Comments on: BA-na-na-NA! http://www.simcooks.com/459/banana-muffins/ Cooking Made Easy Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:20:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Kalyn http://www.simcooks.com/459/banana-muffins/#comment-28404 Tue, 22 May 2007 04:04:29 +0000 http://www.simcooks.com/459/banana-muffins/#comment-28404 They do sound very tasty. I like your saying about copying too, and also the information about people being called bananas. Most interesting. They do sound very tasty. I like your saying about copying too, and also the information about people being called bananas. Most interesting.

]]> by: Daddy Forever http://www.simcooks.com/459/banana-muffins/#comment-28064 Mon, 21 May 2007 03:17:20 +0000 http://www.simcooks.com/459/banana-muffins/#comment-28064 I love banana bread. Nope, I didn't know banana was a herb or that it didn't grow on a tree. I love banana bread. Nope, I didn’t know banana was a herb or that it didn’t grow on a tree.

]]> by: Wandering Chopsticks http://www.simcooks.com/459/banana-muffins/#comment-27810 Sun, 20 May 2007 02:51:48 +0000 http://www.simcooks.com/459/banana-muffins/#comment-27810 Hehe. Are you looking for a brownie recipe? It'll be a while since I had coupons and the store had baking mixes on sale, so I ended up buying a lot b/c they were only 50 cents each. But I like Wal-mart's generic Good Value brand brownies for 97 cents a box. It's really rich and chewy, and gives me a bigger crust, like an inch-thick of crust. And then I like to use my circular stoneware pan b/c it gives me a bigger crust when I bake too. I'm sure someone else's perfect brownie is very different from my crusty outside, chewy inside, but that's what I like! :) Hehe. Are you looking for a brownie recipe? It’ll be a while since I had coupons and the store had baking mixes on sale, so I ended up buying a lot b/c they were only 50 cents each. But I like Wal-mart’s generic Good Value brand brownies for 97 cents a box. It’s really rich and chewy, and gives me a bigger crust, like an inch-thick of crust. And then I like to use my circular stoneware pan b/c it gives me a bigger crust when I bake too. I’m sure someone else’s perfect brownie is very different from my crusty outside, chewy inside, but that’s what I like! :)

]]> by: yich http://www.simcooks.com/459/banana-muffins/#comment-27804 Sun, 20 May 2007 02:31:21 +0000 http://www.simcooks.com/459/banana-muffins/#comment-27804 Hehe... one-hand Chopsticks to the rescue once again. Are you making brownies anytime soon? I like to eat my brownies with ice-cream. Hehe… one-hand Chopsticks to the rescue once again. Are you making brownies anytime soon? I like to eat my brownies with ice-cream.

]]> by: Wandering Chopsticks http://www.simcooks.com/459/banana-muffins/#comment-27793 Sun, 20 May 2007 01:52:47 +0000 http://www.simcooks.com/459/banana-muffins/#comment-27793 Yich, Ah, I got this line from Wiki, which makes much more sense to me since they're talking about the "artificialness" of twinkies. In some Native American circles a "twinkie" is a person who believes in a sickeningly sweet and artificial version of American Indian religion(s), or claims to be Native American for fraudulent purposes. As for yogurt in baking, as I said before, it lightens the batter to create a fluffier banana bread. That's why my directions say to mix everything else first, and then only lightly add in the yogurt, and even more lightly add in the flour. Milk won't create the same effect b/c it's all liquid and not a thicker, lighter consistency. You can also substitute sour cream for the yogurt. Just make sure not to beat them too much, or you'll essentially be putting in milk in your batter. BTW, Seinfeld's muffin top episode, Elaine said the muffins tops were the best part, so this guy heard her and opened a shop selling muffin tops. Except, he went about it all wrong and tried to bake muffin tops. The trick was to bake a whole muffin, and "pop" the top. But then he was left with a whole bunch of muffin bottoms that no one wanted... I like the crunchy edge too, but only on brownies. :P Yich,

Ah, I got this line from Wiki, which makes much more sense to me since they’re talking about the “artificialness” of twinkies.

In some Native American circles a “twinkie” is a person who believes in a sickeningly sweet and artificial version of American Indian religion(s), or claims to be Native American for fraudulent purposes.

As for yogurt in baking, as I said before, it lightens the batter to create a fluffier banana bread. That’s why my directions say to mix everything else first, and then only lightly add in the yogurt, and even more lightly add in the flour. Milk won’t create the same effect b/c it’s all liquid and not a thicker, lighter consistency. You can also substitute sour cream for the yogurt. Just make sure not to beat them too much, or you’ll essentially be putting in milk in your batter.

