Bonjourrr!

Bonjour, everybody! I am pleased to write about French night at Morrow Dining Hall tonight. However, because it is so late, I will keep it short, so you darlins' can read this before you fall into a blissful slumber.

Tonight the menu offered: French Onion Soup, Chicken Cordon Bleu with Wild Mushroom Stew, Rice Pilaf, Sauteed Green Beans, Salad Bar, Dressings, Chocolate Mousse, Strawberry Garnish

First, the French Onion soup was quite good. I am not a die-hard F.O. soup fan, but I do like the occasional bowl. I was pleased with the amount of succulent onions, although I do wish the broth had contained a bit more salt.

The chicken Cordon Bleu with wild mushroom stew was surprisingly good, as well, even when coated in a sauce most of us could not recognize immediately. It's always nice to put meat inside meat, and add cheese somewhere in there, so I'm pretty content.

The wild rice pilaf was, well, wild rice pilaf..had to mess that one up. The green beans were not too crunchy, not too soft.

I will dwell on the mousse a bit as it seemed to be what people wanted to talk about most. Speaking from experience, mousse is very difficult to make. It's far too easy to have an unnoticeable inconsistent texture while mixing in the eggs, and if you stir it too much, the reaction between the sugar and the eggs makes it super grainy. And that's just making a small portion. I don't want to know how hard it is to make a large amount of it. That being said, the mousse was slightly grainy, but overall very rich and decadent. The whipped topping was typical Smith fare, and the strawberries were gone before we could go back for seconds. Overall, I was pleased with the dessert (duh, it's dessert, and we all know that's my favorite meal!)

Sometimes I like to imagine Julia Child coming back to eat with us, preferably for B4D, and surveying Smith food herself, as I like to think she is the catalyst for the amazing choices in so many of our dining halls. I think she would really like eating in Morrow; she was loud and rather crazy, like most of us regulars.

I hope everyone has had a great second Monday of the semester. Personally, I know I haven't been able to get into a normal sleep pattern, but I hope that will change soon enough.

Love you all! Au Revoir! Nomz!