The Art of French Pastry

because once you finish
piping what’s in the pastry
bag, you can just put the
empty bag into a tall
container and scrape the
pâte à choux off the silpat
and into the bag with a
flat-edged scraper. Note
that I said, “put the empty
bag into a tall container.”
Never lay the empty bag
down on the surface where
you’ve been piping; the