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Started by Roswells, Art, May 06, 2019, 02:53:36 PM

albrecht

Quote from: DigitalPigSnuggler on June 01, 2019, 12:27:57 AM
Not sure if this is authoritative, but what I have observed is three categories of corn meal: fine ground, medium ground, and polenta (coarse).  So to answer your question, you probably could, but with coarse ground corn it might be a little grainy in texture.  Adding a can of corn (drained and fried with a bit of butter) to the mixture might offset this a bit.  If you can find it, the fine ground corn meal should give you the best results.

In the end, it depends upon your audience.  The "purists" who grew up with the Southern style might be quite happy with polenta, so long as you baked it by frying it in bacon grease in a skillet.  Where I live, they dislike the crumbly texture and lack of sweetness in the typical American style version of cornbread (they put sugar in EVERYTHING here, even spaghetti sauce).  So let me give you the recipe of how I make it here, and at the end I will explain how to back out of it to something more in the American style.  I'll also give you my method of making buttermilk from buttermilk powder, in case you can't get it "live."  Makes 12+ muffins or one 9x9 pan.

Dry Ingredients
----------------------------
175g all purpose flour (about one cup)
150g yellow cornmeal (about one cup)
50g white sugar (~1/4 cup)
4g baking soda (~1 tsp)
1/2 tsp salt

Wet Ingredients
----------------------------
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup melted butter
1/4 cup honey
3 eggs, beaten

To make buttermilk from powdered buttermilk mix
------------------------------------------------------------
1 cup hot water
50g dry buttermilk powder

Mix together and let stand for five minutes

Directions

1.  In a large bowl, stir together the dry ingredients.  Make a well in the center, and then add the wet ingredients.  Stir to combine.  Pour batter into a baking pan, or ~2 TB of batter per well if making muffins.

2.  Bake for 20-25 minutes at 190C/375F for a bread loaf, or 10-12 minutes for muffins.

Variations:

*  Cut some beef hot dogs into 2cm long pieces.  Place 1 TB of batter into each muffin well, then stand up a hot dog piece into the middle of the mixture.  You make little corn dogs this way.  Here's some that I made recently:



(four of them didn't even last long enough to be photographed)

* To make it "unsweetened" omit the honey.

* To make it crumbly texture in the American style, use 2 eggs only.

* Reduce temperature to 175C/350F and bake for five minutes more (more uniform baking)

* Cook in skillet with generous amounts of bacon grease.  Makes a crusty bottom and sides.  Looks like this:


From those "Bad Hombres" South of the Border  who have an interesting way with corn (maize) that, apparently due to the lime (or lye) treatment, helped nutritionally and preserve.


This is the best steak sandwich I have ever had.  And that is with the beef available in the Philippines.



Heat up some oil in a pan. 

Slice up a white onion and cut the slices in half.  Throw it into pan and toss with a bit of butter.  Cook until soft, separating the rings.

Make garlic butter. Garlic, olive oil, butter, parsley, salt and pepper

I use 35-40mm thick steak.  Ribeye if I can get it (rarely); the best available cut if not.  Rub with salk/pepper.  Grill to medium rare, 55C/130F.  Will reach final temp while resting.

Toss some arugula in a bowl with olive oil, salt and pepper.

Mix Sriracha, Asian mayo sauce, and Worcestershire sauce.

Toast each side of two slices of French bread with the garlic butter.

Slather the Sriracha sauce on one of the slices.  Top generously with arugula.

Cut steak into slices and pile it on top of the arugula.

Onions go on next.  Then slather the other slice with the Sriracha sauce and finish.

I enjoy this with a shot and a Corona.

K_Dubb

This is a fyrstekake (prince cake) I made this morning, Norway's version of the almond tart that everyone's grandma used to make, including mine.  It is a simple butter cookie crust with a lattice top enclosing a macaron filling (ground nuts suspended in sweetened meringue; the coconut macaroon is the version with which most Americans are familiar) made with unpeeled almonds for a stronger flavor.  I put a little cardamom in the crust and flavor the filling with almond and rum extract, though in many cases it is unadorned and you just taste the chewy roasted nuts.  It looks like a tart but is really more of a bar cookie.



As almond tarts go it is not spectacular -- just compare what I think is the king of almond tarts, the Swedish mazariner (sometimes spelled "mazzarine" in this country by people who no longer remember His Eminence) with its rich frangipane center, for example -- and I can't imagine anyone making it who didn't grow up with at every single party, in which case it is indispensable.



whoozit

Alright, I’m too busy tomorrow smoking a Boston Butt but I’ll try to bake something next weekend.


