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MENU du JOUR:
Appetizer
Main Course
Christianity in the Kitchen - "God's Perfect Timing"
Culinary Learning - "Tri-Tip"
CCF Trivia
Recipes - Chocolate Truffles
Recent Job Listings - 3 New
Dessert
Recipe Contests (For Professionals Only)
Hints and Tips
Featured Website - Christian Research Institute
Chef to Chef
A Little Something Extra
A Merry Heart
Toothpick
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A P P E T I Z E R | |
Well, I'm happily married and back to everything with life, work, and CCF. Thank you all for your prayers.
That being said, yes, there still is something new this month -- something that's been requested quite often actually: a Christian Chefs Local Groups section of the website. This section describes everything about local groups in general (what they're all about), attending local groups, and even how to start a local group. Visit the following link if you're interested in meeting other Christian cooks and chefs in your local area.
http://www.christianchefs.org/local_groups.html
God Bless,
Ira Krizo, Director
CCF@ChristianChefs.org
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M A I N C O U R S E | |
God's Perfect Timing
Ever wonder why God oftentimes answers our prayers telling us either "no" or "wait", when, with all our understanding, it seems to be what's best? Sometimes it can be a bit discouraging and even frustrating to wait while it seems nothing is going forward in life.
Even David got to this point many different times. Not knowing why God was allowing him to go through all those trials, He cried out from all the pain and suffering Saul had been putting him through wondering why all his enemies were defeating him. But with every such example in the Bible, these experiences worked out for good. God used that experience to strengthen David, bringing him to trust in God alone for his strength rather than himself or other men, which is a trait required for the great role God was to work through him to make an impact on His kingdom both then and now.
What about where you work? Have you ever wondered why God doesn't open the door to a promotion or to work in another kitchen when it seems that you have nothing more to learn in your position and it seems best to move on? Ever wonder why you're struggling so much even though you haven't done anything to deserve it? That's because it's all about God's perfect timing, not ours, allowing God's perfect will to be done through some not-so-perfect people.
Sometimes the best way to understand this is to look back a couple of years in your own life. Looking at mine, I remember a few years ago I was wondering why God had me working in the same restaurant so long when things seemed to be going so terribly. It ended up that I learned a great deal there (both in the kitchen and in my spiritual growth through the struggles I went through), and if I had taken another job during that time I probably wouldn't have had the opportunity to live and cook in France and Australia. And if I hadn't lived there and done that I wouldn't have met the wonderful woman who is now my wife! It's amazing looking at how much better God's perfect timing is than my own perceived "perfect timing", as "there is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death" (Proverbs 16:25, NKJV)
Ira Krizo
http://www.ChristianChefs.org/about/irakrizo.html
If God is speaking to your heart about these things, and you need somebody to talk with, please don't hesitate to e-mail us about your need and somebody from the Fellowship will contact you as soon as possible. If you have a prayer request or would like to start a theological discussion on this or any other topic, please feel free to post it in our Message Boards:
http://www.ChristianChefs.org/forums.html
Tri-Tip
http://www.ChristianChefs.org/culinary/tritip.html
Questions about this article or any other culinary related subject can be asked via the "Culinary Q&A" Section of the Message Boards:
http://www.ChristianChefs.org/forums.html
First, this newsletter's question:
Where does the word "Restaurant" come from?
E-mail your answer to "trivia@ChristianChefs.org" with "Trivia Answer" in the subject column. Also, please tell us what brief title(s) ("Sous Chef," "Dallas, Texas," or whatever - see examples below) you would prefer for your name being listed in the next newsletter, as well as how difficult you found the question (so we can improve future trivia questions).
Solution to the last newsletter's trivia question:
Question:
What happened when 42 children laughed at Elisha because he was bald?
Answer:
Two she-bears appeared and mauled them.
Additional information found/submitted on the subject:
Right after Elisha cleansed the entire city of Jericho's bad water from the source, "he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up the road, some youths came from the city and mocked him, and said to him, 'Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!' So he turned around and looked at them, and pronounced a curse on them in the name of the LORD. And two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths. Then he went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria."
2 Kings 2:23-25 (NKJV)
The first five people to answer this question correctly:
1. Darrell Riley, Executive Chef - Near Fort Worth Texas
2. Lorraine Bartlett
3. Phil Bettencourt Jr.
4. Dave Longacre, Food Service Director
5. Carla, Personal Chef - Stamping Ground, Kentucky
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Chocolate Truffles Author: Ira Krizo Yield: About 100 |
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I looked through many different classical recipes to make this recipe for my wedding a couple of weeks ago. I was told numerous times by people that these are the best truffles they've ever eaten. And they're easy to make, too.
Ingredients:
2 lb 13 oz (1.3kg) Semi-Sweet Chocolate
5 Tbsp (75ml) Milk
1 lb (450g) Butter, diced
3/4 cup (180ml) Coffee
10 Egg Yolks
1 cup (240ml) Cream
Your choice of Coating Ingredient(s)
Procedure:
1) Melt the chocolate with the milk only until smooth in a bain marie. Cooking any longer will burn the chocolate.
