A Muffin to Make You Blue
As an avid country fan since I was old enough to warble, I know just how many ways one can be blue.
There’s blue eyes crying in the rain, being blue and oh so lonesome for you, the lonesome wail of searching for one’s blue, blue angel, and George Strait’s heart breaker with baby blue eyes. And that’s just a few. There’s dozens more songs about blue eyes haunting singers, brown eyes turning blue from crying and men so blue a night of honky tonkin’ can’t cure them.
But muffins can.
Now, I’m positive if George, Willie Nelson, LeAnn Rhymes and Aaron Tippen had sampled a few of these muffins, they’d be singing about pink clouds and sunshine and all things delightful. But, that probably wouldn’t make for a very good country song, I’m sure.
Here in the Pond though, these muffins don’t appear when one is blue.
Did somebody mention muffins? We love muffins!
Quite the contrary.
If I had to construct a country song about the importance of blueberry muffins in the Pond, it would go like this:
I knew it was going to be a good day (long violin),
When I smelled that blueberry muffins.
She had been cooking all morning,
And I just couldn’t wait for them.
With just one bite (guitar wail here)
It took me back.
It was like we were back in college again,
In that old kitchen.
Each bite reminding me of long drives on the dark Waco road (more guitar wails),
and going to Wal-Mart at midnight,
Long summers with cool ice cream,
And lounging in the pool till daylight.
Wuffle. Don’t give up your day job. Wuffle.
So when your life feels like a country song or you just want some happy sweetness to your day, have a muffin.
I promise, you don’t even need to sing about them.
Though it doesn’t hurt.
Blueberry Muffins (From Any Bitch Can Cook Cookbook)
1/2 cup margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/8 tsp. ground cloves
3/4 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup blueberries
Grease and flour muffin tins or use paper baking cups. Cream margarine and sugar until light. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and cloves. Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Fold in blueberries. Fill muffin tins 2/3 full. Bake 20 to 25 minutes at 375 degrees. This recipe can be made in advance and frozen. Yield: 24 muffins.
Extra: If you wish, you can also melt 3 tablespoons of butter and combine it with 1/3 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon of orange peel and dip the tops of the muffins in the mix. I didn’t do this, however.
Stay tuned, Invisible Friends! Tomorrow we have a brand new Twirl and Saturday, a brand new creative woman who will boggle your mind! Stay tuned!
May 21st, 2009 at 4:26 am
A muffin right about now would be really nice!
May 21st, 2009 at 4:29 am
I LOVE the name of that cookbook! There’s something about a muffine, even a blue one, that just makes everything better.
May 21st, 2009 at 5:04 am
My son wanted blueberry muffins for dessert last night. I should have let him make some!
May 21st, 2009 at 5:15 am
Love the picks…
And mmm that looks good.
May 21st, 2009 at 5:21 am
I love the word warble. It’s almost as awesome as wuffle.
May 21st, 2009 at 5:44 am
I have blueberries in the freezer that are just screaming to be used! This is perfect!
May 21st, 2009 at 5:49 am
The dogs looked bemused by it all!
May 21st, 2009 at 6:21 am
Stopping by from SITS to say HI. Those muffins look so good.
May 21st, 2009 at 6:28 am
Great looking muffins Duckie! Especially to this tired, non existant willpowered woman!!! It’s a good thing I don’t have any as I would scarf down the lot!! I heard back from the distributor last night. They are working at hammering out a line of cards…”MY” cards! Can you believe it? Neither can I. I’ll believe it when I see it. I put a plug in for you by the way! You never know! I love your work and I bet they would too! XXOO
May 21st, 2009 at 6:31 am
I LOVE blueberry muffins!
May 21st, 2009 at 6:40 am
Delicious muffin! Glad that you use blueberry, as I really like it too.
May 21st, 2009 at 6:45 am
Yum.
I’m a huge fan of muffins.
May 21st, 2009 at 7:08 am
Very tasty looking muffins…please pass one my way!!
May 21st, 2009 at 7:12 am
ohhh! I may have to try some of these for myself! Can you mail them to Canada? hehe nice work lady!! xo http://www.pinksugardesserts.com/
May 21st, 2009 at 7:13 am
Oh sorry darling! I put te silly website in the wrong field! bahhh!
May 21st, 2009 at 7:20 am
Don’t give up your day job… Classic!
May 21st, 2009 at 7:21 am
Blueberry is my favorite muffin! And I like that cookbook!
May 21st, 2009 at 7:26 am
I love blueberry muffins. I made a huge batch last weekend and they only lasted a day and a half!
May 21st, 2009 at 8:38 am
I adore blueberry muffins. I pretend that since they have fruit in them they’re healthy. I like pretending! :p
May 21st, 2009 at 9:05 am
I love the title of the cookbook. My daughter loves bluberry muffins – they always put a smile on her face.
May 21st, 2009 at 9:46 am
In my world, muffins reign supreme. Sadly, when everyone is home, that means I have to make about a gross of them to keep the hungry hordes at bay for more than 10 minutes. Blueberry is my favorite, although banana ranks right up there!
Twirl tomorrow? Yeah! Mama was a wild child, Vivi didn’t know, and Papa’s trying to suppress the wild child genes in his child!
