It reminded me of the long conversation we had here about smoothies, and P-C not wanting to learn how to use a blender while stoned on Vicodin. And now I'm wondering if P-C has since learned how to use a blender. (And if so, if he can send my dad some fucking smoothie recipes.)

Haaaa ha ha. It does sound EXACTLY like me. And no, I still have not learned how to use a blender. My mom sent me one that none of us can figure out how to make work.

I just tried making vegan challah. It almost worked. It's good, but the egg substitute was mashed banana, and there's a really faint banana flavor that's a bit odd. It tastes good, but it doesn't quite taste like I think challah should.

I don't think I've ever made a smoothie. The only blender I have is an immersion blender with blades so blunt that I don't think they'd cut through frozen fruit.

You can let the fruit defrost most of the way.

Banana seems like an odd choice. I would think oil would be a better substitute.

My mom sent me one that none of us can figure out how to make work.

Push the buttons, make the blades spin. When done push the button to make the blades stop spinning.

Keep your fleshy bits away from the spinning blades.

Banana seems like an odd choice. I would think oil would be a better substitute.

It's a really slight banana flavor -- like, if you didn't know it was there, you might not notice for a few bites. And it's a somewhat sweet challah, so it kind of works. I've never tried oil as an egg substitute -- I'd think it would make it too greasy.

I do it all the time in baking. Like a tablespoon per egg. I also use fewer eggs in my challah than most people to start with, so my expectations are probably different.

Push the buttons, make the blades spin. When done push the button to make the blades stop spinning.

It's one of these things, and it won't assemble properly. The blade part won't fit into the mechanism! Also there are no buttons.

Oh, hey, I have an actual recipe that calls for 3T flaxseed and 3/4 C water as the egg sub for 2 loaves. That sounds pretty tasty. Also 1/2 t of turmeric. I think my mom has made that one and been happy with it, but she doesn't like eggs to start with.

I've seen that recipe. I tend to like challah on the sweet side, so flaxseed seemed wrong to me. I'm not sure it really needs anything to sub for the egg -- I've seen one recipe that just skipped the egg -- but this one with banana got a ton of great reviews on the site where I found it, so I figured I'd give it a shot.

I'm trying to get a good recipe by Rosh Hashanah, so that when I go to my parents' for the holiday, I can just bring a few challah rolls with me.