I found out that English muffins are not suppose to be chewy and tough like the store bought ones. The ones we made we light, pillowy, but still had bite to them. I'm never going back to store bought English muffins. As for the poached eggs, I had never made one before and I was a little nervous. It's actually really easy. Stir the pot of almost simmering water and vinegar, drop your raw egg in and let it go until the white is set. So easy! The hollandaise was another thing I had never made before (and never eaten either). Also much easier than I expected. It's an emulsion! While you have egg yolks beating in a blender, slowly poor in hot butter until thick an creamy. After tasting that, hollandaise is my new favorite sauce.
We also made candied bacon and since Sur La Table knows what they're doing, they got thick cut, quality bacon and that makes all the difference in the world.
As for the scones, I've made those before and these were just as good as homemade pastries always are.
All in all it was a wonderful learning experience, delicious and the most fun I've had in a while. Thank you to my brother for this birthday gift!
