I side with Ginger, corn bread should not be sweet.
(Until you put honey and butter on it, for dessert.)
JZ, corn bread from scratch is so simple, I don't think the mixes really save any time.
So, how was your summer? Mine was fun. Saw some fish. Went mad with hunger. Hallucinated a whole bunch.
Angel ,'Conviction (1)'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
dcp - May 04, 2009 7:09:02 pm PDT #17995 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Hil R. - May 04, 2009 7:11:57 pm PDT #17996 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I've never really used the mixes. I vaguely recall getting one at Whole Foods a little while ago that was pretty good, but I can't remember which one it was. At my local supermarket (which is a really crappy tiny supermarket -- the Watergate Safeway), there's some other brand that's always next to the Jiffy that doesn't have lard. I can't remember what brand that one is, but it's some common brand, like Betty Crocker or something.
Burrell - May 04, 2009 7:39:45 pm PDT #17997 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I've always just made cornbread from scratch. Although I now feel that I have been foolish in forgetting the pancetta and rosemary. That sounds good.
My DH is working late and the kids drove me INSANE tonight. I scolded them over no worse than their usual impish behavior. I feel like a failure. Sigh. At least there's wine.
Speaking of whines, my students are driving me a bit batty tonight too. Two students turned in their last papers 2 weeks late--ie, when the final were due--are now emailing me to ask when I'm going to get comments back to them so they can use them for their now-late final portfolios. grrr. Told both, sorry, no comments for you! Turn in whatever you want for the final. Just turn it in.
Ginger - May 04, 2009 7:41:07 pm PDT #17998 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Jiffy also uses more white flour than cornmeal, as opposed to my grandmother's recipe that uses a tablespoon of flour to a cup of cornmeal. She used a teaspoon of sugar, but a lot of people don't use any.
Martha White's mixes use vegetable shortening. Glory Food's mix is good and appears to also use vegetable shortening. Cornbread is so easy that I usually only use mixes if I'm making one of the doctored cornbreads with added stuff like corn and cheese.
Cashmere - May 04, 2009 7:59:31 pm PDT #17999 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
xkcd is full of Firefly recently.
ChiKat - May 04, 2009 8:01:29 pm PDT #18000 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I use 1 1/4 C of cornmeal, 3/4 C of flour, no sugar, 2 t baking powder, 1 C milk, 1/4 C veg oil, 1 egg. I occassionally like to add corn (esp. the canned mexicorn mix).
Jiffy mix is corn muffins to me which is an altogether different critter from cornbread.
Burrell - May 04, 2009 8:23:04 pm PDT #18001 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
ha! that is too funny, Cash.
§ ita § - May 04, 2009 8:24:15 pm PDT #18002 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
xkcd is full of Firefly recently.
I can hear that in perfect Fillion-voice, since I'm in the middle of an episode of Castle. Too funny.
I should make cornmeal. I'm having a light craving.
Burrell - May 04, 2009 8:31:02 pm PDT #18003 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
You make your own cornmeal? That's hard core.
§ ita § - May 04, 2009 9:45:47 pm PDT #18004 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
BREAD.
I was thinking I had no cornmeal, so I typed cornmeal.