BTW, Seinfeld’s muffin top episode, Elaine said the muffins tops were the best part, so this guy heard her and opened a shop selling muffin tops. Except, he went about it all wrong and tried to bake muffin tops. The trick was to bake a whole muffin, and “pop” the top. But then he was left with a whole bunch of muffin bottoms that no one wanted…

I like the crunchy edge too, but only on brownies. :P

]]> by: yich http://www.simcooks.com/459/banana-muffins/#comment-27767 Sat, 19 May 2007 23:32:51 +0000 http://www.simcooks.com/459/banana-muffins/#comment-27767 Hey Chopsticks, I think you read the "twinkie" meaning wrong. Wikipedia did not say anything about skin color when they mentioned "twinkie". The "yellow" skin color was my own interpretation of "banana" referring to Asians acting like whites. W&S: I haven't seen that Seinfeld episode, but I am guessing bake really thin layers so that everything is crispy? Hmm... then I will call that "baked banana tops" instead of muffins. Sounds weird tho! Hi Anh, I'll need to direct your question to Wandering Chopsticks! Chopsticks, can u help here? Hey Chopsticks,
I think you read the “twinkie” meaning wrong. Wikipedia did not say anything about skin color when they mentioned “twinkie”. The “yellow” skin color was my own interpretation of “banana” referring to Asians acting like whites.

W&S:
I haven’t seen that Seinfeld episode, but I am guessing bake really thin layers so that everything is crispy? Hmm… then I will call that “baked banana tops” instead of muffins. Sounds weird tho!

Hi Anh,
I’ll need to direct your question to Wandering Chopsticks! Chopsticks, can u help here?

]]> by: Anh http://www.simcooks.com/459/banana-muffins/#comment-27706 Sat, 19 May 2007 19:17:51 +0000 http://www.simcooks.com/459/banana-muffins/#comment-27706 ooohh, they look really nice. Does it make it taste different with yoghurt instead of milk? ooohh, they look really nice. Does it make it taste different with yoghurt instead of milk?

]]> by: wokandspoon http://www.simcooks.com/459/banana-muffins/#comment-27692 Sat, 19 May 2007 18:21:56 +0000 http://www.simcooks.com/459/banana-muffins/#comment-27692 You only like the top part of the muffins? Hehe - have you ever seen that Seinfeld episode about muffin tops? Maybe you can just make the tops! You only like the top part of the muffins? Hehe - have you ever seen that Seinfeld episode about muffin tops? Maybe you can just make the tops!

]]> by: Wandering Chopsticks http://www.simcooks.com/459/banana-muffins/#comment-27641 Sat, 19 May 2007 14:38:30 +0000 http://www.simcooks.com/459/banana-muffins/#comment-27641 Ha! And also... why did my 2-egg banana muffins not rise as much as my 4-egg orange muffins? :P Whoa. What? I've never heard that one. Europeans Americans aren't yellow, they're white. How can they be twinkies? White trying to be red, would be something else. Like white trying to be Asian is called an "egg." Actually, "banana" vs. "twinkie" refers to Asian-born vs. American-born Asian Americans. :P Ha! And also… why did my 2-egg banana muffins not rise as much as my 4-egg orange muffins? :P

Whoa. What? I’ve never heard that one. Europeans Americans aren’t yellow, they’re white. How can they be twinkies? White trying to be red, would be something else. Like white trying to be Asian is called an “egg.”

Actually, “banana” vs. “twinkie” refers to Asian-born vs. American-born Asian Americans. :P

]]> by: yich http://www.simcooks.com/459/banana-muffins/#comment-27635 Sat, 19 May 2007 14:27:35 +0000 http://www.simcooks.com/459/banana-muffins/#comment-27635 The yogurt consultation as well... remember... er... you used yogurt? Really? You could? Oh! It makes the bread (and my chicken pie pastry) "light and fluffy". Ahhh... Twinkie? From wikipedia :) - "...slang used by some American Indians to refer to a European American, with little or no social or blood links to any tribe, who claims to be an American Indian" The yogurt consultation as well… remember… er… you used yogurt? Really? You could? Oh! It makes the bread (and my chicken pie pastry) “light and fluffy”. Ahhh…
Twinkie? From wikipedia :) - “…slang used by some American Indians to refer to a European American, with little or no social or blood links to any tribe, who claims to be an American Indian”

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