Week 4 - Field Trip to Harvest Bread Co. & Dan McGees!

Instead of lab tonite, we are venturing out to Harvest Bread Company in Orland Park and then to Dan McGee's in Frankfort. First we stopped off at Harvest where we were met by the owner. She sampled many different varieties of bread for us to try. She then gave us a tour of the back and showed us where they mill their own wheat and where they mix the bread. Those mixers are the largest I have ever seen! She showed us where they knead out the dough and she showed us the oven last. It was just one big oven that rotated.
Then we were off to Dan McGee's! He had a menu all set up for us. We could either choose a mushroom soup or salad for our appetizer and then either a pork chop, chicken or salmon. I had the chicken. I didn't realize that it would be covered in tomato sauce. If I knew that, I most likely would've gone with the pork. It was on top of asiago mashed potatoes, which were okay, but were also covered in the sauce. I'm just kind of finicky and like everything to be separate. It was good, but it just wasn't my thing. After the entree several different desserts were brought out, like pumpkin creme brulee, chocolate souflee and panna cotta. They were all delicious!