Full Gastronomic Tilt

It was the title of Aleta’s blog that drew me in, because I’m a total geek: The Omnnomicon.
How cool is that? Lovecraft, food, and onomatopoeia memes all rolled into one tidy package.
Plus, her recipes are unusual, tasty and colorful. She’s a joy to read.

So when Aleta announced her idea for a Recipe Round-Robin, I was in, no question. Whether tasting or throwing my Best Damn Whatever Recipe in the ring to be challenged, fun was guaranteed! First up, blueberry muffins. Having never made them before, I was on the tasting side of the fence this time, given two recipes to try and rounded up some help. Two half batches of muffins were made, cooled and tasted. Below are the recipes, along with our “tasting notes.”

Recipe C (Traditional blueberry muffins)

<<deleted>>

Recipe C ingredients

<<deleted>>

RECIPE D (Blueberry muffins, the crunchy hippie version)

<<deleted>>

Recipe D Ingredients

<<deleted>>

The reckoning

Dressed up muffins

And the winner is….

Recipe C!  While I made the mistake of using paper muffin cups with Recipe C, as well as botched the streusel topping, C was more in line with how we felt a blueberry muffin should taste.  While Recipe D was good as a stand-alone, it’s not one we would reach for if surrendering to a craving for blueberry muffins.  Plus, D was a bit fussy in the preparation. Too many ingredients. The entire cup of quinoa lent the muffins a quinoa-y aftertaste that was in conflict with the overall blueberry-ness.

Edited to add: The ladies over at Chemical Dependence have harsher words for the perpetrator of Recipe D. Be kind, y’all!

Muffin carnage

In the end, neither of these recipes won the coveted Best Damn Blueberry Muffin Recipe Award.

Check out Aleta’s blog for the winner AND the recipe!