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Subject: Re: Friday Night Vittles? 7/11/2025
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On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 12:49:43 -0500, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
wrote:

>Bruce wrote on 7/12/2025 4:38 AM:
>> On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 09:27:41 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
>> <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 2025-07-12, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 12 Jul 2025 08:42:15 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell
>>>> <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2025-07-12, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I hadn't added any sugar or eggs. It tasted ok, but almost as if I
>>>>>> should have added sugar to make it sweet. I like that it didn't
>>>>>> require any kneading, just mixing. We'll have the rest with breakfast
>>>>>> tomorrow.
>>>>>
>>>>> I add one egg and sugar. Many, in the American South, don't add sugar.
>>>>> Extra vegetable oil may make an egg unnecessary. I will never know.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, eggs and sugar would be nice. But if you want to use it as a
>>>> neutral bread replacement, isn't it better to leave them out? There's
>>>> no sugar or eggs in our bread either.
>>>
>>> There's gluten in bread, though.
>> 
>> Yes, it won't be the same.
>> 
>>> Eggs in quick breads like cornbread help it hold together.
>> 
>> My wife didn't want eggs in the corn bread, because it makes it
>> "cakey".
>> 
>
>No. It makes it not as crumbly. Without egg is fine if you don't mind 
>the bread being a little crumbly. The main thing is oil and super hot 
>skillet.

I'll try it with egg next time. It was a bit uneventful and indeed
crumbly, but then it only had to replace bread. You don't eat bread as
a main act either.

-- 
Bruce
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