May 21st, 2009 at 10:08 am
I love muffins! I would definitely make this with the optional topping!
May 21st, 2009 at 10:14 am
Muffins rock! (Wait, isn’t this supposed to be about country music? Muffins wail?)
I’m with Typ0. The blueberries negate the sugar and the fat and the calories!
May 21st, 2009 at 10:19 am
What a title for a cookbook!!!! Love blueberry muffins <3
May 21st, 2009 at 10:24 am
Those muffins look so good!
Now I’d like to eat a delicious doughnut too!
May 21st, 2009 at 10:28 am
Muffins do fix a lot of what ails you. And I love the title of the cook book! But I’m too lazy to actually make them myself…good thing they have great muffins at my local Big Y supermarket!
May 21st, 2009 at 10:29 am
muffin looks delish!
May 21st, 2009 at 11:04 am
Ummmmmmm. I love warm blueberry muffins with a dot of butter. Yum yum.
May 21st, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Fabulous looking muffins – and I love blueberries. I think I will skip the singing in case I drive away the neighbours. I love the name of your cookbook – haven’t heard of that one before LOL.
May 21st, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Mmm, there’s certainly nothing blue about blueberry muffins. Have I told you that these are my favorite types of muffins?! I love ‘em. In fact, if I didn’t have such a horrible voice, I’d join you in singing these muffins’ praises. Fabulous job!
May 21st, 2009 at 3:14 pm
I have been in a creative funk too. I think I’m almost over it though. Just need to get to making something, anything, and then I feel it will break the spell. Have you ever thought about writing a children’s book? I think you should.
May 21st, 2009 at 3:27 pm
I have to agree with you. Blueberry Muffins can sure brighten my day.
May 21st, 2009 at 3:28 pm
I think if you forwarded that song to Reba she would pounce right on it…especially if you sent a muffing with it!
May 21st, 2009 at 4:07 pm
LOL at the book name! How could you not bake from that?
May 21st, 2009 at 5:20 pm
YUM! I always say, you can never go wrong with blueberry muffins.
May 21st, 2009 at 6:09 pm
yummy muffins! I eat three jumbo muffins each day! haha!
May 21st, 2009 at 6:21 pm
I do love me some blueberries!
May 21st, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Yummy blueberries are the best!!!
May 21st, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Your extra bit sounds DELIGHTFUL. I’d go for it for sure!
May 21st, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Blueberry muffins are my absolute FAVE! And these look easy enough for me to make! BONUS!!
May 21st, 2009 at 7:02 pm
What a great name for a cookbook!
May 21st, 2009 at 7:07 pm
I do love blueberry muffins so much! Thank you for sharing the recipe! Yum!
May 21st, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Hee hee hee! I don’t know what Bear was wuffling about, I think it’s a marvelous song!! And I adore blueberry muffins, I’ll have to give your recipe a try! Do you cook every single day?!
May 21st, 2009 at 8:42 pm
a fav around here – BUT we LOVE more – much more blueberries in our muffins!!
May 21st, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Thanks for the recipe. My life did feel like a country song today
Love your puppies, they’re darling. Glad to have found where you moved to. Have a wonderful weekend.
May 21st, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Okay now you should become a country songwriter! I loved the song…even though your babies didn’t. Hehe! You are making some awesome things lately. I gain a few pounds everytime I stop by! LOL! You are definitely keeping hubby happy.
May 21st, 2009 at 10:32 pm
I’M A BIG FAN OF MUFFINS TOO!
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:49 am
I’m a banana nut muffin kind of girl
May 22nd, 2009 at 4:34 am
I love blueberry muffins!! I can’t wait till the fresh ones on in season!!! Then I’ll torment YOU with pictures, lol!
May 22nd, 2009 at 6:26 am
your puppy has that look of “what?” “I know I’m cute…and you know you want to give me a muffin!”
so cute.
good to ‘see you’.
May 22nd, 2009 at 7:47 am
Well, these muffins would be worth making my brown eyes blue! My hubby really loves blueberry muffins, and I don’t even know when the last time it was that I made them. Bad wifey. Gotta love the name of the cookbook you got the recipe from!
May 22nd, 2009 at 8:13 am
I think I need that cookbook….
and those muffins look DELISH! I always leave your blog feeling hungry! LOL!
May 22nd, 2009 at 8:38 am
I seriously love the name of that cookbook.
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:07 pm
I think we can now add song writer to your resume!
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Suzie keeps her dish towels sparkling white (I mean WHITE… really!) by changed them daily AND cleaning with bleach and/or comet only.
Her hands are cracked but her kitchen is CLEAN and her dish cloths are WHITE.
I tried to soak in bleach every couple of uses and I just couldn’t keep it up. That is why opted for colored ones… lazy… um I mean busy. I have two toddlers and a business. I do still change them once a day.
The dish cloths.
Not the toddlers.
I change the toddlers umpteen times a day.
I won’t go into details but poo is involved.
May 23rd, 2009 at 12:31 am
MMMMM…your blueberry muffins look so delcious! yum Yum Yum,…
May 24th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Any bitch can cook? HAHA! They do sound delish!
May 25th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
You and I could have an awesome country girl sing-a-long! What a fun post, and what yummy looking muffins!!