{"id":207,"date":"2011-01-14T15:07:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T23:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heatofthekitchen.org\/?p=207"},"modified":"2014-07-31T14:41:59","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T21:41:59","slug":"week-2-lets-get-chopping-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heatofthekitchen.org\/?p=207","title":{"rendered":"Week 2: Let&#8217;s get chopping."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">What I love about our classes is that underneath the mellow exterior, high schoolers really are active people. \u00a0And many have chosen our class because they don&#8217;t want to sit at a desk, they want to come in and work (although tasting the results is certainly an excellent secondary incentive).<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">But what do you do with 40 students who want to learn how to chop? Yes, onions are the classic practice chopping item, just having roughly 20 students at a time chopping onions is, well, painful. \u00a0This time we used carrots and leeks to make a super simple carrot soup to go with our North African favorite: Chicken Bastilla &#8212; and I was reminded that 25 pounds of chopped carrots does indeed make at least 4 gallons of carrot soup. \u00a0Gulp!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_5zLZQgAjADE\/TTyoh2TLDCI\/AAAAAAAAAsM\/KtNn_9w1K9c\/s1600\/IMG_1147.JPG\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_5zLZQgAjADE\/TTyoh2TLDCI\/AAAAAAAAAsM\/KtNn_9w1K9c\/s320\/IMG_1147.JPG?resize=320%2C240\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Then came the next question, as we were plating: \u00a0What does &#8220;garnish&#8221; mean? \u00a0So we got into garnish.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_5zLZQgAjADE\/TTyppLNTBFI\/AAAAAAAAAsQ\/Fyx8XcOeFB4\/s1600\/IMG_1151.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_5zLZQgAjADE\/TTyppLNTBFI\/AAAAAAAAAsQ\/Fyx8XcOeFB4\/s400\/IMG_1151.jpg?resize=400%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_5zLZQgAjADE\/TTyqcOzPA0I\/AAAAAAAAAsU\/O00y_BeelNk\/s1600\/IMG_1150.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_5zLZQgAjADE\/TTyqcOzPA0I\/AAAAAAAAAsU\/O00y_BeelNk\/s200\/IMG_1150.jpg?resize=200%2C175\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"175\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Carrot soup with chermoula, cilantro and yoghurt cream, individual bastilla pies, strawberry mango lassi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What I love about our classes is that underneath the mellow exterior, high schoolers really are active people. \u00a0And many have chosen our class because they don&#8217;t want to sit at a desk, they want to come in and work (although tasting the results is certainly an excellent secondary incentive). 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