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UncleRalph said:
hell, there is an amazing amount of world-class, fantastically amazing Chefs that didn't go to ANY school.

You are too young to hold an elitist attitude, especially towards something that realistically, you know very little about at this point.
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Amen, Ralph! On both counts! The best school for culinary arts is the school of hard knocks....learn by doing. You can certainly learn more that way than from all the cookbooks you'll ever read or all the cooking shows (some of those are as fake as a three dollar pistol!). If you doubt that, kid, read a manual on auto-repair and then try fixing a car without any training whatsoever...................

Ian :smile:

Now go to bed and go to sleep, youngster. It's 1am in your area and nearly 4am in mine and we both need our beauty sleep. Good night!
 
when reality/respect hits, i think u may have a slight chance at a cooking school. if i called Chef, 'dude', he'd say, get the (explitive) away from this kitchen. class is over for u. get. now! & i'm marking u absent'
3 non-medical absenses-autofail. autofail- u could have an a+ in that class, & u'll hafta take it over.
get prepped to sweat, get teary, run, be on it now, be yelled at, be graded on attitude, cleanliness, appearance, & contribution. professionalism. i learned 2 sheets of french terms & was quizzed on 'em on day 2 of class. u take spanish, maths, hospitality, literature, sanitation....... know how to work a 3-compartment, or a mop bucket (properly), an industrial dish machine, how many times silverware needs cleaned & know the items that hafta be washed in the 3-compartment as opposed to the dishwasher, polish stuff, how to call a ticket, organize a station, identify herbs, make an item sans a recipe & via memory, give speeches & presentions including projects, take nutrition class to get a certification, get re-certified in a few areas, -usually 4 certifcations by graduation.required- ....... others if ur ambitious; learn demographics, populations, & how to modify a recipe, now, if an allergy exists, clean, clean again, prep food for 2 full services- 1 for u, 1 for clients- in 1 hour,....... then u hafta get to ur job to make $ fer that schooling. meet fellow students fer drinks. then get home, read several chapters, research, prep a paper to present. snooze @ 3:00am. wake for a shower @ 4:30am.......oh, could i continue.
it ain't rachel ray, kiddo. it's reality.
 
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Adillo303 said:
Does the school in Paris tech in English our French? Just curious.
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Morning, Andy...Likely both, as well as probably German and Spanish, because they get students from all over the world. The main instructor at the School in Boston who teaches Pastisserie and Baking is a highly reknown, award-winning gentleman from France who speaks multiple languages, including both French (of coarse) and very broken English that one needs a French/English dictionary to understand! But he's brilliant and I only wish I'd been able to take all of his classes when I was there to be able to make all those wonderful French pastries. Fallon is getting pretty good at it, though. And she's one of those Ralph mentioned who never went to ANY cooking school. Law school for her - but she does certainly know the difference between tarts and torts...........

I'm not too sure how much language skills really matter to the young - most kids today speak a very exotic, foreign language, quite well for people their age!

Ian :chef:
 
we have gotten Chefs w/ accents, tho generally no accent. glad i know spanish, german, french, english, & pittsburghese! & blake is teaching me italian, slowly.
 
luvs said:
when reality/respect hits, i think u may have a slight chance at a cooking school. if i called Chef, 'dude', he'd say, get the (explitive) away from this kitchen. class is over for u. get. now! & i'm marking u absent'
3 non-medical absenses-autofail. autofail- u could have an a+ in that class, & u'll hafta take it over.
get prepped to sweat, get teary, run, be on it now, be yelled at, be graded on attitude, cleanliness, appearance, & contribution. professionalism. i learned 2 sheets of french terms & was quizzed on 'em on day 2 of class. u take spanish, maths, hospitality, literature, sanitation....... know how to work a 3-compartment, or a mop bucket (properly), an industrial dish machine, how many times silverware needs cleaned & know the items that hafta be washed in the 3-compartment as opposed to the dishwasher, polish stuff, how to call a ticket, organize a station, identify herbs, make an item sans a recipe & via memory, give speeches & presentions including projects, take nutrition class to get a certification, get re-certified in a few areas, -usually 4 certifcations by graduation.required- ....... others if ur ambitious; learn demographics, populations, & how to modify a recipe, now, if an allergy exists, clean, clean again, prep food for 2 full services- 1 for u, 1 for clients- in 1 hour,....... then u hafta get to ur job to make $ fer that schooling. meet fellow students fer drinks. then get home, read several chapters, research, prep a paper to present. snooze @ 3:00am. wake for a shower @ 4:30am.......oh, could i continue.
it ain't rachel ray, kiddo. it's reality.
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good morning to all.and luvs i know i can't say "dude" i actually only say dude in leisure time not in the real world.also if i was going to school i would not go get a drink with friends and i would study all the time and i World not talk about paranormal because i know there their is outside world life and work life they dont mix also i do live in reality i just think there is more then what the eye sees
 
We have lots of wonderful recipes here. Why not explore some of them, try them out and write a constructive review of how they turned out for you. Many of them don't have reviews from people who have actually tried them. That would be a wonderful addition to the forum.
 
