Home Economics - Fish and Chips

Last Friday we made fish and chips using Nadia Lim's food bag recipe. This meant that instead of frying or deep frying them, we baked them in the oven.

Team work

One member of our team wasn't at school that Friday meaning it was only three of us. This meant that there was slightly more work that we each had to do but we did get a little more fish each. We had a few problems that were similar to last weeks, i.e: some people not taking initiative, some people starting things to early, not actually doing much to contribute. Once they were asked to do something or shown that they had to do something, then they did it and got on with it. Similar to last week though, once we got into it then things started to get going. Everyone seemed to enjoy the fish but the chips weren't as great as we were hoping but that's ok. 

Outcome

Team feedback

As stated above everyone in our team enjoyed the fish but the chips weren't as nice as we though they would be. It might be because we didn't add enough herbs and spices, we didn't cook them for long enough, we cut them too thin, etc. I don't know but if we ever make them again we will probably figure out a way to fix the problem of not liking the chips. 

Personal feedback

I personally don't really like fish cause it just tastes mushy and not very nice. However, recently I've been able to tolerate it and be able to eat it without wanting to throw up. I liked the small amount of mayonnaise and believed it added some flavor. In general, I really liked it and would make at home for me mum and dad. I believe that the cones we made out of baking paper was a nice little addition (even if it wasn't the most practical way to serve it). 

Chips that look like apples

These are uncooked by the way. 

Notes

Some notes I have are that next time we should add more herbs and flavoring to the chips as they dry up fairly easily. Along with that I might cut the chips a bit bigger because the shriveled up and I think that played a small part in why they didn't taste as good as we were hoping.

 Miss Hindson also informed us that cooking the fish in the oven is actually more healthy, as well as cooking the chips in the oven which is pretty cool.

An added bonus was we were using panko crumbs which are my favorite type of bread crumbs. They're mostly used in Japanese cooking such as tempura (which is really good).