Sorry for the lack of update. I'll start with Thursday.
Thursday morning we went to the big market in the center of Yssingeaux that only happens on thursdays. The first thing we saw were caged pigeons, geese, hens, chicks, and rabbits to be sold to be eaten. The rest of the market had a lot of fresh produce, cheese, sausage, fish, flowers, clothes, you name it. later we went to our usual coffee spot, and then headed to class. we were in the kitchen, and pretty much everything that could go wrong, did. My eclairs and choux didnt rise (I put too much butter in my dough.. they still tasted super good after they were cooked though.. mmm butter.) I put wayy too much water in with sugar when I was making syrup for my buttercream frosting so it took about an extra 30 minutes of boiling time to get it up to temperature before I could add it to the egg whites. When I was checking on the egg whites to see if they were at stiff peaks yet, I was using a stand mixer I hadn't used before. This one had a lever on the left to start the mixing, on the right to bring up the whisk. After my whisk was up I was doing to push the lever to lower it again. Instead I turned the power on and meringue went everywhere. I started laughing, chef saw it too and started laughing as well, so I didn't feel too bad. Lastly, while I was reaching into my pastry kit, i cut my finger on a knife (second class in a row.) It was a very frustrating day.
On Friday everything was going a lot better. Chef helped me remake my pate a choux so my choux and eclairs turned out. The day before we had made brioche dough and it had risen from the day before. It turned out really well. My pastry cream worked out. My genoise batter cooked well and my moka cake turned out to be very tasty. We then rolled out some salted dough to make crust for quiche, that was really good too... If I sound like I'm tooting my own horn its because of what happened next.. I was, yet again, reaching into my pastry kit and i really really cut my finger. I almost fainted. Typical accident prone me.. and yes, thats 4 classes in a row.
Today, during the day, Kwen, Wendy, Cheryl, Ching Yang, Eric, and I went to St. Etienne. We went to Ikea again (same as the Ikeas in the US except instead of cinnamon rolls, they have macaroons. They also have wine in the cafeteria.) We also stopped at an Asian Grocery store and got lots of things. Kwen already made some spicy sprouts with some of the things she bought there, they were delicious. We also went to the mall and bought some warm clothes for the winter. Then back to Yssingeaux to relax.
Tomorrow, time to clean my messy room (those of you who have seen my rooms in college or at home, its hard to believe its messy, isnt it?)
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