For this weeks edition of Tuesdays with Dorie we take a trip to the savory side of food. Rebecca of Ezra Pound Cake chose Savory Corn and Pepper Muffins. After the sugar rush the past few weeks (and the realization I gained 10lbs since Thanksgiving, eek!), I was ready for something a little more savory and less sweet. Of course, the stick of butter in this really doesn't help either. Oh well...I can't win can I?
I read somewhere that southerners don't like their cornbread sweet. uhhh...what? I was a little confused because where I'm from in the south, sweet cornbread is all I have ever eaten. But I'll usually eat any type of cornbread so the sweetness or lack thereof wasn't an issue in this case. Or at least I thought so.
I was a little disappointed with these muffins. With the jalapeno and the chili powder, I was expecting something with a little bit of heat and flavor. I couldn't taste either of them. They tasted like run of the mill cornbread. Not bad but nothing special either. The only way I could tell there was chili powder in them was from the slightly darker color of the crumb. I ended up crumbling one of them up and mixing it with the 3 bean chili I made (recipe up soon). The texture of the muffins was nice and went well with my chili.
And did anyone else have trouble with these browning too quickly? 8 minutes in the wonky tops were starting to really brown. By the time the inside was done, the outside was... Crispy.
I'll definitely be sticking to my sweet cornbread. Unless of course I find a savory recipe that I just can't pass up trying. ;)
For this weeks recipe, you can check it out on Rebecca's blog, Ezra Pound Cake. To see more takes on the savory corn and pepper muffins, go to the TWD blogroll.
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They certainly look lovely! Too bad you didn't care for them, but there are a lot of corn bread recipes out there!
Oh I'm sorry you didn't like them. I loved mine. I'm a southerner but didn't grow up on sweet cornbread and I thought these were rather snappy!
Aww - too bad you didn't like them. And I missed seeing Charlie with the muffins.
Your muffins look great. I'm not from the South, but it confused me too about southerners not liking sweet cornbread.
eek! Your not the only one who has gained. I've put on about 10 pounds myself since my son's wedding. It's gotta go! I'm actually contemplating not making next weeks recipe because I don't believe it is going to help me!
They look great.
I loved them.
YAY!! for sweet cornbread. I love it sweet and I am from the south - sorta.... Sorry you didn't care for these. Maybe next time. But they look great!
OMG, I read the same thing somewhere, too. I even asked my hubby about it. We both are used to sweet cornbread, or Dixie cornbread as it is called. Great post! Your muffins look wonderful.
yours look perfect :) i like sweet cornbread too, but this was a nice variation, i thought. sounds yummy crumbled into chili!
I was disappointed with these too - ok, but as you say, nothing special
Too bad you didn't like these! I thought they were quite spicy and really loved them.
Isn't that funny? I didn't think these had much kick, either, but some people thought they were way too spicy.
I just didn't really care for these either!
I wasn't thrilled with these either but at least we tried them!
I'm sorry you didn't like them, but maybe next week's recipe will be a winner for you!
Too bad these turned out bland for you. I used pasilla oaxaca chiles and mine had a bit too much burn, but great flavor. Your muffins look lovely.
Oh man, I gained 7 pounds from Thanksgiving, so I severely changed the way I was eating (I rarely snack as it is, but I was tasting those cookies and pies for sure around the holidays) and have lost them... plus 4 more pounds! But it's not easy, for sure!
Anyways, your muffins look fantastic... I'm more of a sweet cornbread person as well!
sorry these weren't your favorites, but they look real good. and don't get me started on the holiday weight gain...ugh!
Being a southerner I can eat cornbread both sweet and plain. I love the sweet with a little honey!
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