Personal Narrative: Peanut Clusters

It was a cold day early December. We stepped out into the icy tundra and and ran for the car. The inside of the car felt like it was below 0°. As we started on the highway the snow looked so graceful as it fell on the streets and on the passing. My Grandma and I were heading over to my aunt's house to make Christmas candies. Once we were there and inside we got everything set up. The chocolate was melting on the stove, the parchment paper was laid neatly across the table, recipes taped on cabinet doors and ingredients scattered everywhere. We started off with opening the peanuts and making peanut clusters. Those are my favorite. We take handfuls of peanuts and drop them into the smooth creamy chocolate and move them around, so they can get into groups. After they are in groups we carefully take them out and lay them down on parchment paper to harden. We do this for about ten minutes then start on making peanut butter balls. The peanut butter balls are filled with a mixture of peanut …show more content…
My mind was just so lost in thought that I lost track of time. Soon my grandma ripped me from my thoughts and said it was time to go home. We said our goodbyes to my Aunt and cousin and walked to the frozen weather outside. As we were driving home, I realized that today I wasn’t only spending time with my grandma and Aunt, but I was making a future career for myself. I had no clue that morning that I would want to own a bakery, but that day I found out I could make a career out of doing something I love. So when I got home, I started researching culinary and business schools. I found so many colleges that have culinary programs I was amazed. Then I found the college, I have my heart set on going to. It’s name is The Institute of Culinary Education. It’s won numerous awards for its pastry program and so many more, it’s in New York City. I that's where my journey to owning my own bakery will