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Much of what I did in the Army was teach. If it wasn't formal classes (MOS acquisition, etc.) it was, "hip-pocket training", or things at the local level.

A lot of what I do online is teach. The seminars I've been speaking at (which includes the one in Monterey this next Saturday) is teaching.

And, it seems, I'm about to start teaching at work.

Sur la Table is two companies, one is retail sales of cookware, one is hands on classes.

I am scheduled to teach a basic knife skills class on 29 Nov. (The November Calendar shows the sorts of things we teach). That's the Sunday after Thanksgiving.

It's just what it says, basic. How to hold a knife, how to perform basic maintenance on it; perhaps some of the differences between styles.

It will also be basic cuts; vegetables, no meats; that's intermediate. How to julienne, how to dice; the difference between mirepoix and bruinoise. How to cut onions (which will touch on some of the other things onions are goood for).

How to most easily do bell peppers (and how to deal with hot peppers). We'll start a stock, and make a salsa cruda.

It's the cheapest course we have ($59), and you get a discount on anything you buy (IIRC it's 20 percent on most things, and 10 percent on electronics), which includes cutlery.

There are seats available. Right now there is one person in the class, and two people (Les, and CG) planning to enroll. Which, sadly, isn't enough to (quite) guarantee the class will go on. If it's not filled by Weds (because of the holiday), it will be cancelled.

So, if you have any interest; and are going to be in the Bay Area, this would be a good time to take a class, you can even enroll on line.

Date: 2009-11-16 08:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] luna-torquill.livejournal.com
I'm tempted, but I rather feel like I'd be sticking my head into the lion's mouth to walk into that place when I have no income. When I have enough time to experiment with cooking, yet. I have this sense that I'd end up buying myself an early Christmas present (I've told you about the deeply unsatisfactory knife situation in this house) with the funds I've earmarked for buying family presents... and I don't have any confidence that putting a triple-digit knife on my wish list would elicit any response this year. sigh.

If you end up giving this class again anytime after the new year, please sing out again, as I'll have some excuse for a source of funds both for the class itself and anything I happen to fall in love with. For now... I think I should resist temptation. :)

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