I usually take a few minutes at lunch to catch up with several blogs, not all of which are food blogs. I do read some stuff that might not be typical for food bloggers… Ok, there are plenty of football fans, but how about gun blogs? I also read some Christian blogs, many of which are unfortunately pure garbage.
So at lunch today, I pulled up my Google Reader, and I noticed that my food blogs may be themed a bit narrowly (nothing against any of them, of course). I read several food blogs for a few reasons:
- The person that writes it has a good style in their blog
- The photos are really great, and I hope to learn something from them
- I’ve corresponded with the person and found them to be very nice, which tends to show in their blogs, too.
So what’s the problem today? There’s a blog site called “The Daring Bakers Blogroll“, and 4 of my usual 20 or so regular reads are apparently participating.
Without too much research, it appears that the site puts out a theme now and then, and the bloggers on the blogroll make their version of the item and post about it. Pretty straight forward, and you’d think things would be pretty much the same, but there are some really divergent takes on the same dish, it seems.
The blogs I read today had versions of Lemon Meringue:
All have great photos, and, though I’m not a fan of lemon thanks to the dentist I had when I was a child (who used lemon fluoride… not a nice thing at all), I still think these look worth trying.
Curt, you know if you can’t beat ‘em, etc… The Daring Bakers needs more representation from the XY half of the planet, so think about it!
Susan, I did notice that the list was a bit unbalanced toward the, um, estrogen side of things.
I’ve got enough of my plate for now, but I’ll keep it in mind for when things settle a bit.
Lemon fluoride? That is just not right… I see why you have an aversion to lemon!
Nice blog… and I agree you would be a great addition to the Daring Bakers
Candace, thanks. I have to admit, I always have a song running through my head when I visit your blog… “I shot the chef, but I did not shot the maitre d”… Sorry, I just can’t help it.
Curt, you’d totally rock the Daring Bakers. And besides, who doesn’t love a guy who KNOWS HOW TO BAKE?!? I’m flattered to be on your food blog reading list. You are a total sweetheart (what person who loves Labradors isn’t?!). And even though it might get harder for me to comment and reply over the next several months, I hope you know that wonderful people like you make blogging worth it to me. xxoo
Jen, there is just something about labs.
I’ve been fortunate lately to get some nice blog feedback, and I know exactly what you mean. Without others being involved at some level, blogging would just be narcissistic!
I may get into the Daring Bakers eventually; I’ve just got enough going right now that I’m already playing catch up! If I do get involved, at least it will be AFTER the lemon stuff.