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I've never had cornbread either...no cornbread in the UK....anyone got a real nice recipe for cornbread..?...I like things savoury but sometimes sweet..so any recipe will do...what do you serve Cornbread with?
 
BlunderWoman said:
The kids are coming tonight & I'm making smoked sausage, red potatoes, cabbage , & cornbread. My son says he's gonna bring his own cornbread if I don't make sweet cornbread. I told him sweet cornbread is blasphemous and I'll have no part in it. If I wanted something sweet I'd bake a cake. My eldest daughter is siding with me.

So what say you?

Delicious skillet cornbread without sugar?

OR

Nasty sweet cornbread?
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Never heard of cornbread!
 

hollydolly said:
I've never had cornbread either...no cornbread in the UK....anyone got a real nice recipe for cornbread..?...I like things savoury but sometimes sweet..so any recipe will do...what do you serve Cornbread with?
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You serve it with beans, or with greens, or whatever else. And butter. It's a southern thing. My mom made it all the time. I'll look for the recipe.
 
Not a big thing over here either don't recall ever tasting it, but generally most stuff is too sweet.

Nice thick slice of cheese and onion bread, or sun-dried tomato, warm from the oven with plenty of butter is more my style!

Isn't brioche a sort of sweet bread?
 
BlunderWoman said:
The kids are coming tonight & I'm making smoked sausage, red potatoes, cabbage , & cornbread. My son says he's gonna bring his own cornbread if I don't make sweet cornbread. I told him sweet cornbread is blasphemous and I'll have no part in it. If I wanted something sweet I'd bake a cake. My eldest daughter is siding with me.

So what say you?

Delicious skillet cornbread without sugar?

OR

Nasty sweet cornbread?
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No picking sides or a battle for me...I'd do one of two things. Tell my son to bring his own sweet cornbread if that's what he wants to do...or because I love him I'd make a batch of the sweet kind he likes (and send the leftover home with him), and a batch of the unsweet for me and my daughter. Now that I'm older I pick my battles very carefully.:)
 
Thanks Both....I've heard of cornbread but not in the UK....I'm going to have to try and make some...I've searched a recipe in the UK, and it says to use Polenta...( I'm not sure we can get cornmeal easily in the UK)..but I could be wrong, I just can't remember ever seeing it:D
 
here's how some folks in the South eat cornbread... The biggest meal of the day is usually in the middle of the day... around lunchtime. Supper.. or an evening meal is smaller.. If you think about it.. it's a healthier way to eat.. Anyway.... if you have left over unsweetened cornbread from dinner, you can crumble it in a glass and pour ice cold buttermilk over it... add salt and pepper and it's a great supper dish.. I've had it and I love it.
 
hollydolly said:
Thanks Both....I've heard of cornbread but not in the UK....I'm going to have to try and make some...I've searched a recipe in the UK, and it says to use Polenta...( I'm not sure we can get cornmeal easily in the UK)..but I could be wrong, I just can't remember ever seeing it:D
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Polenta shouldn't be difficult, particularly near London. Holland & Barrett do it, and it's widely available on line.

Nigella uses it so it won't be unknown!
 
For those of you who haven't tried cornbread and would like to make it I'll give you a recipe link. Alton Brown's recipe is very similar to mine except he puts sugar in his and I leave the sugar out. You can substitute bacon grease for canola oil or not as you like. Lots of things can be done with cornbread. I make mine using creamed corn ...many do not. I'll include a recipe link without creamed corn in case ya'll don't have creamed corn where you live. Sometimes I dice up some jalepenos and cheese in it when I'm eating it with beans. cornbread is good with stews, soups, beans, it's good for breakfast when it's leftover.
First start off with a good cast iron skillet if you have one. This is mine..



If you don't have one then use the thickest baking pan you have. The trick is to make sure the skillet is nice and hot BEFORE you pour the batter into it.
Here are 2 recipe links-
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/creamed-corn-cornbread-recipe.html

http://www.texascooking.com/features/cornbreadmar.htm
 
Babsinbloom65 said:
No picking sides or a battle for me...I'd do one of two things. Tell my son to bring his own sweet cornbread if that's what he wants to do...or because I love him I'd make a batch of the sweet kind he likes (and send the leftover home with him), and a batch of the unsweet for me and my daughter. Now that I'm older I pick my battles very carefully.:)
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:) Babs you sound like a sweet person. I had 5 kids and they've all grown up with the same rule at my house- eat what's on the table. My son knows this rule very well which is why he brought his own :p They would have driven me nuts when they were growing up if I'd let them pick and choose. They were already fighting over who got to drink out of the purple glass LOL. I've had cornbread at his house & I've just grimaced and eaten it LOL
 
Laurie said:
Polenta shouldn't be difficult, particularly near London. Holland & Barrett do it, and it's widely available on line.

Nigella uses it so it won't be unknown!
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Some people use polenta I'm told. I've never had that though.
 
Shalimar said:
Yay, cornbread. I make mine in the oven, never had it in a skillet. I wonder if cornmeal is available in Uk?
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Cornbread is always baked in the oven Shalimar.... in a skillet... you put the skillet in the oven... It's called Corn Pone in the South.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/141882/southern-corn-pone-bread/

"A bona fide Southern tradition! Authentic Southern corn pone is never sweet, and is baked in a cast iron skillet. Just like Grandma used to make!"
 
BlunderWoman said:
:) Babs you sound like a sweet person. I had 5 kids and they've all grown up with the same rule at my house- eat what's on the table. My son knows this rule very well which is why he brought his own :p They would have driven me nuts when they were growing up if I'd let them pick and choose. They were already fighting over who got to drink out of the purple glass LOL. I've had cornbread at his house & I've just grimaced and eaten it LOL
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That's pretty much how I did with my own kids when I was raising them, but now that they have their own homes and families...I get to treat them special once in a while and that works for me. :)
 

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