you like."
[OCD is up! soon!]
Lulu demonstrated the dish first, taking the students through cooking the pasta -- "The most popular way to cook it is known as 'al dente'; al dente pasta is still a little bit firm." -- and then making the sauce right on top of the pasta. "Some people make the sauce separately and then add the pasta to the finished product, but I find that doing it this way lends something to the final product. It also means that you can make it in only the one pot -- leave your pasta in the colander while it's drained, and then start the sauce in the pasta pot."
With the final demonstration, Lulu waved the students to their stations. "Pair up," she said, "and get to work."
At the end of class, she told the students, before they left, "Next week, we're going to try something a little different. I'd like each of you to bring in one ingredient. It doesn't matter what it is. Just bring in one ingredient; it can be anything at all that you like."
[OCD is up! soon!]