Viking Cooking School

so i've never been interested in cooking. as far as i was concerned, it was a means to an end. stacie seems to get quite a bit of enjoyment in creating cakes for friends. as for me, i just didn't get it. that is until we went to the viking cooking school in greenwood. i've never had any interest in going. as a matter of fact, i had never heard of it until jim took kristy for a weekend get away. kristy seemed pretty impressed by the gesture. when i was trying to think of something stacie and i could do togther for our anniversary, i remembered how much jim and kristy had enjoyed their experience.

on wednesday, i bought tickets for the friday "enchanted evening" date night class and made hotel reservations. i broke my hand thursday night. on friday we left vicksburg at about 3:45 and rolled into greenwood at 5:45. i expected the cooking school facilities to be tied into a viking manufacturing plant for some reason. much to my surprise, the school is located in a non-assuming store-front building nestled in the heart of down town greenwood across the street from the famed alluvian hotel.

when we got there, we perused the wares store and discovered there were alot of must haves that we simply don't have. once everyone showed up, we were taken into the hands-on kitchen where we would be preparing our meal for the evening. for some unknown reason, i was under the impression that each person was going to be cooking their own meal and it didnt take me long to come to the conclusion that i was at a severe disadvantage with a busted paw. clearly, i would be relying on stacie to cook both her meal and my meal. much to my relief, the five couples were split into a group of three couples and a group of two couples and each group would cook the meals. thankfully, our group took up my slack.

we started with a salad made with avacodaos, brown sugar bacon, grapefruit, lobster tails and fresh greens. hands down the best salad i have ever eaten. next we made grilled veal chops with angel hair pasta. i'm not exactly sure what a truffle is, but i did learn that truffle oil does wonders for pasta. we finished off the meal with a mint custard with chocolate covered strawberries and chocolate covered mint leaves. probably the best meal i have ever had a hand in making.

stacie and i are almost done with our new kitchen and i'm starting to think i would enjoy us cooking meals together. we might have to start shopping at williams sonoma if we can ever get done at the home depot.