So handy...I have evidence of having assisted in putting together a bookshelf. The assistance was mainly of the moral support variety although I did hold some of the pieces together while putting them together...as you can see. It looks so simple, but somehow it always takes longer to put furniture together. Such was the case here.
Then I got spoiled - friends made me lunch. It's something that you always appreciate and I agree with others that somehow it always tastes better when someone else cooks. It must be the TLC because I have had meals at restaurants that I hated, but on the whole, food made by friends (or family) just tastes better. Sometimes people apologize for something being "really simple" but I don't think they realize that what we cook isn't necessarily something we want to eat. I think even Jamie Oliver says in his shows that what he cooks at home wasn't what he made when he worked in restaurants. I'm not sure anyone could possibly eat those quantities of butter, cream, sugar, white flour, etc. etc. on any kind of frequent basis and be able to adhere to any kind of healthy eating plan.Another High Tea
Went to High Tea again over the weekend - one of the girls organized it and I went - for research purposes, of course. An observation was made the other day that I seem to love High Tea. Well, kind of - I like the little sandwiches. Generally the sweets aren't my thing, although the past year has been more of an exercise of tasting. There was a certain amount of critiquing based on what I am hoping to turn out for the exams. Not these...these weren't shiny and the white chocolate was pretty thick on the shell. I didn't taste the filling that much because I didn't like them, so couldn't tell you what they were.
The chocolate centrepiece was quite pretty - someone saw me taking a photo and when I told her I thought it was chocolate, she touched it. Apparently it was. Anyway - I liked the bending of the sculpture and the twigs they made out of it. The rose isn't as pretty as the one Chef NH does in Patisserie, but it was still pretty. I couldn't tell if it was marzipan or something else.Exam Prep
Got my emails from LCB - I got the finals papers and plane tickets are booked - after several emails.
How do you make sables again?
Have started preparations for exams. I don't have all my equipment here so the practice is limited - that, and the fact that once again, I am London bound in the not-too-distant future. The only thing is, I seem to have forgotten how to cook. Oh dear...
I haven't figured out why these cracked - maybe I should have turned on the fan in the oven. Something to do for next time. Also - the scales must be off a bit - the weight of salt looked like a lot and the biscuits actually tasted quite salty. Amazing when you consider that it's only 2g compared to the 100g of sugar.They are still nice and crunchy - but a bit on the salty side. Panic has started to set in as it appears that things I thought I had worked out are now having problems. They're not kidding - you need to do this several times to get it down. Oh well - if we haven't gotten things worked out, hopefully I'll find out during the skills tests in 3 weeks.
So until next time - happy Valentine's Day for those of you who celebrate / observe it. And happy Un-Valentine's Day for those of you who refuse to put pressure on yourselves and your significant others by letting Hallmark and commercial hype dictate when you should be loving to each other. After all - a just-because present is better than one that is given because an occasion dictates it.
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