Lemon Bar Failure

*** Update*** I tried some later in the evening & it wasn't nearly as bad as right after dinner, still very sour, but tolerable. We had the bean salad for a side dish & I think it was just too much acidity al together...


I received my first issue of Everyday Food today & just had to try the Creamy Lemon Squares. I have been craving tangy lemon for a while now & I had the ingredients (or so I thought).

I made the shortbread crust, yummy, smelled wonderful. Then to the filling 4 egg yolks, a can of sweetened condensed milk & lemon (3/4 cup fresh). Well I only had the "lemon" that Aldi has, it's a lovely green jar! Works great as a drain freshener & making lemonade, so why not. Well I used the whole 3/4 cup. Guess I should have cut it back a bit (or added more sugar). I baked them, chilled them & served them... EWWWWWW. Even my husband couldn't eat them. All you could smell was the milk & all you could taste was lemon. It wasn't pleasant at all.

Lesson learned never directly sub bottle for the real thing with out tasting it first...

Corn Bread failure

I had aspired to have pictures of my first attempt at skillet corn bread. However the attempt was a complete failure. I used an online recipe & I refuse to post it here! It wasn't that it was bad, it just wasn't great! I think I need to play with the ingredient ratios a bit & try again. It wasn't as moist as I thought it should be. It was also on the grainy/savory side. I love sweet corn bread (I make the copy cat Chi-Chis sweet corn bread recipe lots). I think that it was a good recipe, but bland for it's lack of sweetness, maybe some savory spice or even jalapenos or green chiles would have been better. We ate it, drowning in margarine & it is nearly gone, so I guess it couldn't have been THAT bad!!!

I couldn't have taken a picture of it anyways, I forgot before I took it out of the pan & the center ended up sticking...it was a sad sight!!!

I am craving corn, maybe I'll whip up some scalloped corn for tonights side dish...yum!