CIA Cooks Skills Development Class part 2/ zimarra's Birthday

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This class covered sauteing and braising.

The menu:

Shrimp Bisque (3 teams, all mixed into 1 pot at the end for "The Melting Pot of Shrimp Bisque)
Mashed Potatoes with Horseradish and Creole Mustard (only 1 team, mine)
Haricot Vert (only 1 team, not mine)
Polenta Gratin (only 1 team, not mine)
Ratatouille (only 1 team, mine)
Pork Saltimbocca (2 teams)
Salmon en Papillote (3 teams, including mine)
Braised Lamb Shanks
Lemon Parfaits with Fresh Fruit.

My team did the Mashed Potatoes with Horseradish and Creole Mustard, the Ratatouille, and a set of Salmon en Papillote.

Here's the pictures. They're from the camera on my phone. One of the other ladies had a digital camera
The only things I didn't get pictures of was the lemon parfaits and the Haricot Vert.

Afterwards, marnen headed up to Albany for zimarra's birthday dinner up in Albany. After dinner we watched some Full Metal Alchemist. I need to watch more. Sunday I hung out with tetsujinnooni and chickipu_no_oni. Jon lent me his car so I could grab the later (and cheaper) train.