烹饪学生准备感恩节大餐

Emilie Jenson, Public Information Office
11/17/2023

当爱荷华中心的学生准备回家过感恩节假期时，另一群学生将在厨房里忙碌。

爱荷华州中央烹饪艺术和烘焙专业的学生已经为一年一度的道奇福特堡社区感恩节晚宴做了近两周的准备，他们将在假期里烹饪和提供近2000顿饭，包括火鸡和所有的辅料。

“When everyone else goes home, these students will stay and put in around 30 hours of volunteer time per student,” said Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management Program Coordinator Chef Michael Hirst.

自2009年以来，烹饪专业的学生一直与当地的汽车经销商合作，准备免费的感恩节晚餐。 与爱荷华中心的合作始于道奇福特的车主凯西和黛布·约翰逊及其家人决定在他们经销商的陈列室举办晚宴，但他们知道，这样一个大规模的活动需要更多的资源和劳动力，而不是他们四个人单独提供。

第一年，学生们为大约250-300人准备了一顿传统的感恩节大餐，自成立以来，每年的人数都在显著增长，现在为1000-2000人提供了食物。

在活动开始前的几天和几周里，学生们一直在厨房里忙着准备近1600磅的火鸡，每一块都要用于这顿饭。

“We start with 75 20-to-25-pound turkeys which prepping began last Friday,” said Hirst. “We made 250 gallons of turkey broth; half will go into the gravy and half will be used in the dressing.”

感恩节前的那个周五，烹饪专业的学生亚历克斯·贝克（Alex Baker）和特雷·威尔金斯（Trey Wilkins）在厨房里帮忙切青豆，但他们的首要工作仍然是准备晚餐的甜点。

“We made 300 pie crusts yesterday,” said Wilkins. “And last week we made and weighed all the pie fillings. We’ll start filling and baking the pies on Monday.”

他们的工作将产生近900份南瓜、苹果、蓝莓和山核桃派。

“It went by a lot quicker than I thought it would,” said Baker. “It is a lot of prep, but it is all worth it.”

“It is a challenge, sometimes a struggle; but we are all in it together,” said student Madison Hepperle. “It is definitely the most food I have ever helped cook but I am glad to have the opportunity to do it.”

“It is nice to know that the food I made is for something like this,” said Baker. “Others will be eating it and if they enjoy it, that makes me happy.”

爱荷华州中央/福特道奇感恩节的数字

• 1600磅火鸡
• 900份派
• 450磅土豆
• 300磅的面包填料
• 250磅香肠肉酱
• 250加仑的火鸡高汤
• 125磅的蔓越莓酱