blue artichoke

May doesn't have the inexplicable flavor-affiliation with lemon that April has, but because these muffins bombed last month, I thought I've give them a whirl again while I had sufficient amounts of all ingredients in the house. Maybe I was wrong, maybe lemon belongs to May. It just doesn't feel right, though. Last time, I didn't have any plain yogurt, so I substituted mayonnaise, to GC's dismay. I'm not going to lie; they weren't great. The texture was really dry and crumbly, but the flavor was pretty good. We saved them by crumbling up a muffin in a bowl with a little bit of milk, then zapping in the microwave to warm it up. Mmmmm... lemon muffin pudding. This new batch of lemon poppy seed muffins are distinctly muffinish, with a nicely browned and rounded top and a typical muffin texture. But they still aren't great. The muffin bottom shows no hint of lemon flavor, even though I amped it up with some True Lemon powder. The only lemon flavor comes from the glaze brushed on top of the muffins. The glaze is quite sticky this time, tempting me to stick the muffins on the big bread truck that parks on the street in front of our house. I wonder how many hours it would take ants to devour a truck?

GC likes them well enough, but I don't think they're good enough to share the recipe with you folks.

Getting to Know All About You: What flavor(s) do you associate with May?