CJA Agriculture: Knife Skills and Soup Tasting at Gourmet Gorilla

"The two goals we had when we went to [CJA's food service provider] Gourmet Gorilla were to figure out which soup we liked the best so we can make a big batch and sell it and to focus on the type of knives we use."
--Laron

"My favorite soup that I tasted was French Onion. I think the ingredients in this soup were onions, oil, and water. My second favorite soup was ribollita. I think the ingredients were carrots, onions, greens, and I would say they were soaked or drained to get the greenish color. I liked these soups because a few of them really didn't hit my taste buds and my first two did."

--Laron

"My favorite soup was French Onion. Some of the ingredients were onion, garlic, salt, and pepper. My second favorite was the ribollita. The ingredients in that one were carrots, greens, salt, pepper, and garlic. I liked those soups because they are healthy. All of them had a really nice taste to them, but I think the ATF should produce the French Onion soup. I say that because it's simple and a lot of people like or love onions."

--Alzario

"I practiced slicing. I sliced peppers and I had to use an unbalanced knife to slice the pepper. I put my thumb behind my fingers and pulled the knife as I moved my hand as I sliced."

--Cecil

"I practiced with a bird's beak knife on a grape. It's shaped like a beak. It was very difficult. I think I'll be trying it even more on my knife skills and I did it at home."

--Casimir

"I practiced holding the knife the right way and knowing where to put my fingers in the right way. I cut a pepper. Me practicing knife skills will help me in the long run because I want to be a chef someday."

--Alzario