First Test

 I treated myself to these lovely celebratory flowers Wednesday night in anticipation of doing well on my first test.  And I did do well.  I got the maximum amount of point on both the written and practical,  including the bonus points.  I was the only student with a perfect score and I'm pretty excited about that.
The written test was pretty lengthy and the math was not fun, but overall not too bad.  My cookies and biscuits turned out great - Chef even said my cookies were gorgeous.  I was more nervous about the test than I thought.  I really wanted to make a second batch of biscuits, but decided against it.  When I went to present my products to Chef, she said those cookies are gorgeous.  YAY!  I said I really wanted to make more biscuits, but decided not to.  She didn't say anything.  She just stared at me with her poker face.  Then she peeled the top off one biscuit and ate it.  Poker face.  She handed the biscuit for
as well.  I tried it and said it tastes like, um, a biscuit?

Still, with the poker face.  I was kind of starting to sweat.  Then she smiled and said, I'm just messing with you.  These are great!  But she wrote a 60 next to each item on my grading sheet.  I was confused.  Actually, I started to panic a little in my head.  After stewing for a bit, I asked my organized friend if Chef was going to explain our grades and what she wrote on our paper.  She said, well didn't Chef give you feedback and tell you when you presented your items?  I was like, well yeah.  She messed with me and then said it was good.  My friend said, well then you probably got 60's.  I DID get 60's, I said, and that is not ok!  My friend just laughed at me - the grade is based on 60 possible points, silly.  Oh.  Whew!  So, a perfect score on the practical exam.  Then we got our written exams back and I got a 105.  The only perfect score, plus 5 bonus points, in the class.  Yay me.  I am going to enjoy this while I can, because the rest of the year won't be quite so easy for me.  Right now we are just learning the basics - meaning I have made all of these things on my own before, so nothing is brand new.  I celebrated with a nice glass of Zin and some pasta for lunch.  Then I passed out.  Good thing I survived and lived to bake another day.

Coming soon:  Eclairs, Cream Puffs and Swans, oh my!  Until then, ciao!
-The Queen of Tarts-