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Natalie's avatar

First off...thank you sooo much for sharing my recipe. I had a delightful giggle at reading my own name in your post! Second, I've now added to my list those cinnamon puffs cause they look so good! I have to say, if I made mini ones I would be gorging on them all day! Half the size, half the calories right? ;) If you like muffins, you might like to try little French madeleines? They're little buttery cakes and with a bit of orange zest and dipped in chocolate, they're so delicious with a coffee.

Not sure if this is a thing in Spain or in the US, but triple cooked potato wedges? They're absolutely greasy and crunchy and so unhealthy but sometimes you need that.

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Kiki's avatar

Thank you for sharing your recipe in the first place! :) Oh yeah, you have to try the muffins... I honestly have been eating them two at a time since they’re tiny, so it’s like eating a normal-sized muffin anyway haha. I’ve had madeleines, but I don’t think the kind that have been dipped in chocolate. I’ll have to investigate!

Also triple cooked potato wedges sound insane in the best way possible. There was a place I was obsessed with in Chicago called The Bristol that had the most amazing duck fat fries--total indulgence but totally worth it!

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Natalie's avatar

Ohhh I've had duck fat fries...my arteries were just filling up as I ate them. So delicious...

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Rachel Phipps's avatar

Thanks so much again for your testing help with the chicken!

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Kiki's avatar

You’re welcome, and thanks again for sharing the recipe early! I feel so honored to have been a recipe tester! And thanks for the shoutout on your blog!

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Pablo Andreu's avatar

I resisted The Bear for a while because there was SO much hype around it. Then I watched it and was like, "OK, yeah, I get it." It's one of the best shows seen in the last few years. I only wish there were more of it!

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Kiki's avatar

Yeah I get that, sometimes the shows with a lot of hype end up being disappointing, or at least not what you were expecting. I agree that The Bear was fantastic, though. At least it’s been renewed for a second season, even if we have to wait a whole year!

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Angeles Fernández's avatar

Muffins!! I have a question, please! Here in Spain, as you Kiki may already know, we have "magdalenas".

Could we say "magdalenas" and "muffins" are the same thing or is there any dfference between them? (Note: I love magdalenas, and that banana's muffins recipe... I have never tried nothing like that before, with bananas! 😃)

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Kiki's avatar

I loveeee magdalenas! There’s a chain here called Crustó that has excellent ones (or at least they used to; I went there all the time on the way to my old job but haven’t been recently).

I would say magdalenas are very similar to muffins. I get the sensation that they’re a bit more crumbly/dry (not in a bad way, more in a way that makes them perfect to dip in coffee!) compared to muffins in the US. There may be a greater liquid to dry ingredient ratio that makes muffins more moist/spongy inside, but I’m not sure. I’ll investigate some magdalena recipes and report back!

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Tammy's avatar

Now that I’m starting to get my taste back I’ll have to try the mini muffins! I can taste a little bit and believe me that makes me so happy I want to start cooking again and baking! It’s been so long I’ll probably gain a lot of weight trying to taste everything I couldn’t taste!

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Kiki's avatar

I think you’ll like them! They’re great with coffee. Getting your taste back is worth a little bit of weight gain in my opinion!

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