Talk:Quick bread

Shortening slush method

There is another method, which this article does not mention. I don't know the proper name for it, and have never seen it explained as a "method" but I've seen it in old recipes so it isn't something new. It basically involves mixing melted shortening into cold water (or milk, etc). The shortening hardens up with contact with the water, but not as a single lump. I turns into a sort of slurry distributed throughout the water...rather like slush. The result when you mix it into the dry ingredients is somewhat like having cut butter or shortening into the dough with a fork or pastry cutter, but much easier.--Ericjs (talk) 15:34, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Actually I'll retract my theorizing about this method. I've tried the recipe where I came across this method with vegetable oil instead of shortening, and did not end up with the "slush". The bread came out not much different than with the shortening slush method. From this I conclude that the only thing giving it its rise is the chemical leaving, in this case baking soda alone, and no egg at all.

However, this also leaves me to feel that the article is over-stating things in claiming 3 method of quick bread, each of which uses some trick to supplement the rise from the chemical leaving. Because this quick break (and I imagine others) does not use any of these methods and rises none-the-less. --Ericjs (talk) 03:54, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

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Needs a lot of work, not enough done. -- Warfreak 05:39, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

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"Place of origin: United States" Really??

The info box claims that quick breads originated in the US. Can anyone find a reference for that? Otherwise I would suggest that place of origin is removed. Quick breads have existed longer that the United States. Yes, modern baking powder was developed in the US in the middle of the 19th century, but potash/pearlash K
₂CO
₃) has been used since 1000 BC and hartshorn salt ((NH₄)₂CO₃) at least since the 16th century as forerunners to baking powder when making quick bread. Hartshorn salt is used still today in some Swedish baking. Thomas Blomberg (talk) 19:17, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

And not only in Sweden! In Norwegian and Danish baking (as well as many other places) too, the very similar Hjortetakksalt is used in many traditional bakings. I have put [citation needed] in the text where US invention is mentioned. I agree that it should be removed from the fact-box until it can be confirmed(or denied) ~🐈🐈~♪~何? 21:54, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

First citation's link is dead

Basically the subject. I don't know really what it originally went to but a replacement needs to be found. --Nerd1a4i (talk) 01:32, 18 March 2020 (UTC)