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Show To Be Good Cook You Must Enjoy Cooking By DON ETA GATHER I'M LA YTON -- When you sit down at a table in the Davis North Medical Center cafeteria with Janet Child, cook at the hospital, you get some good common philosophy along with your meal. JANET LIKES her job. She tells you, "to be a cook, you have to like to cook." It is this positive attitude that keeps her producing some of the best meals served in any public building. "One of my friends told me that cooking was the low job on a totem pole. I don't believe this. I think cooking is a challenge. You have to know about nutrition, special spe-cial diet requirements, salt free meals and fat free diets. I believe that cooking is an occupation that provides a good and needed service for people. That's why I enjoy it. You have to have pride in your job. I want to make things look good and taste good. I like to eat," Janet says as she walks to the cafeteria serving area to assist a customer. JANET MOVED to West Point from Oregon when she was 1 2 years old. She considers Utah her home and has no desire to move elsewhere. At the present time, she lives in Clinton. Like most people, Janet first learned to cook before she was married. Janet had eight brothers and sisters. "We always prepared big meals. I learned to like to make goodies for my father. He had a sweet tooth that he passed on to me," says Janet. RAISING A family of five children taught Janet more about cooking. Now that her children are grown, she still enjoys cooking for them and for her three grandsons. LIKING TO COOK is the main reason Janet took a job with the Davis County school lunch program. She worked in the public schools for about 12 years. Janet cooked in the elementary school system and in a high school. She liked working at the elementary level best. Four years ago, Janet started working at the hospital on a part-time basis. She has been a full-time cook for the past year. THERE ARE many differences in the methods of cooking you use at home, in a school and in a hospital. Quantity cooking from scratch is the big challenge the school lunch system gives cooks. "I had to learn to cut down on amounts when I started working at the hospital. The school lunch system required re-quired us to make everything from scratch. At the hospital hos-pital many things are made from scratch but we do use some frozen entrees. I miss the contact with the children chil-dren I had when I worked for the school lunch. The ladies I work with at the hospital make the job enjoyable. enjoy-able. There was a good group of women working in the schools too. I don't know which job I like the best. I quit cooking to work managing a bakery. I only stayed nine months. Cooking is the job I enjoy most," Janet says in a reflective manner. WHEN SHE isn't working at the hospital or enjoying her family, Janet is participating in one of several activities activi-ties she enjoys. For many years she has sung with a ladies sextet called the "Clintones." This musical ta- lent has been given to her children. One daughter teaches piano and has conducted a children's chorus. Square dancing is another hobby Janet enjoys. She belongs to several clubs. fir ir-t - ; ihuAf (In I IV 'slv - -$ v-t il vi v -A tv ? 1 A , w - rw j '" - mtef.f I I v . -"- j . - I bwk-' ' If .Till, i . m, iMm.. . n.r tw A Janet Cook's joy with cooking is the main reason she took a job with the Davis County school lunch program. SERVICE IN the LDS Church has been important to Janet. She worked in the Primary organization for about 25 years. She has also held positions in Relief Society. Like many cooks, Janet has one speciality that she does better than anything else. Cookie making is Janet's trademark. The child cookie jar is usually full. Grandchildren Grand-children enter the home asking for a "Too-kie, Grandma, Grand-ma, a too-kie." THE CHOCOLATE crinkle recipe is used by the hospital kitchen workers. It has become a favorite of the patients and employees. CHOCOLATE CRINKLE COOKIE Vi cup corn oil 3A cup cocoa 4 Tablespoons butter 2 cups sugar 2 tsp. baking powder 4 eggs Vi tsp. salt 2Vt cup flour (about) MIX INTO a soft dough. Chill because of the corn oil. Otherwise the dough will be too soft to use. Form dough into small balls and roll into powdered sugar. Bake in a moderate oven. The best cookie recipe in Janet's personal recipe file is a sugar cookie. Nutmeg and sour cream give this confection a moist, tangy taste. SUGAR COOKIE 3'2 cup flour 3 tsp. baking powder Vs tsp. soda 'A tsp. salt Vi to V tsp. nutmeg (depending on taste) 1 cup shortening 2 eggs 1 cup sugar V cup sour cream CREAM SHORTENING, sugar, eggs. Add milk and dry ingredients. Roll out to desired thickness. Cut into shapes. Bake in a moderate oven. |
