# Peach Cobbler-- imbedded or topped? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [August 16, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791 "2024-08-16T14:36:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791/21 "2024-08-17T23:30:42Z")
Beware of elderly bisquick. It no longer rises after some time. I can’t tell you how long exactly, but I know it’s around a year. Hope the next experiment works better. Peach cobbler is wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791/22 "2024-08-18T00:41:56Z")
Mid-dau makes cobbler with canned crescent rolls. Sounds great to me. I love the peach stuff. I love those stupid crescent rolls. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791/23 "2024-08-18T00:51:55Z")
> [@Tzigone](#): > > I’ve always thought of it as embedded, but don’t quite get you mean by topped - we make the batter, them dump in the peaches, and the batter cooks up around them, so you don’t generally see the peaches through the crust once it’s done, just an even-looking golden brown crust. That’s the way my mom does it, too. Which, of course, being the way she does it, is the One True Way. ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791/24 "2024-08-18T14:19:20Z")
I do the boxed cake mix recipe, with canned peaches and butter yellow cake mix. 3 cans of peaches (drain 2 cans), put peaches in a 9x13 pan. Sprinkle the cake mix over the top, then dot the top with cubed butter. Bake per cake mix instructions. Quick, easy, relatively painless, and my girls love it. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791/25 "2024-08-19T04:17:20Z")
For me, it’s fruit topped with biscuit dough. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791/26 "2024-08-19T11:45:54Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Unripe peaches. Hmm? > > That’s a tough one. Unripe peaches are great grilled. Grill until soft, drizzle with honey. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791/27 "2024-08-19T15:53:29Z")
I use them for when I make my chicken curry salad. I like the extra texture and sweet and sourness of specifically unripe peaches in it. Sometimes I use apples instead or in addition to it. It’s kind of a make-it-up-as-you-go-along salad, with mayo, yogurt, curry powder, celery, and usually a fresh fruit, dried fruit (like raisins, dried apricots, or dates), and nut (or seed) component. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791/28 "2024-08-19T16:21:54Z")
Years ago I had a German peach kuchen at a potluck and loved it. It’s a thin cake with peach slices on top, but covered with a baked custard filling, like an upside-down cobbler. Some kuchen recipes have it almost like a crisp, with a crumbled topping, but this one is closest to the one I had at that potluck. > **[Peach Kuchen (German Peach Cake) | Beyond Kimchee](https://www.beyondkimchee.com/peach-kuchen-german-peach-cake-with-canned-peaches/)** > > Peach Kuchen is a delectable German peach cake made with either fresh or canned peaches. Simple custard cream and cake is baked together. ---
**Author:** ![vbob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vbob/32/4439_2.png) [@vbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vbob)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791/29 "2024-08-19T16:23:11Z")
We grew up on ‘used-fruit-cornbread’ - any fruit that had passed its prime diced into a cast iron skillet, pour over a runny batch of cornbread, bake and serve with extra butter. The banana version was my least favorite, but Mom never found a combo we wouldn’t devour… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791/30 "2024-08-19T16:43:41Z")
Oh, boy. I like that. We are gonna try it. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791/31 "2024-08-20T02:13:01Z")
I just got an ad for a place called the Peach Cobbler Factory, that’s opening soon near me. This may a bad thing (for my waistline) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791/32 "2024-08-20T03:10:43Z")
I’ve only eaten cobbler with the dough on top. I’ll eat peach cobbler if it’s offered at a friend’s house. I prefer to order apple cobbler at restaurants. Cobbler is much easier than pie. Drop gobs of dough on top of the filling and bake. The name comes from a cobblestone road. Pie requies a rolled out dough. The texture should be flaky. I never get it right. ---
**Author:** ![Apodder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apodder/32/17727_2.png) [@Apodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apodder)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791/33 "2024-08-21T03:24:32Z")
My understanding of it is that fruit topped with streusel is a “crisp”. ---
**Author:** ![Apodder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apodder/32/17727_2.png) [@Apodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apodder)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791/34 "2024-08-21T03:25:32Z")
There’s one near us. Fortunately not TOO near…it’s pretty good 😉 ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791/35 "2024-08-21T16:30:21Z")
I’ve always thought of cobbler as a topping. “Imbedding” the fruit would be more like a clafoutis, though that would require a more liquid batter (and a rather stronger flavoured fruit than peaches - black cherries, traditionally) ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791/36 "2024-08-21T16:38:30Z")
And leave the pits in for the benzaldehyde and cyanide 🕶 ETA always topped. Embedded is a cake. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791/37 "2024-08-21T16:38:39Z")
Another vote for topped. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791/38 "2024-08-21T17:09:25Z")
Imbedding is also how a buckle is prepared. From my link earlier: ## Buckle Buckles are baked and are usually made in one or two ways. The first way is that bottom layer is cake-like with the berries mixed in. Then the top layer is crumb-like. The second way is where the cake layer is on the bottom of the pan, the berries are the next layer and the top is the crumble mixture. Blueberry buckle is the most prevalent buckle recipe found. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791/39 "2024-08-21T18:19:28Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > I’ve always thought of cobbler as a topping. > “Imbedding” the fruit would be more like a clafoutis, though that would require a more liquid batter (and a rather stronger flavoured fruit than peaches - black cherries, traditionally) I made a peach clafoutis, I’ve it was delicious. I may have added a touch of almond extract to it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791.md?page=1)