CULA-confidential

Big green egg fan

For Christmas, I got Jamie (my sweet husband) a Big Green Egg grill. Oh man, he made a rib eye so perfect it made me cry. The egg shape of the big, ceramic charcoal grill means it gets super hot, like 750 degrees hot, and sears the steak creating a crust on the outside, while the inside remains cool and RARE. Jamie is a most excellent husband.

Catch-up (not ketsup) and stuff

I got my grades for the first semester I worked and went to school. I got all A's. I thought work and school would be difficult but we got a new chef and the workload just zoomed to a new high. For the first time in ages, I really feel challenged. Mentally, physically, and emotionally. New chef is super talented and actually cooks, helps out if you get in the weeds, so I want to excell but *shit* it takes time to get good. Time that I don't have.

Making stock?

5 - 1 - 1 Five pounds of bones to one pound of mirepoix (a blend of 50 percent onion, 25 percent carrot, 25 percent celery), sauteed, and one gallon of water. Perfect stock every time.