Busy Monday

I usually dread Monday's; however, today was great fun!  First off, waking up later and taking the short 10 minute drive over to Luna is amazing.  It makes for such a better day when I get enough sleep at night to be ready for what is to come.  Kasey joined me in the morning, which was great because we had to match macarons shells.  It wasn't the most fun job in the world but it had to be done.  Something I did not know about Luna before I started was that they tend to have a lot of catering orders.  Today there was an order for a lot of macarons, so we had to help out with matching the shells.  This meaning that once they are taken out of the oven you have to match the macaron ends together so that they are the same size.  Kasey and I did a total of 10 sheets of matching and it surprisingly took us about an hour and a half or more.  The time flies by while we are in the kitchen.  Once we finished the matching we scaled out recipes.  Because the recipes are for a lot more cookies, it takes us a lot longer to scale the recipe.  Also, there is no estimating when scaling these recipes.  Kasey and I both used scales to make sure that we had the EXACT amount the recipe said.  Once we finished scaling for two different cookie recipes Kasey had to go for a doctors appointment so I was on my own.  It was right around 12 o'clock, which is usually lunch time.  As "interns" we usually just write down our orders and give them to the people who cook and they do them last.  Today was a little weird.  It was insanely busy, especially for a Monday and I don't think anyone was expecting it.  I put in an order but never actually got my lunch.  They were so busy that it probably just got lost.  I didn't mind so I just got myself a bowl of soup.  Once I was finished with lunch I was taught how to sheet cookies.  Meaning that I used the machine that flattens the cookie dough and then I use cookie cutters to create different shapes for orders or for sale in the front.  Today I did a bunch of different insects as my shapes, such as butterflies, dragonflies, bees, lady bugs and bee hives.  It took me much longer than I expected, but I got 6 trays done!  The pictures are of Kasey and I matching macaron shells.