This recipe, with subs, is worth repeating. Buttered cornbread with afternoon tea.
Meanwhile I have my latest library treasure to study, thanks to my librarian treasure who decided I should see it and directed it into my account, total surprise.
It's a physically lovely book, well organized, great photography, and I'm ready to dive in and see what I can learn here.
Happy camper.
What could be better - cornbread, tea and a special library book. Gone are the days when I could see a book like this and request our local library get it through inter-library loan....they've stopped that service to my great regret.
ReplyDeleteThat's tragic. I have a card which is good for two counties, both with huge collections, so I'm blessed. Not too hard to get books. I particularly like art and craft books as paper rather than ebooks, because I flip back and forth, and use several pages at once. eBooks are too cumbersome to use that way, though you can enlarge pix.
ReplyDeleteIt's too sad that you've lost access to ILL. I guess it was a $$ issue?
Ever since you commented on a banana bread post of mine I've been wondering what the real difference is between cakey and bready bread. I mean... I know sandwich bread is bready. And I know cake is cakey. But I can't quite figure out what cakey bread is. I don't doubt you at all, but would love you to elaborate. :)
ReplyDeleteTo me it's about texture, firmer is bready, tender is cakey, and sweetness. Sweet is cakey, less so, as in the second cornbread: with only a spoonful of sugar, to bring out the flavor, it's bready. Just my take.
ReplyDeleteI think banana bread is really cake, despite the name. I pretend it's bread when I toast a slice for breakfast!
That makes sense. And yes, I think of quick breads (and most muffins) as more of a cake than a bread. I love cornbread that is sweet - and while I wouldn't think of it as cakey, I can definitely be happy with sweet cornbread as dessert (or in lieu of dessert). Back to my less-sweet banana bread. I guess given this, I'd considered it cakey as it ended up serving as dessert even though it wasn't as sweet as my normal banana bread. FWIW, last week I made one of my sons some of my traditional (sweet) banana bread and when I tasted it, while it was good, I was well and truly over the sweetness of it. I'm now a honey-sweetened banana bread covert. :) Yay me!
DeleteI know you know I meant to write convert. But thinking about it, that might have been a Freudian slip. I may just start being covert about making other treats we eat less sweet. ;^)
DeleteI find that if you don't mention it, they enjoy just the same. But if you happen to say it's healthier, it might get a side ey.
ReplyDeleteLike the big mistake I made when nextdoor neighbor was really enjoying my zucchini bread. He asked what was in it. I told him. His face changed. He put down his fork. But his girlfriend leaned over and swiped the rest of his helping.