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Today I feel so hungover that I dont really think im going to eat anything. I realize that it was a bad idea to drink last night because it makes the skills class im in so rediculously long and hard. However due to this I have made plans to eat good on fri.

sun

Today for dinner I had my father in laws pot roast. It was really good however I probably would have said that if it wasnt. After all he is my father in law. It was paired with a nice gravy and mashed potatoes. The gravy is a good idea for things like a pot roast due to how it can be dry however thankfully this one was not. The gravy was also made from the fat of the animal which enhanced the flavor and recycled the waste.

sat

Today I had an outstanding meal at a place in downtown Syracuse called Pastabilaties. It was great. I had the pink vodka sauce over penne with a nice glass of Pino Noir. It was overall a wonderful atmosphere and meal.

Hello once again all of you compassionate readers. Thursday night became once again another sad night for dinner. Finding myself waking up at 5:30 after only trying to sleep for an hour and rushing to take a shower and get ready to go to work I was stuck once again eating the delicious food from Courtside Cafe. One of the same two items of the menu that I will actually eat, a chicken quesadilla. While it wasn't that bad once i was able to cover it in sour cream and the bland salsa they give you with it, lets just say Im happy that I didn't have to pay for it. My problem with the quesadilla is probably everything but the chicken. First of all the garlic herb wrap. Aside from the fact that it doesn't really taste like garlic or herbs, i seem to have an extreme food aversion from these things. This summer after waking up hungover and running down the boardwalk to a place called Garys I found myself ordering a cheap breakfast burrito, bacon egg and cheese. How could you mess it up? Put it on one of those disguisting wraps. I threw the thing away after one bite and asked the older guy behind the counter what he was thinking. Second of all I am not one bit of a fan of cheddar cheese. I find it flavorless and pretty gross in most applications. The quesadilla is also supposed to have red onions, which might bring a good taste to the poor thing yet the majority of the people working there decide that meh it doesn't matter. And the last ingredient of all, pre-diced and packaged tomatoes, delicious. Raw tomatos alone I dont like unless they are fresh and in season. Regardless I stuffed the thing down my throat and went back to work. Isn't it funny being a culinary student, our main goal trying to make the best food possible and give someone the best dining experience they have had, yet how often do we, and chefs in the industry, actually allow ourselves the time to enjoy one too?

Wednesday

So today i finally found myself eating dinner in Farq hall for the first time it feels like in 2 weeks. I planned it out and made sure that today Id be able to finally eat dinner. The weird thing is I didn't go to enjoy a nice meal from one of the production kitchens that specialize on different regions. No, all I really wanted was to have a nice toasted panini with ham, turkey, bacon, a little red onion, and lettuce. That sandwich and a handful of oversalted fries is what I had been craving for who knows how long. Luckily I finally didn't have work and I was able to overcome the need for sleep. That sandwich will for the most part always come out tasting the same, I can decide what goes in it, and I will know that what I am about to eat will be good. Sadly you cant say that when deciding off of a menu from most of the other production kitchens. Today the sandwich wasn't exactly as good as normal. She put a tomato on it when i didn't ask for it, she covered the top in red onions, and there was so much lettuce I couldn't even take a bite without rearranging the entire sandwich. The fries werent even crunchy. While it could have been better, I didn't seem to care, I got to eat what I wanted and I enjoyed it.

Tuesday

Alright how are all of you readers out there doing? So while I am well aware the name of this blog is Dinner in the eyes of a CIA student I'm sort of being forced into talking to you about my lunch lately. I am an a.m. student and i have been spending the morning and early afternoon hours making soups, and stocks and mashed potatoes and such. So once my chef tastes and evaluates me on all of them I eat the rest, and then half an hour later find myself eating a huge lunch with desert and all. So therefore I havent been taking the time to go to dinner. I could talk to you about what I eat on break around 8 oclock while on break at courtside cafe. However i dont think chicken tenders and fries, or quesadillas are what you expect to read about so I will spare you.
As of lately Ive become a fan of going to the Skills 3 kitchen downstairs, theyre fast, its generally good, and the deserts in the dining room downstairs are always much better. So today I decided to have a slice of beef tenderloin with a potato gratine and cauliflower. Everything on the entree course was great. The brown sauce with the tenderloin was perfect, the cauliflower was tender but not gritty, and even I enjoyed the potato gratin which doesn't happen often. My problem with the meal was the watermelon salad that accompanied the dish as an appetizer. The watermelon wasn't exactly cold and it was rather gritty, to start. However my problem with the dish was the vinegarette and red onions the melon was covered in. I dont think they worked well togethor, maybe it was the quality of the watermelon that ruined it for me but as the chef came around looking to see how everything was she found me scraping the salad onto the rest of my plate. She thinks the dish is perfect and refreshing, I suppose we are all entitled to our own opinions.

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Today in skills we made a basic consumme. The chefs was awsome, however mine did not cook for long enough due to time constraints and it had to much salt. Which is a big surprise considering that the chef has a salt addiction. Well I know better now and I will do better tommorrow.