This was not to my taste. Same color as a brownie but nothing else in common. No sweetness. No lingering taste. Mouth feel: oily gloppy. Fail imo.
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If you take out the egg, you actually can lick the bowl (and be on your way to Tikkun Olam at the same time).
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Why no Melissa Clark videos? Will they resume? If not, why not? I always loved seeing her at work.
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We miss Melissa’s videos too, Sam. Should we start a petition?
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Does anyone have a specific brand of olive oil that works well?
California Olive Ranch is my workhorse. High quality, mellow, reasonably priced.
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I agree with Nancie. Their "Everyday" variety seems like a good match. The brand is recommended by Cook's Illustrated, and is widely available.
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"A latke fried in bubbling fat may be a classic way to celebrate Hanukkah" -- perhaps only among the New York Ashkenazi Jewish Democrats. Potato cakes are an East European Jewish tradition that has nothing to do with the Judaic history and traditional gastronomy.
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I would love to know which mild olive oil Melissa uses for her everyday cooking.
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Done with most everything chocolate is as soon as you smell chocolate.
Perfect--except for the salt. I may have subsisted on salted pretzels and Coca-Cola in college 50 years ago, but now I cannot think that a sprinkle of salt on an otherwise balanced sweet is anything but gratuitous. Brownies, cookies, caramel--salt them unnaturally if you like, but I will remain firmly in the current-day minority and leave them unsullied by unnecessary NaCl.
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@Suzanne Fass
I concur completely regarding the salt issue. I will never understand the "sea salt" phenomenon. The only thing worse than adding this ingredient to the beloved brownie is adding cinnamon or pepper to punch up the flavor. Sometimes brownies are simply sublime in their own right with original, innocent and untainted ingredients. Not every dessert needs nor requires a boost, much less something to make them "slightly savory".
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Salt is only the enemy if you’re eating processed foods. Salting in home cooking won’t hurt anyone.
And I think Americans have other more important things to be concerned about in their diets.
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Enough to make my stomach growl at ten in the morning.
Another fine brownie resource is brownies cockaigne from The Joy of Cooking. It is THE favorite at my High Lonesome Confectionary and Etymology Shop in beautiful Grand Junction, CO.
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@ Chac Grand Junction, Colorado
You must tell the readers, how do confections and etymology combine in your Shop.
My wife loves brownies in all forms, I would no more than nibble on one in a gesture of uxorious participation.
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