Culinary Club: Choppin it up with Chef Clopp

From knife skills to a big grub-in, the Culinary Club is back in action this week. With last week's task of making incredible fluffy pancakes, this week the Culinary Club is taken on a fancy meal and getting us ready for a Thai supper.

The Culinary Club went on a savory route this week, by taking on a traditional Thai dish by the name of Tom Kha Gai [tôm kʰàː kàj]. Tom Kha Gai, "chicken galangal soup" is a spicy and sour hot soup with coconut milk in Thai cuisine and Lao cuisine. The soup includes a variety of ingredients such as: coconut milk, ginger, chili paste, fish sauce, etc.

Preparing for any dish you need to have your Mise en place which is a French culinary phrase meaning "putting in place," as in to set up. Having all of your ingredients ready, everything cut to perfection is good preparation.

They started off with simple knife cuts on vegetables that were going to be put into the

soup such as: bell peppers, ginger, onion and garlic.

According to Chef Clopp it is a learning experience for the young students to learn and do simple knife cuts to help them better themselves and advance their skill work in the kitchen. It allows the students to get a better use with the knife as well as to get comfortable in a kitchen setting.

“My eyes are burning,” Junior Aliyah Perry said as she began cutting the onions, “ but the soup does smell good.”

The finished product of the soup stunned the Culinary Club members, with hints of ginger and a hit of garlic. The Thai dish was a good savory dish for the Culinary Club to do as they seek more adventures this school year.

Next week the Culinary Club is going for a Disney Adventure as they help make a Ratatouille dish for a banquet for the Hercules AHIT Academy Sunday February 28, 2017.

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