What's for Dinner Tonight?

[berkeley]

Someones info is WRONG!!

In the United States, Northern and Southern corn bread are different because they generally use different types of corn meal. Northern cooks tend to use yellow corn meal and Southern aficionados generally prefer white. They also prefer different flavorings of cornbread, with the North having a preference for sweetness and adding sugar or molasses, while saltier tastes prevail in the South, and thus favor the addition of frying the bread with such additions as cracklins. In Vermont, ground nutmeg is often added, and day-old "Johnny cake" is crumbled and served with cold milk similar to cold cereal. In Texas, the Mexican influence has spawned a hearty cornbread made with fresh or creamed corn kernels, jalapeño peppers and topped with shredded cheese.

A typical contemporary northern U.S. cornbread (referred to in the South as "Yankee Cornbread") recipe contains half wheat flour, half cornmeal, milk, eggs, leavening agent, salt, and usually sugar, resulting in a bread that is somewhat lighter and sweeter than its more traditional southern counterpart. In the border states and parts of the Upper South, a cross between the two traditions is known as "light cornbread."

OOPS, wrong quote below. I meant to copy the one about the sugar tastes for the north and the saltier tastes for the south. Sorry.

Originally Posted by Berkeley

Someones info is WRONG!!

GOOD POST - SALTIER TASTES for the south - sweeter for the north. Also, we make DRESSING in the south for our Thanksgiving dinner. There's no STUFFING a turkey - that's northern silliness to a true southerner.

[Sherri]

Originally Posted by SarahElizabeth

GOOD POST - SALTIER TASTES for the south - sweeter for the north. Also, we make DRESSING in the south for our Thanksgiving dinner. There's no STUFFING a turkey - that's northern silliness to a true southerner.

We had dressing in Illinois, but it was made from white bread. NASTY STUFF!!!! I never knew I liked dressing until I moved south and had cornbread dressing. Now I love it! I was just meant to be a southern girl, I guess.

[Sherri]

Originally Posted by Berkeley

Someones info is WRONG!!

Thank you, Berk, for settling this issue. NO SUGAR IN THE CORNBREAD IN TENNESSEE!!! South Carolina doesn't count as the "south"; it's the east coast.

[tamor]

Originally Posted by Sherri

Thank you, Berk, for settling this issue. NO SUGAR IN THE CORNBREAD IN TENNESSEE!!!

South Carolina doesn't count as the "south"; it's the east coast.

[berkeley]

Originally Posted by Sherri

Thank you, Berk, for settling this issue. NO SUGAR IN THE CORNBREAD IN TENNESSEE!!! South Carolina doesn't count as the "south"; it's the east coast.

[rgcraig]

Can't get anymore southern than Paula Deen:

Paula Deen's Cornbread Recipe #208758

6-8 servings
30 min 5 min prep
1 cup self-rising cornmeal
1/2 cup self-rising flour
3/4 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Combine all ingredients and mix well.
Pour batter into a greased shallow baking dish.
Bake for approximately 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.

Also, check out the recipes on the cornmeal bag - no sugar.

[berkeley]

Mexican Cornbread
More Mexican cornbread and related recipes below.
1 cup yellow cornmeal
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/3 cup melted shortening
1 cup sour cream
1 small can (8 ounces) cream-style corn
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese or Mexican blend of cheeses
1 can (4 ounces) chopped green chile peppers, drained
Heat oven to 375°. Grease an 8- or 9-inch skillet; place over medium heat while preparing cornbread batter. Combine cornmeal, salt, and baking soda; blend well. Stir in melted shortening; add sour cream, corn, and eggs, blending well. Spoon half of the batter into the greased hot skillet. Sprinkle batter with the cheese and chile peppers; cover with remaining batter. Bake Mexican Cornbread at 375° for 35 to 40 minutes, until nicely browned

[Sherri]

Methinks Word Preacher is just being ornery!!!!

Originally Posted by Sherri

Methinks Word Preacher is just being ornery!!!!

I am, just ask my wife.