Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Preparation Tips for cooking class

One of the best things you can learn to do in your life is to learn to cook. Cooking is a skill that you need all throughout your life and you will never be a disadvantage if you know how to cook. That is why cooking classes are pretty popular especially during the summer with young students, and during school hours with Mommies who want to improve 
their cooking. 

If you have already enrolled in a cooking and you're worried that you may not know as much as your classmate about cooking to get over the idea. You enrolled in the class to learn so who cares about your classmate knows more than you. He or she would have wasted their tuition fees if it is. 

Yet there is no harm in preparing for cooking and make sure that you have everything you need to make cooking easier and more enjoyable for you. Here are some tips. 

1. Bring notebook and pen or a tape recorder

If you do not have a photographic memory, so it is best to get a pen and a notebook when you go to class. This will help you keep up with what teachers say in class. If you have a tape recorder, it is much better, as it will be able to capture much of what your teachers say, as opposed to write notes when you are held back by how fast you can write down the words. If you're a slow writer, and you know it, so a record is the best solution for you. 

2. Do illustrations. You may not be the best artist in the world, and you may not even be able to draw a straight line, even if your life depended on it, but the illustrations will help you a lot, especially when remembering the steps you must take to prepare food. Drawing of the procedures will help jog your memory about the process and it will also clear up 
procedure for you, something that words will not be able to. If you have a video camera, ask your teacher if you can tape the session. Do not do this unless they have consented, because 90% of the time, they will not allow it for fear that it will be mass produced and sold to other people. 

3. Sleep early When you go to your cooking, you want to be at least awake and aware really learn from what teachers say. If you had a late night the previous night, what the teachers say, can not record good for you. If so, you should prepare for the opportunity and get a recording. You may not be very awake to listen to teachers, but at least you have a tape recorder to make it listen to you. 

4. Learn all means you should hear every word teaches very clearly and conceptually. If you do not understand any of the procedures that he or she is teaching, so please do not hesitate to ask questions and clarify. You have all the rights to learn all the lessons if you've prepared for cooking classes.

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