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en vt th 7 a 34 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, November 18, 1986 Four days a week, a group of students at Port Perry High School goes to work in the restaurant business. Well, it's not quite the resta irant business as we know it. But it's the next thing to it. The students are taking a course at the High School called Food Ser- vices with teacher Shirley Edwards. And while the course is designed for students who may be planning a career in the restaurant or hotel business, it is proving to be a very popular option for a lot of others who find they enjoy preparing, cooking and serving meals. The course is an option for students in the general program and compulsory for those in the basic program. Mrs. Edwards told the Star last week, the course helps students "get their feet wet" when it comes to the kitchen, the handling and prepara- tion of food. Groups of students share the "work-load" each day in the well- equipped kitchen and "dining room," which is really an all- purpose classroom. The lunch menu may be as follows: vegetable beef soup as an appetizer, chicken and rice casserole, sweet and sour carrots and Caesaer salad as the main course, topped off with apricot melba for dessert with tea or coffee. Or it could be split pea soup, lasagna and spinach salad, with ice cream and pears in chocolate sauce for dessert. The students must work to strict dead-lines in preparing and cooking XL GAS BAR OPEN 24 HOURS TRY US WE CARE! We sell all brands of cigarettes. PEPSI, DIET PEPSI CANS .. RC COLA CANS ... : 6.99 (plus tax) 5.99 (plus tax) (Whiles Supplies Last) Carrying Local Papers Mgr. 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That's the way things are in the restaurant business and in the case of the Pgod Services course, the meal is served to teachers (who pay for it, by the way) or guests at the school. If the principal walks into the "dining room" with a group of guests, the 'meal better be ready on time. Mrs. Edwards told the Star that meeting these deadlines is an im- portant aspect of the course. "They (students) must learn to get along with their colleagues to get the job done," she stated. The course demands good work habits, quality control, personal hygience, cleanliness in the kitchen, and the ability to deal with people. Not only do the students prepare and cook the meals, they serve them as well. Mrs. Edwards said that some younger students are initial- ly 'petrified' at the thought of ser- ving soup to a group of teachers or guests at the school. The buying of ingredients is an important aspect of food prepara- tion. Because students have limited time, Mrs. Edwards must do much of the buying, but often she will send students to the local grocery store with a shopping list and instructions "to look for quality and price." It's a credit course and students are marked on the basis of two writ- ten exams during the year and on their day-to-day participation, at- titude and performance in the kitchen. Traditionally over the years in Ontario high schools, food services or similar courses were pretty much reserved for girls. But that has changed. Many of the 73 students now taking the course at PPHS are guys. Greg Finnigan, 17, took the course . as an option this year and is thoroughly enjoying it. He has work- ed in local restaurants and is con- 'templating a career in restaurant management. "It's very realistic and the facilities are good," he told the Star while sweeping the kitchen floor as his class came to an end last Thurs- day morning. Derek Martens, 16, is another stu- dent who enjoys the course and is getting something from it. He works part time in a local restaurant (salad-making) and'is quite serious about opening his own eatery some- day where he will take an active role in the kitchen. The course gives students a wide variety of meal preparation techni- ques from baking, grilling, frying, - to soups, salads and dressing, sauces, gravies and even sand- wiches which are the stock and trade of the short-order business. After the teachers (about 12 each day) and any special guests have enjoyed their meal, there is an add- ed bonus for the students. They may get to sit down and enjoy their culinary efforts. EDITOR'S NOTE: On the day the Star prepared this story, the students were serving pea soup, lasagna, spinach salad with sliced hard boiled egg and mushrooms (fresh sliced), garlic bread follow- ed by peaches and ice cream. 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