2) Add the butter and mix well.
3) Add the coffee.
4) Slowly add the egg yolks and mix well.
5) Add the cream. Stir well.
6) Place in a bowl and let cool overnight in the refrigerator.
7) Scoop the chocolate mixture into walnut size pieces and round them off by hand. Place back in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
8) To finish, coat the balls with your choice of ingredients. The above picture has half of the truffles dipped in chocolate to form a hard shell and the other half rolled in cocoa powder.
More information on each of the below Job Listings, such as the job's timeline, responsibilities, pay, and how to contact the employer on each of these, can be found within the Employment area of our website (link below). There you can also find jobs that have been posted in previous months that haven't yet been filled and you can also post any job openings you have to be listed there and in this newsletter for FREE!
http://www.ChristianChefs.org/employment.html
Name = Herne Bay Court Christian Centre
Location = Herne Bay, Kent, England (UK)
Position = Apprentice Chef
Name = John 3:16 Mission, Inc.
Location = Tulsa, Oklahoma (USA)
Position = Kitchen Supervisor
Name = Spear-O-Wigwam Ranch
Location = Sheridan, Wyoming (USA)
Position = Lunch/Dinner Chef
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D E S S E R T | |
Please note: Contest Listing(s) below are for PROFESSIONALS ONLY in the culinary industry. There are many more contests available for nonprofessionals as well, some of them ongoing or being repeated on a monthly basis. If you're interested in those, here's one excellent website to check out:
http://www.recipecontests.com
CLEAR SPRINGS TROUT RECIPE CONTEST
Clear Springs is challenging chefs and cooks of commercial and noncommercial dining operations to submit original recipes featuring Clear Cuts Boneless Idaho Rainbow Trout fillets.
DEADLINE: March 18
PRIZES: Grand Prize: A weeklong class at The Culinary Institute of America Greystone in St. Helena, Calif., plus travel expenses for two and $500 spending money; Second Prize: $250; Third Prize: $100.
WEB SITE: http://www.tommytrout.com/news/default.asp
MORE INFO: To request an entry form, call (800) 635-8211
FLORIDA NATURAL PREMIUM BRAND JUICES CITRUS RECIPE CONTEST
Recipes must contain at least one Florida's Natural Premium Brand juice product as an ingredient in the recipe and make prominent use of the juice ingredient. Drink recipes are not accepted.
DEADLINE: March 31
PRIZES: Grand Prize: $10,000 and tickets to Universal Studios Florida; First Prize(2): $1,000 and tickets to Universal Studios Florida; Honorable Mention(50): $50 and tickets to Universal Studios Florida.
WEB SITE: http://www.floridasnatural.com/chefcontest/
MORE INFO: Only one recipe entry per person. Each entry will be evaluated using the following criteria: Clarity of the directions and ease of preparation (25%); Creativity (50%); Perceived appeal of the dish to the public (25%).
All contests listed above are provided by the company listed, NOT by CCF. For additional information on each contest, please contact the designated company for that specific listing. Enjoy!
To keep icings moist and to prevent cracking, add a pinch of baking soda to the icing.
Taken from the Cooks Advance Cookbook of 1990
Submitted by Diane Boone
If you know of any great hints or tips, please post them in the "Hints and Tips" area of the Message Boards. Of the ones posted there, one will be featured here in our newsletter.
http://www.ChristianChefs.org/forums.html
Christian Research Institute
Providing Christians with carefully researched information and well-reasoned answers that encourage them in their faith and equip them to intelligently represent it to people influenced by ideas and teachings that assault or undermine orthodox, biblical Christianity.
"Prayer"
"Hi to anyone out there. I am really discouraged as my dream of becoming a fulltime chef is fading. I would love to attend one of the culinary schools yet $$$ are a problem. I am married with a 2 year old daughter and with the work I'm doing now I have no way to fulfill this dream. Age is also becoming a factor as I would be competing against some 20-25 years my younger. Please pray for me as I seek God's work in this venture."
You are welcome to respond to this message in the "Prayer Requests" section of CCF's message boards:
http://www.ChristianChefs.org/forums.html
If you're searching for particular instructions or cooking techniques or maybe have a special need, you can post these on our message boards. If you've done that and are still in need, please e-mail us and let us know so that we may highlight that need in this section of our next newsletter.
When God is about to do something great, he starts with a difficulty. When he is about to do something truly magnificent, he starts with an impossibility.
-Armin Gesswein
Borrowed with permission from "This Day's Thought"
http://www.thisdaysthought.org
We may live without poetry, music, and art
We may live without conscience and live without heart
We may live without friends, we may live without books
But civilized man cannot live without cooks.
Owen Meredith
Submitted by Carol Pinson
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God Bless,
Ira Krizo, Director
Christian Chefs Fellowship
CCF@ChristianChefs.org
http://www.ChristianChefs.org
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