Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Another year and another group of enthusiastic young apprentices!

Well ok maybe I exaggerate just a tad, but you really do have lots to learn and I am hoping that your time spent with us here at Hamilton will be a pleasent one........so all those in my class make sure your uniforms are clean and pressed, your on time, your pre reading is done and you are ready to learn!


In the last few weeks we have had our induction, we learnt alot about the way Tafe works, what's required of us in this learning enviroment and alot about each other. Hopefully you are all getting along well and feeling more comfortable in class......


Remember the Rock Cakes? How much learning was involved in that simple task???


We talked about: Rubbing in, types of aeration, chemical aeration, function of ingredients and we practised the skill of dropping out..... who would have thought that there was so much to learn in the simple act of making a rock cake!


Can you remember the meaning of the terms I have just mentioned?

Nope?? Well have a look at the following link:


http://www.homebakingco.com/dictionary.htm#top%20of%20page


When you come to class next week I am going to ask you what these terms mean:

Aeration, emulsifers, all in, lipids, good manufacturing processes, convection ovens, types of flours used in our industry......



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