Juan

Real key limes make a big difference. The trouble with them is that the trees have four-inch spikes guarding each fruit.

Rix Gins

Quote from: Juan on June 15, 2019, 04:48:22 PM
Real key limes make a big difference. The trouble with them is that the trees have four-inch spikes guarding each fruit.

I nominate it to be our National Tree.

K_Dubb

Quote from: Rix Gins on June 15, 2019, 04:36:08 PM


Nice one, Rix!  The egg white in the filling is not something I've tried; I'm not sure how I feel about that.

Rix Gins

Quote from: K_Dubb on June 15, 2019, 06:45:48 PM
Nice one, Rix!  The egg white in the filling is not something I've tried; I'm not sure how I feel about that.

Oh good.  I wasn't sure if it belonged here or in the postcard thread.  There was the year 1970 printed on the back of the card.  A girl named Linda had sent it in to get some stick-ons from Bengie, whoever that is.  haha

K_Dubb

Quote from: Rix Gins on June 15, 2019, 08:10:04 PM
Oh good.  I wasn't sure if it belonged here or in the postcard thread.  There was the year 1970 printed on the back of the card.  A girl named Linda had sent it in to get some stick-ons from Bengie, whoever that is.  haha

Well the meringue top sounds like what Roz said she made down there.  I'm rather fond of the solid custard you get with just yolks and don't know if I'd like a sort of soufflé version as much.  Hopefully she can tell us how she did it.

K_Dubb



Quote from: K_Dubb on June 30, 2019, 09:28:18 AM
Chelsea buns, ready to go in.


Quote from: K_Dubb on June 30, 2019, 09:28:18 AM
Chelsea buns, ready to go in.



i said this last night to my wife. ANAL


K_Dubb

Aftermath:



The buns were destroyed.

Quote from: K_Dubb on June 30, 2019, 11:46:12 AM
Aftermath:



The buns were destroyed.

my wife suffered the same fate.

K_Dubb

Quote from: Richard Groyper on June 30, 2019, 11:48:02 AM
my wife suffered the same fate.

I need to grease them up better next time; they were hard to get apart.

Quote from: K_Dubb on June 30, 2019, 11:49:33 AM
I need to grease them up better next time; they were hard to get apart.

indeed, she faught and struggled the whole way.

Lilith

Quote from: K_Dubb on June 30, 2019, 11:49:33 AM
I need to grease them up better next time; they were hard to get apart.

Have you tried Mayonnaise? It would be Sendas choice.

K_Dubb

Quote from: brig on June 30, 2019, 11:56:28 AM
Have you tried Mayonnaise? It would be Sendas choice.

I was hoping for something that would better blend with the dark and spicy aroma of the buns.

WOTR

A wonderful crossover (no pun intended) from the Senda thread. The recipe sounds interesting- the presentation? Priceless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syHFtfp9NmI&list=PLVNY60aKogmPVyQ_4664uhr-2y4IfZqck

Jojo

Quote from: WOTR on July 02, 2019, 11:16:49 PM
A wonderful crossover (no pun intended) from the Senda thread. The recipe sounds interesting- the presentation? Priceless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syHFtfp9NmI&list=PLVNY60aKogmPVyQ_4664uhr-2y4IfZqck
You know he's a male to female, right?


WOTR

Quote from: Sixteen on July 02, 2019, 11:19:59 PM
You know he's a male to female, right?
Hence the (not a pun) about crossover. I may still actually bake the recipe as it sounds pretty good. I figure that she may have baked a loaf for Liberace at some point...

Jojo

Quote from: K_Dubb on June 14, 2019, 11:30:15 PM
This is a fyrstekake (prince cake) I made this morning, Norway's version of the almond tart that everyone's grandma used to make, including mine.  It is a simple butter cookie crust with a lattice top enclosing a macaron filling (ground nuts suspended in sweetened meringue; the coconut macaroon is the version with which most Americans are familiar) made with unpeeled almonds for a stronger flavor.  I put a little cardamom in the crust and flavor the filling with almond and rum extract, though in many cases it is unadorned and you just taste the chewy roasted nuts.  It looks like a tart but is really more of a bar cookie.



As almond tarts go it is not spectacular -- just compare what I think is the king of almond tarts, the Swedish mazariner (sometimes spelled "mazzarine" in this country by people who no longer remember His Eminence) with its rich frangipane center, for example -- and I can't imagine anyone making it who didn't grow up with at every single party, in which case it is indispensable.
Very nice look. 

