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Can we come over for dinner?

22/11/2016

 
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Hello!

What a way to mark a year of cooking in Yangon: the Spoons are mobile and now offer our cooking classes and kitchen care training in your home kitchen. 
​Domestic employees get one-on-one practical training in their place of work preparing a healthy meal cooked with care for you to enjoy. 
It's a great value way to invest in capacity building with no down time - and you savour the results. ​
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Not keen on shopping?

No problem! The Spoons can bring the ingredients to class for a reasonable charge OR accompany your domestic employee shopping to help buy what's needed for your selected home-cooked meal. 

Can I book a Certificate course?

Yes! The Essential Spoon Certificate offers excellent value and trains in your home kitchen. Since going mobile, we have had several trainees complete 27 hours of 1-on-1 training to receive their certificate.
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Essential Spoon certificate
1 cook | 300 000 MMK
Additional cook |200 000 MMK pp
Plus ingredients |200 000 MM

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The Spoons run on a not-for-profit model. We have directed all earnings from our lessons to salaries for Myanmar local staff, operational costs and free training in our first year.
  • Fee-based training delivered to more than 130 Myanmar women (to Oct 2016)
  • Free hygiene and nutrition training delivered to more than 130 Myanmar women from rural areas (to Oct 2016)
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What's on the menu?

Mix and match to suit your tastes. The Spoons offer more than 60 choices, from snacks, soups and sweet treats to ready-to-go combinations for 3-recipe meals.  Soup and a salad? A main meal, side dish plus a sweet treat? 2 salads and a batch of muffins? 
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How do I book?

The Spoons offer online booking for instant confirmation:
  • Choose from the Home Kitchen Class menu 
  • Go to the Book page
  • Click on the online booking link and answer the questions​
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One sesame seed...

10/9/2016

 

Hello!

The Myanmar proverb - One sesame seed does not make oil - reminds the Spoons to take learning in the kitchen step by step and to celebrate progress as it comes. It’s also a helpful message for householders who employ domestic staff: if you understand there are inconsistencies in your staff’s education and life experience, you will likely hold fairer expectations of them and better recognise their skills and competence.
...there could be a trainee who knows that you put out a fire by 'starving it' of oxygen, yet has not been taught that germs are transmitted mainly by touch.
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As trainers, the Spoons remind ourselves before each class not to presume the knowledge and skills of the cooks. In a single class, there could be a trainee who knows you extinguish a fire by 'starving it' of oxygen, yet is not aware that germs are transmitted mainly by touch. Or someone might never have used a microwave yet their classmate knows how to use the auto defrost setting to safely thaw frozen meat. Most 'wing it' when baking because they've never learnt fractions (we teach this in our Use with Care class). Some have only limited Myanmar and English reading skills, so they read a bit of both (or listen and watch closely) to prepare a recipe. Talk about courage in the kitchen!

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In 11 months (Oct 2015 -Aug 2016), the Spoons have been busy in the kitchen:
  • 11 Essential Spoon certificates 
  • 110 clients
  • 128 trainees
  • 140 recipes translated
  • 154 classes
  • 395 bookings
We are looking forward to celebrating the Spoons' first anniversary soon. Thank you for stirring it in with us!

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Click on the vegetables and get free recipes like Gado Gado, Fruity spring rolls and Pasta with Basil and bean sauce
The Spoons have commenced a community education project - “My Fresh Kitchen” - in partnership with the Yangon Kayin Baptist Women’s Association. In 2017, we plan to:
  • convert the Association's Ahlone HQ kitchen into a working example of a modest, hygienic, well-organised Myanmar space
  • use the process to educate women about hygiene, nutrition and kitchen safety
  • train 20-30 women from rural areas so that they can develop skills for decent work as 'apprentice' domestic cooks 
  • PLUS, develop a competency-based training curriculum that will cover essential skills for domestic work.
​We have funded half of the project ourselves and are seeking support from donors and the community, either in-kind or financial. For more information, please contact Alison Carter at threegoodspoons@gmail.com

Compliments to the Spoons

​I am so appreciative with how on top you are with all of this.
[She] was thrilled with the classes and the materials look great – thank you!

Essential Spoon value

The Spoons' flexible certificate course offers great value and a comprehensive 30 hours training in Kitchen know-how PLUS your choice of ANY 6 group classes PLUS 2 mini master classes PLUS Introduction to Sauces or Spices PLUS Introduction to Herbs for 300 000 MMK
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​What’s fresh in the Spoons’ kitchen?

