Today was pretty basic in class today. Although we worked with leaf gelatin, which we normally dont. Interesting. Made basic sponge roll, 2 sheet pans; lady fingers, and more sponge products; and some orange blossom panicotta. Spent most of my 5 hour class today in a lectur, 3 1/2 hours worth. Tuesday and Wednesday are going to be the same as well. Going to need some strong coffee to get through lectures about viscosity and sublimation at 7 am.
Didnt go camping this weekend, Hy ended up going to do a side job for an old friend.
Saturday we went out to breakfast at Sheri's in Vancouver. I usually feel so-so about their food but today was worse than usual. I tried to order the eggs benedict that doesnt have an english muffin, or bread type, but instead is substituted with corned beef hash. Which in theory- sounds pretty freaking awesome. But then again my eggs were over easy instead of poached and everything was a bit too crunchy- im talking underdone potatoes, underwripe fruit, the whole nine yards. Needless to say we will be going back to our usual weekend breakfast diner. Located on 164th; it is a moment frozen in time........hash there is to die for.
We then went to see Tropic Thunder a movie by Ben Stiller. My expectations were great- and were not met. When even your husband who loves funny, gruesome, strange movies like you do thinks its crap- well then..... we almost walked out. But then why waste the money even more. Few rare moments that were there.....but not many.
After this we went to the river for a nice picnic and to go hang out on the beach with Lily. As you can tell, the river is not little- the shot below is of my grandma Bonnie, my husband, and I all down at the river. We are standing on the Washington side and the other side of the river is Oregon. Freaking huge river that leads to the ocean which we have camped along.
Sunday, Hy worked and I cleaned the house and made some southern fair for dinner- deep south fried chicken and mashed sweet potatos. Delish. Totally worth the effort. For dessert I made some coconut macaroons and substituted 1/4 of the coconut with roughly chopped pecans. Help the base together more and it was a great little crunchy mouth feel.
Im tired and not sure if I feel like going to school tomorrow--- yeah I know I know.
Working on my Thanksgiving recipes considering I am cooking for like 70 people. Going to have to dig into my brain and pull out some of that deeply hidden propaganda that they teach me! I kid I kid.
Which brings me to my nephew. He turns 3 on October 2 and I miss his sweet face. Anyway his Aunt Kenzi, being me, is studying to be a chef. So what better birthday present? I got him a small black chef coat that is being stitched with his name on the front in white. I am going home to make that huge meal for everyone on Thankgiving and well.......I need a sous-chef. So who better than the most gorgeous 3 year old Ive ever met!
Now obviously the kid in the picture below is not my nephew! He is the kid in the chef coat that I bought for my nephew off of their fun website. Imagine a small name stitched in white above the left breast pocket.
Also I am taking him shopping. WHy? Because I never get to see him and I want to make the most of our time together, before he forgets that I love him and am is friend. Like I did with all of my aunts and uncles. I want to be more present than mine were, I want him to remember that I care about him and he can come to me anytime.
Which reminds me, he is having a little surgery in the middle of next month for a little "ball dropping" issue. Poor sweetheart. Things good thoughts for him and I will let you know when it happens.
I think thats it for now!!
