"Dave Smith" wrote in message

(snipped)

> As for choux pastry, that I one think I keep thinking of doing. My wife,
> who
> is not much of a baker has made them several times. My mother used to
> make
> chocolate eclairs at least once a month. I had a cousin who worked in a
> dairy and he used to drop by once in a while with a few quarts of whipping
> cream, and my mother thought eclairs were a good way to use up the cream.
> I
> have to say that it is hard to get excited about commercial eclairs when
> you
> have been raised with the home cooked variety. The choux pastry is usually
> pretty good, but they just aren't the same when filled with pastry cream
> or
> artificial whipped cream (edible oil products).

The choux pastry is easy and fun to make, Dave - and absolutely, real
whipped cream for the éclairs or cream puffs!

Dora