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Gourmet Foods
Module 2: Preparing Gourmet Foods

A. Appetizers
B. Soups & Sauces
C. Breads
1. Quick
2. Yeast
Handout: Why Yeast Keeps on Growing & Growing
a. Sour Dough
D. Salads
Include Miss Piggy's Quote
1. Appetizer
2. Main Dish
3. Accompaniment
4. Dessert
Handouts:
Lettuces and Chicories
Leaves and Salad Herbs
E. Entrees
1. Meat
a. Cooking Techniques
Dry Heat Cooking
Frying
Grilling
Oven Roasting
Moist Heat Cooking
Braising
Pot Roasting
Stewing
Steak Sense
Include handouts on Defrosting
Handout: Storing Meat Chart
Handout: Primal Cuts Retail Cuts & How to Cook Them Pages: 34 to 36
a. beef
Handout: General Procedures & Roasting Timetable
b. lamb
Handout: Lamb General Procedures & Roasting Timetable
c. pork
Handout: Ham General Procedures & Roasting Timetable
d. veal
2. Poultry
Handout: Storage Tips
a. chicken
Handouts:
Chicken Nutrition Chart
How to Cut Up Chicken (Food for Today-TRB Page 124)
How to Bone A Chicken Breast (Food for Today-TRB Page 125)
How to Carve a Turkey (Food for Today-TRB Page 126)
b. turkey
3. Fish
About Seafood
Handouts:
A Guide to Good Seafood (MasterCook.com)
Fish Nutrition Chart
Storing Seafood
A Salmon Primer
Wrapping Fish for Poaching Page 60
Shucking Oysters Page 64
Buying Soft Shell Crab
Cracking & Cleaning Cooked Crab Page 66
Buying Shrimp
Shelling & Deveining Shrimp Page 66
Cleaning & Preparing Squid Page 67
4. Include Recipe for Elephant Stew
F. Vegetables
1. Wraps
Handouts: Wrappings
G. Fruits
H. Desserts
1. Cakes
2. Meringues
3. Cookies

"Animal Crackers in My Soup"
"Animal Crackers in My Soup
Monkeys and rabbits loop the loop
Gosh, oh, gee, but I have fun!"
-Shirley (Curly Top)Temple

Handouts:
The Comforting Cookie Primer
4. Pies & Pastry
I. Beverages
1. Coffee
a. cappuccino
b. espresso
2. Tea
Handouts:
a. Guide to Good Teas
b. Making a Proper Pot of Tea
c. The Story of Tea (MasterCook.com)
3. Punches
4. Non Alcoholic
5. Wines
Handouts:
Champagne 101 (Master Cook.com)
a. wine chart
b. cooking with wine
c. wine selection
d. wine ettiquette
f. wine tasting
g. wine serving
h. wine glossary
6. Liquors
J. Gifts from the Kitchen
Handout:
Gifts From the Kitchen (MasterCook.com)
About.Com Busy Cooks
About.Com Southern Food
About.Com Vegetarian
All Recipes.Com
Christmas Gifts From the Kitchen at Meals.Com
Gift Mixes from Frugal-Moms
Gifts in a Jar
Gourmet Spot.Com
Holiday Gifts
Holiday Gifts
Holiday Organizer
Chocolate Coffee Spoons
Snowman Soup
Kitchen Link
Recipes Today
Sunset
Univerity of Illinois Extension

1. Select
Breads
Cakes
Candy
spiced nuts
Cheese
logs
spreads
dressings
Condiments
herbed vinegars
mustards
pickles
salad dressings
salsa
Cookies
Spices
Jellies/Jams/Preserves
Liqueres
Mixes
beverages
cocoa
coffee
tea
cider/wine
breads
cakes
cookies
Oils
2. Prepare
3. Package
container
wrap
4. Label
Busy Cooks Gift Tag Labels
5. Storage
K. Sandwiches



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