Verdict: Disappointment

I had a new and fascinating experience last night when my contribution to Shavuot dinner was the least tasty thing on the table. Always a risk when trying something brand new for the very first time. I tried making corn bread and it flopped. It was supposed to be dense and rich and cheesy, but it came out too dense, dry, with no cheesy taste at all.

Several mistakes I have identified so far: I should have doubled the cheese from what was in the recipe (no way to know this in advance), I should have let the batter stand for a while so the baking powder had time to do its thing (I know this!) and then the bread wouldn't have sat so low in the baking pan, it wouldn't have burned a bit, and it wouldn't be so dry. I probably should have watched the baking time more closely and taken it out of the over about two minutes earlier. Curiously, substituting dill for the chives because of a translating error came out just fine, only... very, very dilly.

Like in all failed experiments, I learned some new lessons and rediscovered some old ones. I hope my PCR jell from genetics did better. Doing another lab report with no results is going to suck.