72 Hours Challenge

No exercise today - too tired

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Running on the RM10k in 72 hours challenge...without much idea, the only thing my mind can think of is selling some cookies stuff. I didn't even doubt myself as crazy or what..just wanna have fun trying i guess.

Gone through lots of recipe. Found one that looks easy with the instruction, production cost is low. Since yesterday, I went to buy ingredients at supermarket. Borrowing some tools from Aunt Cat.

And

I still can forget twice.

One in the morning and one in the evening while half way doing the cookery end up rushed out to get it.

I followed what the recipe steps.

But the dough seems strange. It doesn't stick together. I doesn't baked much, the only thing I mostly cook is main meal. So, I just add some more egg to make them stick together, not knowing how suppose to be the right thing to do.

First time I tried to use the machine rolled dough into flat dough type. It was real hard until I notice there's setting of the thickness and thinness of the dough to be rolled out. I found out if rolled too thin, the dough become separated with holes. So I just rolled out the one I found the most smooth without any holes.

During the fried step, the first batch was fried till golden. Then I found out it's not even cooked inside. It's like u cracked it open it's all goey inside. So I re-fried them, they burnt. Lol.

Second batch, due to worry of uncooked, I overcooked them, they are burned too. Hahaha...



Then I lowered the fire, to cook them longer without burning them and blast up the fire when it's about to take out. It's still okay, so I decided to keep them.



Then, I try to make it thinner because it hard to bite.

Trying my best battling with the rolling machine, the result is okay. Fried is at the right colour and look good.

But

The taste was bland. It only taste of dough.

Getting tired and irritated...I finally decided to try second round.

I couldn't give up just like that.

Doing the process of mixing all over again, I decided to improvise the recipe. More salt and sugar and the special flavour.

And this time,

Challenge the thinness to the max.

The result is amazing.

And it taste GOOD!

Lol

Crunchy and tastier...I able to produce four boxes of 100g each.



I burned almost one box amount due to re-fried again, because the colour wasn't good enough I decide to fry again. Same mistake repeated. So, re-fried really doesn't work, even for a while.

Look at the time...4 hours!

I spend 4 hours only able to make 4 decent boxes that eventually I decide to sell at RM3 per box. =.=

Really tiring especially in the kneading the dough part, using all my body energy into it.

I really now look differently on those people who baked everyday, factory that produce biscuit and food in cheap and fast way. Really amazing.

Even though this is not a successful venture,

What I learned today are,

1) with help / guidance of mentor might make everything goes more smoothly

2) this is not a fast way to earn money

3) I am happy that I didn't give up even I wanted to when the first batch failed, at least end up with something...

4) I do not like doing this, cooking meal is fine but not cookies type

5) i am tired now


Okay...

So far, nothing better idea thought up other than maybe doing a recipe book for sell. Maybe a 20-30 recipe booklet. Finding publisher will be hard because I'm not a well known chef. and even so, to create 20-30 recipe in such a short times...definitely not in 2 days left.

What can I do tomorrow?

I wanna try my best till the last minute.

I'm not trying to win anyone but myself.

At least i try and take action. I will not regret.