All group classes now 30 000 MMK or LESS!
  • Introduction to Spices – smell/taste 6+ spices & learn combinations + Myanmar language illustrated guide – 20 September
  • Vegetarian Delights - Tofu pea dip, Japanese-style noodles mushroom& greens (an old fave), Chard, broccoli & apple salad - 20 September
  • Souper – Curried pumpkin & sweet potato, Chinese-style chicken & sweetcorn – 27 September
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  • Casual Delights – Moroccan chicken tagine with (optional) prunes, Nutty cous cous, Spinach, orange, radish salad – 28 September
The Spoons are offering combined vegetarian/meaty classes so cooks can prepare recipes for dietary preferences & requirements. For example:
  • Casual/Vegetarian Delights – Chilli con Carne/Chilli con Corn & tofu, Home-made tortillas, Chunky salsa salad – 27 October
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​The Spoons have lots of ideas, but we love your suggestions and feedback. Thanks!
  • ​Tell others about us – more smiles in class create more opportunities to share it out
  • Like, Review and Share us on Facebook to receive inspirational pics and tips from a happy, productive home kitchen
  • Follow us on Instagram and help build Three Good Spoons’ online community

You don't know what you don't know

21/7/2016

 

Hello!

In a place where job security is essential and the 'need to please' prevalent, it makes sense that a domestic employee might resist an employer's offer to attend training, perceiving it as message they're performing poorly.

​A client recently cancelled a planned class because the potential trainees had claimed they 'did not need it'. Yet none of us know what we don't know! And bad habits are hard to break. Just look at the public health campaign in the United States against washing chicken in your kitchen sink! (The Spoons cover this topic in our Handle with Care class.) 
...none of us know what we don't know! And bad habits are hard to break.
Training is so much more than a response to lack of capacity. It is an opportunity to develop new skills and knowledge. It can be a nice escape from the daily (spice) grind. It can be a reward for a job well done. It can build confidence and social networks. It can provide a career pathway or simply a basis for earning a decent wage. Thanks for stirring it in and sharing it out

​Class tasters

The full August schedule is up! Here are some tasters.
  • Pizza dough mini master - 2 Aug
  • Satisfying salads - Mexican bean and rice, Thai vermicelli, Gado Gado - 2 Aug
  • Souper - corn chowder, chicken and chard - 3 Aug
  • Vegetarian delights - moussaka, pan-scorched okra, pea mint salad - 9 Aug
  • Bread master class - classic loaf/wheat tortillas - 10 Aug
  • Use your noodle - Sichuan chicken, Asian-style slaw - 11 Aug
  • Little tummies - meat and zucchini balls, potato salad, pure banana ice cream - 17 Aug
  • Casual delights - *new* Moroccan chicken, jewelled cous cous - 23 Aug
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Satisfying Salads is back on 2 Aug and 1 Sep. Book online!

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Other classes and servicesThe Spoons have developed some bilingual online resources to help make it easier for you and your domestic employee to build a happy, productive home kitchen.
- Work plan template
- Employment contract template
- Class attendance note for staff 
Click on the Spoons' Other classes and services
We are also posting short instructional videos on Facebook

Kitchen know-how

Classes that focus on building practical knowledge about home kitchen hygiene, cleaning, safety and nutrition. Include Myanmar language Kitchen Know-how booklet. These also count as credits towards The Essential Spoon course
  • Handle with care
  • Clean with care
  • Use with care
  • Nourish with care​
For more information, go to the Other classes and Services page. 
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Compliments to the Spoons

Feedback: the ladies are loving it!
Win on her usual high after class !!! Soups smell great.
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​The Spoons have lots of ideas, but we love your suggestions and feedback. Thanks!
  • ​Tell others about the Spoons – more smiles in class create more opportunities to share it out
  • Like and Share us on Facebook and receive inspirational pics and tips from a happy, productive home kitchen
  • Follow us on Instagram and help build Three Good Spoons’ online community

The burnt chop

2/7/2016

 

Hello!

​I usually think about my Mom when I’m in the kitchen or delivering a nutrition class. She sparked my love for good food and cooking with care, having set the example of a busy working mother who always told me to eat my orange with my scrambled egg breakfast. (The Spoons teach trainees why this combination is important in our Nourish with Care class.) Like so many mothers, mine tended to sacrifice the tastiest morsels for her family. We jokingly coined this ‘the burnt chop syndrome’: putting others’ needs before your own.
It’s the value of ‘burning a chop’ or making a mistake in order to master a skill.
Now in the Spoons kitchen, I’ve come to embrace this concept in a different way. It’s the value of ‘burning a chop’ or making a mistake in order to master a skill. Doing is learning. That’s why we encourage all our trainees to chop, stir, fry and bake their way to being a more capable cook. I don’t panic if a cake breaks when a trainee hastily shakes it out of a tin. Sure, it’s a shame, but it’s also an effective way to demonstrate why you need to take care with freshly-baked cakes! Giving constructive feedback is just as important as providing the opportunity to learn. I hope your cook is benefitting from practising new recipes, even if there’s a burnt chop in the mix now and then.
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Click on the spicy pineapples for a new free recipe

