I just wanted to send a quick note out to say “Happy Thanksgiving” to all my fellow Americans! Today I am celebrating with a little champagne, bread, sausage, and cheese—Thanksgiving French style! However, I am really missing turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy. I hope everyone will eat their fair share for me.
Yesterday in class we made a Saint-Honore, which is basically a cake filled with sweetened whipped cream. We had watched the chef make it; he whips the cream to stiff peaks in the mixer so that he can pipe them out into a beautiful design on the cake. Seems easy enough, but when we get to class I am informed that we will be making the whipped cream by HAND. So as I stood there whipping my cream and feeling the burn in my biceps I thought, “WTF!? If I wanted to learn how to whip cream by hand I could have just stayed in Ohio and driven a couple hours north to Amish country.” Then again, I guess it is all a part of the Cordon Bleu experience.
So, this year I would like to give thanks for my lovely family, friends AND my KitchenAid mixer.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Bisou, bisou!
Maggie
“Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast.”
-Epictetus
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| My Saint-Honore...just look at all that whipped cream! |
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