Apologies for this long overdue update

Since the last time I updated we did Pasta and Soups in class. The pasta section was very fun as every day when we would come into school we would be making our own dough and then use it for whatever the recipe would call for. At first we would make one big batch of dough for two recipes and then later on we started making two different types of dough, for example one thats richer and used two egg yolks instead of one egg, one infused with basil, one that had saffron in it... I think you get the idea. The past two weeks we were doing soups, but last week I was out with the Chicken pox so I missed the second week :( I know what alot you must be thinking "didn't you get chicken pox?" or "weren't you vaccinated?" No I never got chicken pox as a child but I was vaccinated and I found out the hard way that it is still possible (but rare) to get chicken pox a second time or after you've been vaccinated. Thankfully, the Greenbaums were generous enough to let me stay with them while I've been sick and I plan on going back to school tomorrow. (The up side is that we're starting a new section so even though I DID miss a week at least I'm starting a fresh subject with all the rest of the students, versus coming in on the second week and having to catch up.)

In baking we finished off breads the same time we finished the pasta. These past two weeks we were doing cream puffs, which is the same recipe for eclairs. I don't really know what they were doing in pastry class this past week as I wasn't there (chickenpox) but I do know it was continuing to deal with cream puffs. Again, when I go back to school tomorrow they will be doing a new section in the pastry class. Even though I can't actually MAKE UP the work I'm going to see if I can't at least get an overview of what I missed so I'll be up to speed and be able to do it on my own.