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Default REC: Banana Bread, James Beard's and a stoopid mistake

On Sun 06 Jul 2008 01:49:14p, Billy told us...

> On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:39:41 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
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>>I hate recipes that call for 2-3 bananas with no equivalent cup
>>measurement. I'm glad this recipe states both.

>
> After two or three hundred batches of banana bread, you soon learn
> that plus or minus a banana makes little difference.


Perhaps so, but I haven't made that many batches. When I've used recipes
without an exact measurement, I usually end up with a sodden mess in the
middle, and if I baked it any longer, the exterior would have ben burnt.

> I would deep six the milk and vinegar and just use full fat
> buttermilk. Much better results will follow.


I was thinking about that myself.



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