20% project week13-Joseph Zayas-period 3

I feel that I did pretty well on my final project for the twenty percent project. It was pretty nerve racking having to stand up in front of the entire class, and give a presentation. Making the power point was a pretty easy task to make. All I had to do for it was to find the different pictures I was going to use, and to remember all of the different things that I had to do and that I learned. When I was giving the presentation, I was really nervous. Even though I had practiced it through about five times, I still ended up stuttering and going way to fast. It was a fun experience learning how to teach my siblings how to cook. They learned a lot and found that they can make food by themselves, and they do not need to rely on anyone when it comes to feeding themselves. 

20% project week12-Joseph Zayas-period 3

This week, I have started to do my final power point presentation for my English class. I have started to go through the different pictures that we have to use for our slides. I also have a video of my showing my sister how to make onion rings. I also have the different pictures of what I taught them how to make. My sister really does not want me to put any embarrassing pictures of her in the power point, but I am thinking that I want to regardless.  As of now, I want to use the final my brother make of chicken alfredo,  the calzone,  the Buffalo Wild Wings and Onion rings, the homemade pizza, and the pasta. The food all look pretty good, and I am pretty proud of these kids. The put up with me lecturing them and yelling at them when they did something wrong. I learned a valuable lesson too. When teaching, you need to be patient and learn that everyone will learn at a different pace .

20% project week11-Joseph Zayas-period 3

This week, i showed my brother how to make chicken alfredo. This was a fun one, because as his final,  I didn't help at all, besides give him the recipe. First, he copied his recipe down. Then he went and cut the chicken into small bite size pieces, then shake and baked it, and finally put it in the oven for 20 minutes. He then put the noodles to boil for about 10 minutes. He then drained the noodles. Once the chicken was done, he grabbed the spinich out, and diced it. Finally, he mixed it all together with the alfedo sauce. It was delicious. I would give him an A for this one.

20% project week10-Joseph Zayas-period 3

This week, for my twenty percent project, I taught my little brother and sister how to make a calzone, something I just had learned to make. It was a pretty easy, especially with three of us down there. I had my sister skin, dice and boil potatoes. I had my little brother cut up the bacon and cook it. After they finished it, I showed them how to make the pizza dough. After it had risen for two hours, I had my brother use a rolling pin to flatten out the dough. Then, we put sauce on half of the dough, then the potatoes, bacon, 2 cups of mozzarella cheese, and pepperonis. Next, it took all three of us to fold it in half, and then pinch the dough together. We baked it for 15 minutes, at 400 degrees farenheight. Do not forget to flip it after about 8 minutes, to ensure both sides were cooked. It came out beautiful, even if it did look a little funky after we cut and served it.

20% project week9-Joseph Zayas-period 3

This week, for my twenty percent project, I taught my little brother how to bake a cake. As my older brothers birthday just passed, and my little sisters birthday is really close (its next Thursday!), I thought it would be a good idea for him to learn how to do one himself. The first thing we had to do was to go get the cake mix. I want him to be able to know how to properly bake it before I teach him how to make one from scratch. After we got home, he immediately set the oven to 350*F, so it could preheat. Then, he read the directions on the back of the box, and I clarified any questions he had. His big question was what rack to put it on in the oven. I told him, unless it says otherwise, you are supposed to put the baking dish on the center rack. He then mixed all the batter, milk and the egg together. Next, he sprayed nonstick cooking spray on the pan, and then put the batter in. After it settled in the pan, he put it in the oven for 20 minutes. We checked it at 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 18 minutes, and 20 minutes. It finished at the exact time it should have. After, we let it cool for an hour, then pulled it out and frosted it. It was pretty good.

20% project week8-Joseph Zayas-period 3

This week, I just had my little brother make something a little bit different from the norm. I want to start teaching him how to make some sea food. So I taught him how to make the simplest sea food ever. He learned how to make fish sticks. It was pretty easy and simple for him because all he had to do to cook them was to bake the fish sticks on a baking sheet in an oven at 350*F, for thirteen minutes. Then, on a separate baking sheet, he baked tater tots at 400*F for twelve minutes. The tater tots actually took a little bit longer than they were supposed to. They were only supposed to be in there for about ten minutes.When they were all done, I helped him serve the food and he put tartar sauce and ketchup on the plates for a dipping sauce. It was great.

