Well it's the end of October and the weather in the UK is quite delightful! The temperature's been in the mid 60's and the sad part is I'm still in short sleeves! It's started to rain and be cloudy for most of the day, and I have to say I'm enjoying it.
I would like to think that I really will be able to keep my promises to you faithful readers, but you'll have to give me some time. I am trying, really, to keep y'all up to date with what's going on over here. This post should be short and sweet, with a longer one this weekend. Enjoy!
Alright first off a quick version of my social life, which incidentally turns out is not as glamorous as I would like to believe haha I've been going out and seeing the sights of London-Oxford street, London bridge, the tower of London-and feel so overwhelmed by the amount of history and legacy that this city holds. I've gone out with some of the girls from school and enjoyed what kind of night life London can offer...sadly enough everything shuts down pretty early most nights! I've been on a couple dates, but they haven't really led anywhere worth while. Seeing as I'm not here to find 'true love' I'm not worried about how things are going to turn out in that department! I got to have dinner with a British girl I met back in Texas, as well as host my own little dinner party for people from my group which went really well!
This past week in school was all about making puff pastry...from scratch! It's a 2 day process so we made the dough the first day-it's a very technically precise process-and then used some pre-made dough to make a Jalousie. A Jalousie is a cooked pastry with poached pears and a lattice design on top made of, you guessed it, puff pastry; then it's cooked to a golden brown crispiness and was delicious! The next day we took the dough we made the day before and used it to make a chilled pastry filled with pastry cream and topped with fresh fruit. Again, delicious but the worst part is these pastries I get to take home are huge! There's no way I can-or want to-eat them by myself so they've been just sitting on the counter wishing to be consumed. The technical for last week was about flour and sugar; the different types and what each one is usually used for. It was informative but a bit boring all at once.
For my upcoming class we'll be making Choux (pronounced shoe) pastry used mostly for eclairs. This is another of the possible recipes for my final exam so it's going to be a challenging week. I'm heading back to Mildenhall at the end of the week an am so excited to be back with everyone since most of them have been out of town! I'm in the process of looking up gifts for Christmas-while prices are kind of low-as well as making Thanksgiving preparations! Who knew there could be so many holiday's crammed into one!
That's about it for now-will post again after the craziness of this week subsides! Thanks to all you loyal readers and feel free to comment about anything you like! <3
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