Julia and eggs...
Last night during dinner I watched the "Cake with a Halo" show from the second season of the French Chef where she makes the Gateau St. Honore. I was laughing so hard at the mess she was making that tears were streaming down my face and I had to stop eating my dinner for fear of choking.
There she was presiding over flying eggs off the counter, flinging the pate chou batter out of the pan with an electric mixer, all the while smiling and warbling away and fixing the mistakes with grace and aplomb. The set looked like a disaster area.
And my favorite line: "HEAVENS!!! I've used too much butter!"
Something I never thought I would hear her say! She had put in 1.5 sticks in instead of 1.25 sticks in the boiling water. She then proceeded to fish out and toss the last few lumps that hadn't melted yet and said, "There, that's two tablespoons!"
Hilarious!