​Fresh flavours

​Casual Delights - Moroccan chicken tagine featuring Spoons’ ras el hanout spice mix
Just desserts – fancy frozen yoghurt paired with exotic fruit (click on the pineapple!)
Mini master beginners – healthy fried rice with vegetables and lean protein
Introduction to spices – 6+ spices, tasty and classic combinations.
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Second helpings

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Classic carbonara
Pasta sauce master class is on again in July and August, The sauces pair perfectly with dry instant pasta but if you wish to try fresh Pasta Fresca products, click here.
Vegans/Vegetarians/Pescetarians and anyone who likes a delicious creamy curry can sign up to learn a tasty Sri Lankan-flavoured dish using chickpea balls or salmon fillets.
Our Vegetable moussaka class is back in August with a step-by-step feature on soy bechamel sauce as an option.
Salad days are back now that more leafy products are available via Fresco delivery and at Go Green. Satisfying salad classes are scheduled in August.
Seafood lovers can give new domestic supplier PoissonYangon a try and send their cook to learn Golden crusted fish with lemon zest and fresh herbs. 

Compliments to the Spoons

Your course got universal praise from the team. The feedback was outstanding, they really loved it and all of them praised your style. Well done! 
Broccoli appeared at dinner for the first time ... thank you !

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The Spoons are passionate about quality service for their clients and also about delivering free training to the community. In the past 6 weeks, the Spoons have:
  • provided 2 hours in basic nutrition and kitchen hygiene training to 25+ community nurse and domestic staff trainees through the Yangon Karen Baptist Women’s Association
  • provided 8 hours training in bread-making to 5 young adults at Garden Home orphanage.
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The Spoons have lots of ideas, but we love your suggestions and feedback. Thanks!
  • ​Tell others about the Spoons – more smiles in class create more opportunities to share it out
  • Like us on Facebook and receive colourful and inspirational pics from a happy, productive home kitchen
  • Follow us on Instagram and help build Three Good Spoons’ online community

Get out of the kitchen!

10/5/2016

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Welcome to the first full monthly serving of the Scoop. ​It’s hot! Get out of the kitchen and let the Spoons inspire some capable cooking and tasty home-cooked meals.​
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Click on these little orange bliss-bombs for 2 free recipes - mango chutney and mango, fetta and cherry tomato salad

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Thank you for joining the Spoons' culinary circle. ​Since September 2015, the Spoons have:
  • delivered more than 130 cooking classes to Yangon’s domestic staff
  • tested, developed, adapted, translated and taught more than 100 recipes
  • developed our Kitchen know-how series on hygiene, safety, efficiency and nutrition
  • grown our team from 1 'Spoon' to 3

Compliments to the Spoons

​The training received has triggered a wealth of new ideas...and we benefit from the well prepared varied cooking every day. A big thank you from here.
​We discussed the information from the Handle with Care class and there were some good and useful points made which we will incorporate into our kitchen.

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SummerSpoons savings

Only for the Scoop subscribers, book any 3 classes for 20% off!  Book the Essential Spoon Certificate for only 250 000 MMK. Learn about more SummerSpoons savings here and quote SummerSpoons when you book.

Fresh summer pasta

Pasta master class, 1 June - 30 000 MMK
Classic carbonara and puttanesca sauces featuring fresh pasta products from Pasta Fresca.
Tell Pasta Fresca to deliver to Three Good Spoons on 1 June and your cook can take your order home straight after class! Email Pasta Fresca to order and view their price list.

Class tasters

  • Bread master class - classic loaf/wheat tortillas
  • Use your noodle - cool Sichuan chicken salad
  • Souper - chilled pea/cool summer tomato (or hot!)
  • Vegetarian delights - galette or san choi bao
  • Casual delights - parmesan chicken or pork & apple
  • Little tummies - vegetarian or meatball lovers!
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Carrot and chickpea cakes with sriracha yoghurt

Gluten guts

Sharky’s sells gluten-free bread and now also Teff for about 4 000 MMK for a 300 gm bag. (Teff is a staple grain in Ethiopa and the main ingredient in the flatbread, Injera.) Pasta Fresca makes fresh pasta right here in Yangon and offers gluten-free products. The Spoons will keep offering vegan and gluten-free recipes each season.
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