Skills, Vegetable Day

Today we only cooked vegetables, in various ways. Here's a listing of what was ultimately produced:

- fried eggplant
- grilled eggplant
- grilled zucchini
- sauteed mushrooms, button and baby bellas
- sauteed garlic spinach
- brussels sprouts in brown butter
- roasted parsnips
- roasted turnips
- roasted rutabagas
- roasted butternut squash
- braised cabbage
- leek timbale
- carrot timbale
- julienne yellow squash and zucchini
- sauteed asparagus
- pureed cauliflower

What was the objective of this exercise? Partially to prove that people would like some items they thought they wouldn't if prepared in a more tasty manner (translation: doused in butter). Also to illustrate that a vegetable plate could look appetizing as opposed to a pile of steamed vegetables on a pile of rice. It looked appetizing, but I'm not sure it was particularly organized.

What did I learn from this exercise? Eggplant isn't so bad; I still don't prefer sweet vegetables like butternut squash and cooked carrots. I don't like rutabagas. Turnips aren't so bad. Cooked cabbage is disgusting, even with apples. The rest I already liked and continue to like.

It was an uneventful day. Wednesday we're supposed to grill steaks. That should be more exciting.