20% project week7-Joseph Zayas-period 3

  This week, for my twenty percent project, I taught my little brother how to make Buffalo Wild Wings' wings. The first thing we did was went to Buffalo Wild Wings to buy the sauces. I skated over there on my long board, and he rode a scooter over there. We bought the three sauce box for twelve dollars. We picked out the Medium sauce, the Asian Zing sauce, and the Parmesan Garlic Sauce.
   When we got home and started cooking, I showed him how to cut the boneless chicken into the wings. Then we coated all the chicken with  a mixture of bread crumbs and Shake-and-Bake seasonings. After, we put the chicken on a baking pan, which had aluminum foil on it  to keep the chicken from sticking. After baking it for twenty minutes in the oven, we checked the chicken and found it cooked fully. Next, since we had separated the chicken equally on three pans, we put a different sauce on each pan, just enough to coat it. Then, we put them back in the over for five more minutes so the sauce can bake into the chicken. When we pulled them out and smelled its scent, it made my mouth water. After we served them on the plates, we put a little bit more sauce on them to top. After trying the Asian Zing and Medium, I had to top mine with ranch, while my little brother, who doesn't like ranch, drank almost half a gallon of water to sooth his mouth.

20% project week6-Joseph Zayas-period 3

This week, for the twenty percent project, I taught my little brother how to make a chicken pot pie. Our mom had just come home from the store, so we had more than enough ingredients to make it. First, we made sure to preheat the oven to four hundred and twenty five degrees. We used a pre-made pie crust, so we did not have to worry about the crust. Next, he melted 1/3 of a cup of butter in a pan, then added 1/3 cup of chopped onion, and cooked until they were tender. Then he stirred in 1/3 cup of flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper, 1 3/4 cups of chicken broth, and half a cup of milk. Next, we stirred in as much cooked chicken and vegetables as we wanted to. Finally, he put the crust on top, and cut a couple of slits in the top of the crust, to allow it to breath. It had too cook for about 35 minutes. I learned a trick when I practiced making my own pot pie, to put a piece of foil on the edges of the crust during the last 15 minutes, to keep it from burning. My brother pulled the pot pie out and let it sit for 15 minutes to let it cool down. I also have finally learned that to help my brother learn better, I need to go at a slower pace than I'm used to and to repeat instructions so he does them, instead of pushing my way in to do it for him.

20% project week5-Joseph Zayas-period 3

This week, I finally taught my little brother how to do the Chicken Cordon Blue. It actually took two tries for it to come out perfect. The first time, we totally set the oven on too high and we left them in a little to long. While they were cooking, we ran over to the liquor store to get drinks, and we took too long while we were out. Looking back, one of should have stayed with the food. >.< So when we got back and found them too done, we threw them away and started to make new ones. The new ones took us another 30 minutes to make, but they came out beautifully. Because we did them twice, we ran out of mozzarella cheese halfway through the new batch. So instead, we used Sharp Cheddar cheese that was in the fridge, and it tasted amazing! Next time, we want to put the cheeses together, to see how the combination would taste.

20% project week4-Joseph Zayas-period 3

     Before I wanted to teach my brother how to make the Chicken Cordon Bleu, I taught my little sister how to make it. It actually came out very good. This time I tried something new before I had her do anything. The thing she had to do was copy the recipe a total of three times. After she did this, I had her get the ingredients out and start pre-heating the oven to three hundred and fifty degrees, the temperature at which it needs to cook. Then she got the pans out and sprayed them with pam non stick spray. I showed her how to wrap the chicken with the cheese next, and then dip them in bread crumbs, then placed on the plate. I demonstrated twice, then I had her do the rest of them. Then we baked them in the oven for 20 minutes, making sure not to rotate them at all. After checking that the chicken was completely done, we put more cheese on top of it, and baked them for an additional five minutes. Finally, we took them out and served them. Everyone loved them.

20% project week2-Joseph Zayas-period 3

As of this week, I have been trying to perfect how to make the Le Cordon Bleu so I can teach my little brother exactly how the dish is supposed to be prepared. As of right now, what I keep messing up is the bottom of the dish keeps getting a little to crispy. So far, I have tried using a couple of different methods to keep them from getting too crunchy on the bottom. A few of these methods include putting aluminum foil on the pan, spraying the pan with non stick spray, and finally tried oiling the pan down with melted butter. I tried making it yesterday. I used three different pans and tried each method that I described above. The one with the aluminum foil still had a little burn on them. The one with the cooking spray burned a little bit also. The one that i melted the butter on actually did not burn ay all, they were just a little crispy. I think the next time I make them I will use the butter method for the next time I make it.

20% project week1-Joseph Zayas-period 3

For the last couple of weeks, I've been trying to perfect a couple of recipes before I teach my little brother how to cook them. Mainly, they've been meals with the main meat product being chicken. One of these is called Chicken Cordon Bleu. Basically, its chicken wrapped with mozzarella cheese and ham. First, you have to make sure that the chicken is the right thickness, one and a half inches thick, so it can roll easy.  Then, you season the chicken on both sides with salt and pepper. After, place the mozzarella cheese and ham on top, then roll it tightly and secure it with a toothpick. Next, roll it in breadcrumbs and place it on a baking sheet that was sprayed with cooking spray. Then, place in oven at 350 degrees for 25 minutes, not turning them over. Finally, after the 25 minutes, pull out, place another slice of cheese and bake it for 5 more minutes. Take out of oven, plate them, and enjoy. :)

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.