Dreams give us a goal. There's nothing wrong with that.

I looked a lot older than my age due to my height and as the oldest child often found myself enjoying the company of older people. They would be surprised when they found out just how young I was but I also acted more mature than my age. At six foot and only one hundred pounds I was also teased a lot. I learned to deal with. That's part of growing up.
 
Mama said:
We have lots of wonderful recipes here. Why not explore some of them, try them out and write a constructive review of how they turned out for you. Many of them don't have reviews from people who have actually tried them. That would be a wonderful addition to the forum.
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Mama, this is a super idea! Also, trading a lot on the things Sweet Tooth says he likes to cook, he can look up some of the recipes for those things and then improvise some of his own along with them. Great idea!

Ian :good:
 
Leni, I can appreciate what you said, so much. Kids are often so cruel to one another without really meaning to hurt. Being one of a set of triplets, my brothers and I used to get teased all the time about being part of a litter and we were often referred to as "the Pups". Believe me, that always hurt, too. Fortunately, our mother seldom ever dressed us alike, though. There definitely was a God!!

Ian :clap:
 
Leni said:
Dreams give us a goal. There's nothing wrong with that.

I looked a lot older than my age due to my height and as the oldest child often found myself enjoying the company of older people. They would be surprised when they found out just how young I was but I also acted more mature than my age. At six foot and only one hundred pounds I was also teased a lot. I learned to deal with. That's part of growing up.
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thx leni i appreciate the story i have a similar problem of being teased people call me crazy
 
:chef: They called me the walking skeleton. Frankly, I looked like one. Ian sometimes they do mean to hurt. I'm something of a loner as a result.
 
Sweet_tooth said:
good morning to all.and luvs i know i can't say "dude" i actually only say dude in leisure time not in the real world.also if i was going to school i would not go get a drink with friends and i would study all the time and i World not talk about paranormal because i know there their is outside world life and work life they dont mix also i do live in reality i just think there is more then what the eye sees
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u may well not drink after classes & work, & shouldn't. most get a few at lunchtime, then return to classes, so good for u if u plan to study all the time. good! i managed excellent grades & perfect attendance living the typical student/Chef way, tho it isn't healthy.
i think mama gave great advice. & when i'm bored, i get myself into the kitch' or get a notebook & pen & make recipes.
& no problem. just givin' u a dose of just how harsh life can be as an adult. & if peers pick on u, reflect on why. i was 'different'- goth, pierced, dyed my hair the same punky colors i dye it now, yet was very well-liked & spent most days/nites w/ various friends or my clique, & we always convened on weekends. i luved h.s. i think ppl liked my personality. i'm not goth now, tho stay in style & toy w/ cosmetics & hair, & make friends all over the place. it's personality & getting that others have thier own.

leni, u know how thin i can get. i'm naturally thin as it is. a hs teacher made me get lunch, on her, once, tho i owned the $. lunch looked blah. i pretty much pitched it. i wasn't hungry. the nurse spot-weighed me, & this made me ticked. tho ppl admired my thinness openly, & that kinda led, amongst many other factors, to that that followed later on.

& all good things begin w/ a realistic goal, yep. i concur.

ian, lol, i was all sad 4 u until i read the end of ur post. then u just made me laugh! ur a hoot. i needed a laugh.
 
UncleRalph said:
I'm sure the nurse had her reasons, and by "admired" openly, do you mean they were concerned, and expressed it openly?
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there was reason- i was just thin, active & spindly then wasn't ill yet, by any means.

& ppl admired it. openly. (if only i could be so thin, i'm so jealous!, can u show me how to look like that, u should be a model, if i could be as skinny as u.......)
it got to the point that 1 girl that annoyed me to near-trichotillomania & followed me like a puppy-dog tried to impress me by pretending to yack after she ingested a brownie. another befriended me & would ramble on over my weight, how could i be so thin, say she was fat (she wore a 5).......
 
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