Over the weekend, I linked to some old Corner Thanksgiving recipe threads (cranberries and pumpkin bread pudding). A reader in Iowa had a problem with one:

Elizabeth Scalia’s pumpkin bread pudding recipe sounds fabulous, and I’d love to try it out for a faculty potluck at the high school where I teach on Wednesday, but I have a problem: The recipe calls for challah bread, and here in Atlantic, Iowa there is definitely a shortage of Jewish bakeries (kosher or otherwise)! Any suggestions as to a suitable substitute? French bread? Sourdough? Wonder Bread Texas Toast?

Scalia comes to the rescue:

Tell him he can use Kings Hawaiian bread, but I bet that’s not so easy to find in Iowa, either! But he can get what looks to be a scrumptious challah bread online….from….Iowa!

Happy cooking.