Jojo

Quote from: DigitalPigSnuggler on June 01, 2019, 12:27:57 AM
Not sure if this is authoritative, but what I have observed is three categories of corn meal: fine ground, medium ground, and polenta (coarse).  So to answer your question, you probably could, but with coarse ground corn it might be a little grainy in texture.  Adding a can of corn (drained and fried with a bit of butter) to the mixture might offset this a bit.  If you can find it, the fine ground corn meal should give you the best results.

In the end, it depends upon your audience.  The "purists" who grew up with the Southern style might be quite happy with polenta, so long as you baked it by frying it in bacon grease in a skillet.  Where I live, they dislike the crumbly texture and lack of sweetness in the typical American style version of cornbread (they put sugar in EVERYTHING here, even spaghetti sauce).  So let me give you the recipe of how I make it here, and at the end I will explain how to back out of it to something more in the American style.  I'll also give you my method of making buttermilk from buttermilk powder, in case you can't get it "live."  Makes 12+ muffins or one 9x9 pan.

Dry Ingredients
----------------------------
175g all purpose flour (about one cup)
150g yellow cornmeal (about one cup)
50g white sugar (~1/4 cup)
4g baking soda (~1 tsp)
1/2 tsp salt

Wet Ingredients
----------------------------
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup melted butter
1/4 cup honey
3 eggs, beaten

To make buttermilk from powdered buttermilk mix
------------------------------------------------------------
1 cup hot water
50g dry buttermilk powder

Mix together and let stand for five minutes

Directions

1.  In a large bowl, stir together the dry ingredients.  Make a well in the center, and then add the wet ingredients.  Stir to combine.  Pour batter into a baking pan, or ~2 TB of batter per well if making muffins.

2.  Bake for 20-25 minutes at 190C/375F for a bread loaf, or 10-12 minutes for muffins.

Variations:

*  Cut some beef hot dogs into 2cm long pieces.  Place 1 TB of batter into each muffin well, then stand up a hot dog piece into the middle of the mixture.  You make little corn dogs this way.  Here's some that I made recently:



(four of them didn't even last long enough to be photographed)

* To make it "unsweetened" omit the honey.

* To make it crumbly texture in the American style, use 2 eggs only.

* Reduce temperature to 175C/350F and bake for five minutes more (more uniform baking)

* Cook in skillet with generous amounts of bacon grease.  Makes a crusty bottom and sides.  Looks like this:



Quote from: albrecht on June 03, 2019, 08:13:40 PM
From those "Bad Hombres" South of the Border  who have an interesting way with corn (maize) that, apparently due to the lime (or lye) treatment, helped nutritionally and preserve.


Yes, don't forget masa, corn flour, pounde smooth from hominy.  Seems 1:1 for flour, just tastes more like corn.  Smooth and free of wheat gluten, it's usually used for making tortillas but i use it for four.  It has corn gluten in it for a nice chewiness which gluten free people crave.  And cheaper than other gluten free flours.

Polenta is great, and chewy too!

K_Dubb

Quote from: WOTR on July 02, 2019, 11:16:49 PM
A wonderful crossover (no pun intended) from the Senda thread. The recipe sounds interesting- the presentation? Priceless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syHFtfp9NmI&list=PLVNY60aKogmPVyQ_4664uhr-2y4IfZqck

I like how she says egg warsh so unconsciously it has to be authentic.  Also, nice oven!  I wish mine would do 800 degrees.

Jojo

Quote from: K_Dubb on July 02, 2019, 11:58:41 PM
I like how she says egg warsh so unconsciously it has to be authentic.  Also, nice oven!  I wish mine would do 800 degrees.
People still referring to him as a "she"?  I don't think his change is complete yet - not given the rest of his structure and personality outside the boob job.  IMO, he's got a ways to go with hormone treatment.

Jojo

Quote from: WOTR on July 02, 2019, 11:23:02 PM
Hence the (not a pun) about crossover. I may still actually bake the recipe as it sounds pretty good. I figure that she may have baked a loaf for Liberace at some point...
Oh, I see.

K_Dubb

Quote from: Sixteen on July 07, 2019, 12:59:24 PM
People still referring to him as a "she"?  I don't think his change is complete yet - not given the rest of his structure and personality outside the boob job.  IMO, he's got a ways to go with hormone treatment.

The civil thing is to match the words to the clothes since words are even easier to change and what butchery a person has undergone doesn't interest me in the least.

Personally I think the whole trans thing is tragic and that people 50 years from now will be appalled in the same way we look back at lobotomies now, but a pronoun is a vanishingly small tribute to the enormous effort, expense, and pain someone has endured.

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