Cooking for Dummies... Lesson Plan

Due to Delirium's nature this may change frequently but this is the rough guide to Del's Cooking Course

WEEK ONE:
Wednesday 21st Novemeber: (AKA BORING TEACHING DAY)
Making Sourdough Bread from starter to baking.
Bread Video

Saturday 24th Novemeber:
Making Cookies (Ice Cream put back by a week.)

HOMEWORK FOR NEXT WEEK: FIND ONE ITEM OF FOOD AND BRING IT TO CLASS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO COOK WITH.


WEEK TWO:
PLEASE BRING YOUR HOMEWORK PIECE OF FOOD TO CLASS AS THAT WILL BE INVOLVED IN EITHER WEDNESDAY OR SATURDAY'S CLASS. IF SAVOURY BRING ON WEDNESDAY, IF SWEET BRING ON SATURDAY.

Wednesday:
Making Soup

Saturday:
Making Ice Cream

HOMEWORK FOR NEXT WEEK: COMPLETE SOUP/ICE CREAM, write up how you did, how you would improve and any problems.


WEEK THREE:
Wedneday:
SURVIVAL COOKING!
So what do you do if you are stranded on an island with only mangoes to eat. Your handy dandy survival cooking course on what you can and can't eat. If only we could find a little seasoning those grubs would taste yummy!

Saturday:
Making cake, mmm cake. Cupcakes for the win.

HOMEWORK FOR NEXT WEEK: TRY AND FORAGE FOR YOURSELF FOR THE DAY! Eat only what you can find on trees, bushes, in the ground or what you kill yourself. No cheating! (Except you can take water, because otherwise Eostre might shout at me and she's scary. But apart from water no cheatering.)

WEEK FOUR:
Wednesday:
Tis the Season to be Olly.
Seasonal food cooking.

Saturday:
Making Pie...mmmm pie. Without the crust. (What?!)


WEEK FIVE:
Wednesday:

Saturday
Depending on student participation and numbers ONE student WILL be cooking Delirium's Thursday's breakfast as part of a mini test.

WEEK SIX:
Break for the Holidays.
HOMEWORK: Make something from the past five weeks and write a report on the techniques used and the end result.

WEEK SEVEN:

Wednesday:
Making Breakfast (Or Brunch)- the traditional and non-traditional ways. How to cook eggs, croissants, bacon, make fruit juice and fruit salad. One Non-Traditional recipe will be decided on the day.

Saturday:
Making Fresh fruit smoothies.

HOMEWORK: Find one breakfast recipe and bring it to THURSDAY'S SPECIAL LESSON.

WEEK EIGHT:

Wednesday: Preparing fish- cleaning, gutting, cutting and cooking. We'll be cooking the catch of the day with some simple herbs and juices.

THURSDAY: ALL STUDENTS TO ATTEND DELIRIUM'S BREAKFAST. WILL BE COOKING ONE PART OF THE MEAL.

Saturday:


WEEK NINE:
Wednesday: Vegetarian Cooking- Vegetable puff pastries and fruit tarts.

THURSDAY: STUDENTS TO ATTEND DELIRIUM'S BREAKFAST at some point to help with the feeding.

Saturday:

WEEK TEN:
Mini Project- Compile some ideas of what you would like to sell/trade at the market. Begin test batches. Record results.