Classifying

Who knew being a chef required knowing so much about all realms of food? I love it!

Lately for work, I’ve been educating myself on the different eating limitations such as semi-vegetarians, lacto, etc. We are going to have a wide variety of clientele, so we need to make sure we can cater to everyone’s needs and keep all types happy! I ended up making posters for the kitchen walls so we can glance at them for reference. Here’s what I learned..

Semi-Vegetarians

BEEF AND PORK—NO

POULTRY—YES

FISH&SEAFOOD—YES

DAIRY—YES

EGGS—YES

GRAINS, LEGUMES, AND VEGETABLES—YES

Pesco-Vegetarian

BEEF AND PORK—NO

POULTRY—NO

FISH&SEAFOOD—YES

DAIRY—YES

EGGS—YES

GRAINS, LEGUMES, AND VEGETABLES—YES

Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian

BEEF AND PORK—NO

POULTRY—NO

FISH&SEAFOOD—NO

DAIRY—YES

EGGS—YES

GRAINS, LEGUMES, AND VEGETABLES—YES

Lacto Vegetarian

BEEF AND PORK—NO

POULTRY—NO

FISH&SEAFOOD—YES

DAIRY—YES

EGGS—NO

GRAINS, LEGUMES, AND VEGETABLES—YES

Ovo Vegetarian

BEEF AND PORK—NO

POULTRY—NO

FISH&SEAFOOD—NO

DAIRY—NO

EGGS—YES

GRAINS, LEGUMES, AND VEGETABLES—YES

Vegan

BEEF AND PORK—NO

POULTRY—NO

FISH&SEAFOOD—NO

DAIRY—NO

EGGS—NO

GRAINS, LEGUMES, AND VEGETABLES—YES

 

Pretty interesting! Are you any of the above? My grandma is a semi-vegetarian, so I did know that one, and the vegan, but the rest were all new to me.

Onto further work updates…I planned out the first week’s menu(June 20-27), and it’s now in print! I decided that doing all Minnesota dishes would be a lot of fun for the first group of people coming. Some of the dishes include pasties, roast, wild rice dishes, and cream of potato soup.

Recently, I also tried out a new product to help speed things along in the kitchen. If you are a big fan of roasts, this is perfect!

“McCormick® Bag 'n Season® Pot Roast is the easy way to make hearty, homestyle pot roast.  Bag 'n Season® Pot Roast contains a blend of herbs and spices, as well as a cooking bag to eliminate messy cleanup.  With Bag 'n Season®, preparation and cleanup are a snap!”

You Will Need

• 1 package McCormick® Bag 'n Season® Pork Roast
  
• 3 to 4 pounds chuck, bottom round or  rump roast, trimmed. I used a pork roast.
• 4 cups cut-up fresh vegetables, such as potatoes, carrots and onions
  
• 1/4 cup water

DIRECTIONS

• PREHEAT oven to 350°F.  Arrange opened Cooking Bag in 13x9-inch baking pan or dish.  Place roast and vegetables into Bag.
• STIR Seasoning Mix and water until well blended.  Pour over roast.  Close Bag loosely with nylon tie.  Cut 4 small holes in top of Bag to allow steam to escape.

• BAKE in lower half of oven 2 hours.  Remove from oven.  Let stand 5 minutes.  Cut open Bag.  Serve roast and vegetables with pan juices. If desired, thicken juices for gravy.

Have you used these bags before? Made everything so tender and flavorful—I will definitely be using it again.