Comments on: Tea Party Breakdown! http://omnom.foobeh.com/2009/02/tea-party-breakdown/ let's get fat and sassy Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:54:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Caitlin http://omnom.foobeh.com/2009/02/tea-party-breakdown/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Caitlin Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:55:41 +0000 http://omnom.foobeh.com/?p=235#comment-70 Karen's cupcakes are the Magnolia Bakery (the one in NYC) vanilla cupcakes. I introduced her to the recipe during the prep for out office bakesale. The recipe's on Foodtv.com. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/saras-secrets/magnolias-vanilla-cupcake-recipe/index.html Also - replacing the butter with oil (same amount of oil as butter), makes them really light and moist (they also tend to rise as perfect little domes w/oil). Not necessarily better than the butter, but I found it to be more appropriate for my Indian cupcakes. So if you decide to use it as your base cupcake recipe (which I highly recommend), the oil variation might prove to be a better texture/flavor for whatever experiments you may try. Karen’s cupcakes are the Magnolia Bakery (the one in NYC) vanilla cupcakes. I introduced her to the recipe during the prep for out office bakesale. The recipe’s on Foodtv.com.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/saras-secrets/magnolias-vanilla-cupcake-recipe/index.html

Also – replacing the butter with oil (same amount of oil as butter), makes them really light and moist (they also tend to rise as perfect little domes w/oil). Not necessarily better than the butter, but I found it to be more appropriate for my Indian cupcakes. So if you decide to use it as your base cupcake recipe (which I highly recommend), the oil variation might prove to be a better texture/flavor for whatever experiments you may try.

]]> By: W http://omnom.foobeh.com/2009/02/tea-party-breakdown/comment-page-1/#comment-67 W Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:39:35 +0000 http://omnom.foobeh.com/?p=235#comment-67 To make matters worse: it was E. Honda that had the purple thong on. *Shudder* Relevant bit! I made some of the bacon-jalapeno things at home tonight, and both my mom and brother enjoyed 'em (they're both even wussier than I am over spicy foods!). I was extra-careful about carving the innards out, and I even trimmed 1/5th off the stem ends--the end result had just a tiny hint of spice. There wasn't any need to chase these with a drink to wash down the burn. (I also used 1/2 strip of bacon per pepper, for extra bacon-y fun.) So here's my amendment: -prep peppers with extra clean insides and trimmed stem for the mild crowd. -prep peppers with a bit of membrane left for more heat (and leave the stem). It should be easy to distinguish between the two visually and everyone can munch within their comfort zone. To make matters worse: it was E. Honda that had the purple thong on. *Shudder*

Relevant bit! I made some of the bacon-jalapeno things at home tonight, and both my mom and brother enjoyed ‘em (they’re both even wussier than I am over spicy foods!). I was extra-careful about carving the innards out, and I even trimmed 1/5th off the stem ends–the end result had just a tiny hint of spice. There wasn’t any need to chase these with a drink to wash down the burn.
(I also used 1/2 strip of bacon per pepper, for extra bacon-y fun.)

So here’s my amendment:
-prep peppers with extra clean insides and trimmed stem for the mild crowd.
-prep peppers with a bit of membrane left for more heat (and leave the stem).
It should be easy to distinguish between the two visually and everyone can munch within their comfort zone.

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