Jenelle the Chef

So this week I've spent a ton of time in the kitchen helping with the food since that is what the lady who left used to do. We have completely rearranged and cleaned the kitchen (it really needed it). In addition to that, it's me and Alejandro's brother who are working in there. Memo is blind but he was a chef in Cancun at some ritzy restaurant before. He can cut things up better and more consistently than I can and he can't see what he's doing. It's great. He can guess weights and quantities better than anyone too. He tells me things like... Oh, just put about 2 kilos in there. And of course that means absolutely nothing to me haha. What makes it more funny is I have ("had" before this week) a very small vocabulary of kitchen terms. The difference between a pot/pan/sauce pan/ladle/spatula/colander etc is a whole different thing when you are the one that has to find the unknown object for him and he has to feel each one to see if it will work. I can't just pick it up and show him to ask if it's the right thing. In fact all forms of communication are a little more difficult because I tend to use a lot of motions and non verbal communication. However with Memo this doesn't exactly work since he can't exactly see those things. So it's been a lot of me trying to describe things and finally walking over to him to hand him what I'm talking about. I might be making it sound worse than it is, but still... it's been a fun experience. We've been having a great time and he's bound and determined to get me to be a chef. It's hilarious. I have the rest of this week and next week at the Center. I can't believe it's almost over!