dw, I don't see it that way. Sorry you feel uncomfortable.
Even oatmeal cookies? I'm all about the chewiness.
I already put in over and above the usual amount of oatmeal, so I get the chewiness that way. It's purely a me distinction, I think.
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juliana - Aug 31, 2005 12:29:04 pm PDT #3239 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Nutty - Aug 31, 2005 12:30:02 pm PDT #3240 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Is gingerbread bread or cake?
This is a question for the ages, I think.
I never saw gingerbread in bread/cake format until I was an adult. I always had gingerbread cookies, so I thought that was what gignerbread meant -- flat, hard cookies. Seeing inch-tall cake was a bit alarming.
Consuela - Aug 31, 2005 12:30:02 pm PDT #3241 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, and Nutty's totally right about the guacamole. I'm never getting the green stains out of that one sweater from back in 2001...
Nutty - Aug 31, 2005 12:31:28 pm PDT #3242 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
For me, cakes contain eggs. Breads do not.
Chikat, is challah a cake then, in your mind? Because, my thought was no, and that takes 4 eggs. But brioche, yes, and that is several eggs. Both of them totally drown in butter, too.
Gudanov - Aug 31, 2005 12:31:45 pm PDT #3243 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
If you can make a good grilled cheese sandwich with it, it's bread. Otherwise, cake.
§ ita § - Aug 31, 2005 12:31:47 pm PDT #3244 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Close to my honey oatmeal bread recipe. I swear up and down, it's bread.
For me, it's something about the crumb and the way the gluten forms about the air bubbles. I could probably base my decision on B&W closeups, and ignore the ingredient list.
Nilly - Aug 31, 2005 12:31:50 pm PDT #3245 of 10002
Swouncing
dw, I don't think I ever got to post with you before, so I don't have any sort of opinion myself, but that should not stop me from saying that either way, I'm sorry that you feel this way.
In more cases than not, worrying about not doing things right is the first sign of actually doing them in the right way, if I'm making any sense.
Wolfram - Aug 31, 2005 12:32:10 pm PDT #3246 of 10002
Visilurking
Oh, and Nutty's totally right about the guacamole. I'm never getting the green stains out of that one sweater from back in 2001...
Had to get a whole new wardrobe, don't get me started...
Scrappy - Aug 31, 2005 12:33:21 pm PDT #3247 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
DW, I like your posts and like having you around. You have slid into the conversation much more seamlessly than most folks do, honest!
Consuela - Aug 31, 2005 12:33:42 pm PDT #3248 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Real breads use yeast, and they can be sweet, but generally aren't. They may or may not use eggs. I have a recipe for banana-chocolate-chip bread, which is a yeast bread. It doesn't taste like the banana bread you usually get. Yeast breads require kneading.
Quickbreads use other leavenings than yeast, take less time to prepare, and are closer to cakes. They are almost always sweet (although my beer bread and soda breads are not). They usually use eggs. No kneading required.
Cakes are sweet and use no yeast. They usually use baking powder or baking soda as leavenings, and eggs.