Who of you puts sugar in your cornbread ?

[Cattknap]

I love corn bread with no sugar - my great grandmother was southern and she never put sugar in her corn bread...much of the corn bread served in restaurants today is nothing more than cake with a little corn meal in it.

[Annuvin]

I put in 2 tsp. I like the faint sweetness it adds.

[movingtohouston]

Yep, sweet cornbread here.

[SCGranny]

I put in a tablespoon of sugar; it brings out the flavor and makes it a little 'crusty', unless I am adding things like crushed dried tomatoes and onions to it.

[grneyedmustang]

Sugar in cornbread = cake

Cornbread made with buttermilk = good eatin'

I've always wondered if this is a regional thing.

My family is from the midwest (Arkansas, Missouri, Michigan, and some from Mississippi/Texas) and almost all of them make it with buttermilk. And it HAS to be homemade - no Jiffy (ick)!!!

I grew up in Atlanta though, and most of the people I know in Atlanta prefer their cornbread made with sugar (I do not). A lot of people I know from Atlanta loooove Jiffy cornbread as well.

[antiquesmountainapache]

I love sugar in cornbread = cake!

I don't know when you lived in Atlanta, but over the past several years so many people have moved in from different parts of the country that it has skewed what I call "real southern cooking". I don't want to offend anyone, because I am truly a people person and love people from everywhere. Just reporting my humble observations!

When I went back to the Atlanta area for eight years I noticed a change in the cooking. (I had lived in northwest Georgia or Tennessee for 20 years). My mother and all of her friends had passed away and my generation, for the most part, was cooking somewhat differently. Not everyone, but the majority -- including natives.

I'd say most southerners do put buttermilk in their cornbread. My family happened to be one that didn't -- although my father loved cornbread in a glass of buttermilk.

Finally -- no Jiffy for me! Maybe we could do a poll on it???!!! (I don't know how to post the polls).

[rural chick]

Speaking of cornbread, this is the non-sugared recipe we always used for Cornbread Dressing.

Old Time Southern Cornbread Dressing
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup chicken fat (boil the chicken and skim the fat off to use in this recipe or you can use butter)
4 cups dried cornbread crumbs/ very small pieces
1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
1 egg
1 cup chicken stock (or more if needed - I like a bit more)
Cook the celery and onion in the chicken fat/butter. Add the poultry seasonings to the celery and onion mixture when they are beginning to be soft and remove from stove. Put over the cornbread. beat the egg and add to the cooled chicken stock and pour over cornbread. Mix well. Stuff into small turkey or cook in greased pan and bake until golden brown on top. (about 350 degrees)
This recipe was in an old grit magazine and looked good so our family started using it.

[Cliffie]

Originally Posted by phonelady61

Do any of you cook put sugar in your cornbread ? I do ..

Usually a squeeze of honey does the job for me.