My kids just love quick breads — like pumpkin bread and banana bread. They are picky, picky eaters, but they will just devour breads like that.
So, last summer, I made them cinnamon bread. Umm…yeah, cinnamon bread. That’s what we’ll call it. And, we’ll call it that because that’s what I spent all summer calling it.
The other day, I made cinnamon bread again. And, as they did last year, they lovingly ate it up. Jack then declared, “You are the best cinnamon bread maker in the world. You are the best Mom in the world!”
“Awww…thanks Jack,” I said.
Imagine my surprise when he then continued to praise me and my baking prowess. He then asked, in a way that was heaping with praise, “What’s your secret ingredient?”
They have been talking about secret ingredients off and on since seeing Kung Fu Panda earlier this summer. So, this wasn’t a shocking question. Except, well, I wasn’t sure what to say.
“Hmmm…cinnamon, I guess.”
“That I does make it taste very good, Mom,” he congratulated me. And, then he continued, “Any other secret ingredient?”
“Yeah, there is,” I fessed up. I thought for a moment before continuing aloud — did I really want them to know the secret ingredient? Would they ever eat the cinnamon bread again?
“There really is a secret ingredient,” I started. “And, it’s zucchini.”
There was an audible gasp from the munching kids at the table.
“You see, cinnamon bread isn’t really called cinnamon bread even. It’s called zucchini bread.”
All three sets of eyes were locked on me. The boys started to put down their beloved cinnamon bread, because it was no longer sweet cinnamon bread. It was yucky zucchini bread.
Before they even could get the bread to their plates, I quickly countered, “Now guys — you love that bread! Just because you know there is zucchini in it doesn’t change how it tastes. It’s still very cinnamon-y, isn’t it?”
“Yeah, Mom, the cinnamon makes the zucchini taste very nice,” Jack decided.
And, that was that. I hope.
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