Grandpère bakes beer bread from time to time. His latest loaf was especially delicious, perhaps because he used a special lager given him by a friend in the recipe. I offered a slice to my 12 year old grandson, and he told me, "I can't have that; I'm underage." I tried to explain to him that bread with a little beer in it or food cooked with a little wine was fine for him, but I don't think I made much headway. I didn't tell him he's probably already had food cooked with wine.The picture does not show GP's loaf because it's nearly gone.
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hehheh --just tell him the alcohol cooks out... unless, of course it doesn't!
ReplyDeletemargaret, I didn't think of that. Next time...
ReplyDeleteRecipe please!
ReplyDeleteMy husband is across the street watching a football game so I can't ask him now. Please sign a name next time, Anonymous.
Delete"Oh, can you imagine a sadder disgrace
ReplyDeleteThan a man in the gutter with crumbs on his face."
(From "Away With Rum - The Song Of The Temperance Union")
Poor lad to have to contend with such a grandmother.
DeleteSounds really good. Just a word of warning: all the alcohol doesn't necessarily cook out of things cooked with alcoholic beverages. Take a look at this link and go down to the table of how much alcohol remains in a cooked or baked dish. While I don't think that much remains in the beer bread, there will be some remaining. This is not to say that your grandson should be having any at all; a little alcohol in baked goods won't hurt him. But if anyone you know is a recovering alcoholic or is allergic to alcohol, do hesitate.
ReplyDeleteOne of my hometown's signature dishes is a cookie called a Joe Frogger. They are delicious, but could be lethal and should be sparingly served to children.
Well, I guess one can't be too careful...
DeleteMy 7-yr old daughter has recently been thru the yearly anti-drug campaign they do in the schools here, and has been hypersensitive to stuff like this. "Don't eat that, Dad! It has drugs in it!" :D
ReplyDeleteDavid, the school anti-drug campaign could be what prompted my grandson's reply. Times change. At holiday meals, my grandparents allowed us a small glass of half wine and half water.
Delete... and a pint jug of moonshine.
DeleteUh no, but the wine came from a jug...the finest of vintages bottled in a jug.
DeleteMy parents gave me sips of beer and wine too. But the indoctrination of the young starts so early now and is so fierce. I can't imagine any of the kids I grew up with reacting with horror to a piece of bread. It reminds me of the time a few years ago I saw a little girl, no more than 6 or 7 at the most, in the grocery store shopping with her parents. She picked up a bag of potato chips off the shelf, looked at it intently, then threw it down, angrily exclaiming in a loud voice, "NO! I want FAT FREE!"
DeleteFundamentalism by any other name stinks just as bad.
My grandson seems to have learned the lesson well. I wish he was that serious about such things as studying and doing his homework.
DeleteEverything is so serious now. Pregnancy seems like walking through a minefield. If I wanted a glass of wine, I didn't think twice about it. I knew heavy drinking would not be a good thing, ever really, but especially during pregnancy, but sensible women used common sense.
Really sensible women used a condom.
DeleteIf our mothers had used condoms, you and I would not be here. Think of the loss to the world.
DeleteThat's not to say that condoms are a bad thing. In fact, they are a very good thing.