Category: Domestic
Custards
Laminated doughs finished nicely at the end of last week, the doughnuts and beignets were delicious and the exam went well, gaining me a nice A overall. We then fulfilled our tradition of going out for dinner at the end of the block, 9 of us this time, crowding into Magnolia eating and chatting and […]
Continue Reading...Pumpkins and Brioche
We didn’t win the pumpkin carving competition in school. This was the finished product, the tongue of roasted red pepper grossed everyone out *grins* These were some of the others And this was the winner Chef is already coming up with plans for next year! It was a nice weekend. DmentD and I spent Saturday, […]
Continue Reading...Happy Halloween!
The zombie cake got finished, pictures to follow, but suffice to say he looked awesome. I got DmentD to print off some of the photos so I could take them into school and show him off, impressing some of the instructors, including ones I don’t even know! *grins* This week at school has been a […]
Continue Reading...Busy Busy Busy
Laminated doughs has been good so far. We made 3 different types of puff pastry and then a whole host of items with them, palmiers, pitiviers, chaussons, band aux fruit, tart tatin, mille feulle, brie en croute, salmon en croute and lobster newberg. With the exam on chaussons and pitivier. It went alright, it’s certainly […]
Continue Reading...Weekend Be Gone
But it was a nice weekend. Starting Friday after class a group of us went to Magnolia and had food and drinks and chatting and gossiping and much relaxing and winding down after the exam! Saturday DmentD and I didn’t do much, through we went round to a friend’s house in the evening for dinner […]
Continue Reading...It’s A Sad Day
My exam on Friday… I got my lowest score yet in the practical exam… I only managed 190/200 *grins* I did however manage 102/100 in the theory! I lost the 10 points in the practical for my chocolate. 5 for it developing a fat bloom and 5 for having a bit too much on my […]
Continue Reading...Halloween
It’s not just a holiday here, it’s a whole season! The other weekend DmentD went up into the attic and found his decorations and got me to help him get them down the ladder.. a job that was much easier with two of us, I wouldn’t want to do it on my own. And then, […]
Continue Reading...Look out Austin..
I’m on the road! So DmentD took me out for a second drive today after brunch. We started off in a carpark, at one end where it was quiet, and then further along it where there were a few more people and some traffic for me to contend with. We even tried out some parking! […]
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