20% project week9-Joseph Zayas-period 3

This week, I wanted to try to teach my little brother something I learned only fairly recently. In my culinary class, our teacher tought us how to make  pizza from scratch. We did it twice in culiary, and both times I was very pleased with the end results. So I decided if I could learn it so fast, my little brother should to, as he's like a little shadow of me cx.
For the first step, we mixed together our flour, salt, yeast, and water together for 20 minutes. Then we had to wrap it up and put it away overnight, so it could sit. The next night, we rolled our mixture out and rolled it into about a 1/4 inch for our crust. Then we put it on a greased baking pan, and folded the edges up to make a crust. Next, we put marinara sauce, cheese, pepperoni, and more chees on it for toppings. Finallu, we put it in our preheated oven of 500 degrees for about 10-15 minutes, depending on how crispy you want the crust. I woukd say his came out pretty good for his first time.

20% project week 8-Joseph Zayas-period 3

                This week, for my twenty percent project, I took my little brother and sister to the store so we could stalk up on all of the delicious things we will need to make a Thanksgiving feast. The first thing we did was we decided to not buy turkey, as no one really likes it in the house, so we just bout a lot of ham (two half hams and a ham in the can). We also bought a bag of potatoes, a couple of boxes of the Velveeta macaroni and cheese boxes, four cans of green beans, six cans of corn,  and lots of beef gravy. We also got things to make pumpkin and chocolate pie, rolls, and stuffing.  When we got back home, we unloaded it all out onto our counter, and pulled what we had already stocked in our cupboards. This included pineapples, cranberry sauce, mustard, and brown sugar. We got all this ready so i can teach them tomorrow, on Thanksgiving.

20% project week 7-Joseph Zayas-period 3

                This week, I showed my little brother how to make deep fried chicken with fried potatoes. The first thing I had him do was to get out our deep fryer, clean it, and then I showed him how to fill its oil back to the level it should be at. Then I showed him how to cut the potatoes into fries, after the skin was taken off. When he finished that, I showed him the trick of running the potatoes under cold water to run most of the starch out of them, and keep them a white color. After throwing the first batch of those in the fryer, I showed him how to cut the chicken. First, you have to take most of the fat off, and cut it into small strips. After all the potatoes were cooked, I showed him on the first batch how to bread the chicken. First, you need 3 eggs and 2 boxes of shake and bake, or 1 jar of Italian bread crumbs.  Then dip the chicken first in the eggs, then roll it in the shake and bake/ bread crumbs, and set them in the fryer basket. They take about 10 minutes to cook at 350 degrees heat. He finished off the rest of the batches, and using napkins, we tried to soak most of the grease up. Then we served it for dinner, and everyone enjoyed it.

20% project week 6-Joseph Zayas-period 3

This week, for my twenty percent project I taught my little brother how to make something that I had learned in my culinary class from Chef Bob. The food is called Ali Olio. It pretty much turned out to be garlic spaghetti.

The first thing I had my brother do was to watch me make it. I had him sit there while I demonstrated step by step how to do it. On one part, you literally set the ingredients in the pan on fire, and as I had a difficult job of doing this, I decided I would do it for my brother so he wouldn't burn the house down. After I finished, I had him try it. Then it was his turn to do it.

The first thing he did was set a pot of water to boil for the noodles. While that went, he chopped garlic, onion, and dried chilies. Then he opened the chicken stock, Parmesan cheese, butter, and the marinara sauce. Next, he cooked the noodles till they were done, strained out the noodles, but kept the water in the pot. Then, he put the pan on the burner and heated it on high heat. The pan got pretty hot, and he put the oil, garlic, onions, and chilies in the pan. That's when I took over for a couple of seconds and set the mixture up in a blaze. After it went down, he added the chicken stock and marinara sauce and heated it with the ingredients already in the pan. While he was doing this, I helped him by putting the water back on the burner, re-added the noodle, and restrained them so they would be nice and hot. Finally, he threw the pasta in the hot pan with the sauce, added the butter and Parmesan cheese, and stirred until it was well mixed. Then we platted it and had everyone in the house, who was there at the time, try it. They all loved it, including myself. This is one recipe I think he mastered in one try. 

20% project week 5- Joseph Zayas-period 3

Over the last week, I have shown my little brother how to bbq burgers and hotdogs on a grill that my older brothers friend brought over. First, I started by instructing him on how to properly put the coals in a pyramid formation. Then, I put the lighter fuel and lit it myself, because I did not want him to burn himself or the house down. Then I put the grill on to start heating it up and rubbed an onion on it to clean it better. Then, my brother laid the burgers and hotdogs in the grill. After, he shut the lid of the grill to keep the steam in and helps cook the burgers faster. We took the hotdogs out the first time we flipped the burgers. Then we seasoned the burgers with season salt, garlic salt, barbeque spice rub, and pepper. Next he put the second set of hotdogs on the grill and let them cook. After, we pulled the hotdogs out again and put cheese on the burgers. We also deep fried french fries to go with it. We all ate and everyone said it was great.

20% project week 3- Joseph Zayas

          This week, I taught my little sister how to make peanut butter cookies from scratch. First, we had to make sure we had all the ingredients. We were missing a couple of the essential ingredients, so we decided to ride over to Stater Bros. and get what we were missing. We bought flour, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and peanut butter. Then, when we got home, I made dinner. After, I started to teach my sister how to make the cookies. I had her measure everything out herself, because she wanted to show me she knew how to measure. Then, I told her how she was supposed to mix it, and she did. Then, I helped her roll them into balls to be pushed. Finally, she put them in the oven to cook. The first try came out a little hard, not burnt. The next day, she made them again to show me she actually did learn and she made them perfect.


         I got the recipe from: http://americanfood.about.com/od/desserts/r/Peanut_Butter_Cookie.htm

20% project week 2-Josph Zayas-period 3

       This week, for my twenty percent project, my little brother, my little sister and I all came up with a couple of ideas of what I will be teaching them to make. For one, my little sister already knows how to make a cake, but my little brother does not, so I will be teaching him to make that after I teach them the basics. Also, my little sister knows how to make cookies really good, but my brothers almost alwayd come out overcooked, and once they were undercooked. For the cookies, i will have my sister help me teach my brother with me.

       Sometimes, I probably will use my little sister, as she gets better, I will probably use her as my assistant to help my little brrother, as my sister already knows how to cook a little bit. My brother, on the other hand, does not really know how to cook anything at all, except the basics.

20% project week 1-Joseph Zayas-Period 3

     This week, my sister, brother and I went to Walmart to buy new cooking supplies. My older brothers girlfriend took us to go to Walmart, because none of us new how to drive, and we did not want to walk over there. We went and bough two new different knives, a new can opener, and a couple of new sponges to wash the dishes. 

      I also started to think of what I am thinking of all the different kinds of food I am able to teach them how to cook. First, I am thinking of teaching them to cook something simple, like grilled cheese. Then i was thinking of teaching them to make spagetti or tacos. Later, I will teavh them to make something more complicated, like meatloaf or salsbury steak.

       I also have been asking my little brother and sister what they already know how to cook. I am using that to base what i am going to be teaching them to cook. On certain dishes, i will only be teaching one of them if the other one already knows how to make it.