Holy Shit!

I got a 98 on last weeks test!

After nearly worrying myself to death for the better part of last week I got the test back with only 2 points deducted on a dumb little technicality. I am so stoked!

Almost like a high...

But then the damned puff pastry wasn't puffy! Boom - back to earth!
My partner actually messed something up and we had to start over. The second time around the puff was puffy, the cream was fluffy - voila Le Eclair!

Pastry is awesome - I probably gained about 22 pounds today.

We made little doughy balls with a crapload of fatty cream on the inside, Eclairs with gooey filling and this insane swan out of pastry and cream that swam around on a little chocolate lake...
I know it sounds tacky... I guess you had to be there.

Pastry is really interesting in the sense that it is so much more of a science than cooking is.
You gotta get your ratios right, adjust to humidity and other factors... You gotta know your shit man - I mean sheet pan.

I can't believe I got a 98. Now I can sleep again. Good night...