2/28/06
Have you ever met someone at work and the whole time you look at them and
think
“How do you still work here?”
“You are the biggest screw up I have ever met in my life!!”
There is someone at work that is unbelievably prone to screwing up. If she
didn’t burn it she undercooked it. If the croissants weren’t too big they
were tiny. She had no concept of how to correct a mistake. Now don’t get
me wrong I’ve made mistakes but this girl doesn’t learn from them.
While being trained for my current position she said
“Before you put your tart dough down, sprinkle with bread flour because it
has the least amount of gluten.”
This statement started an argument because she is a graduate and a certified
pastry culinarian, she’s also a moron. There are certain things you should
walk away knowing if you get a pastry degree, gluten or protein content of
different flours is one of them.
Quick lesson
Gluten is a complex protein formed in flour when water is added. The amount
will greatly affect the outcome of your product. It is literally the
difference between the texture of cake and bagels. There are 5 types of
white flour as far as gluten is concerned and they are pretty much named
after what they would be used for. From lowest to highest in content they
are :
Cake, Pastry, All purpose, Bread, and High Gluten.
“So no bread doesn’t have the least amount, I’m positive”
God this explains so much! No wonder everything you make turns out wrong.
But anyway. Part of the reason she got away with it for so long was because
she blamed her mistakes on everyone else. But when the other pastry cook
quit the spotlight was shining on her. BRIGHTLY.
Business is slow and cutbacks had to be made not to mention that she was
starting to cost the store money and so she was given 2 weeks notice.
As happy as I am to see her go she taught me a very important lesson that I
will pass on to you.
You can lip sing for so long before that cd skips and trust me it will skip.
Blame it on the-blame it on the- blame it on the rain………
Learn from your mistakes, please!!
andiepandie31
