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I'm having a friendly debate with some family members over whether to be called "corn bread" it has to have the following ingrediants: cornmeal mix, eggs, and buttermilk.
My sister makes it w/ buttermilk but no egg, my aunt makes it with egg but regular 2% milk instead of buttermilk. IMO if it hasn't got both egg and buttermilk it is not cornbread.
I'll eat it and call it cornbread no matter how you make it, but I add egg and undiluted evaporated milk when I make it, mainly because I never have buttermilk on hand. I sho do like it when it's made with buttermilk though.
It's cornmeal, some sort of binder like egg or even mayo, and any kind of liquid (water, buttermilk, sweet milk, even spoiled milk) though buttermilk seems to be the choice in my household growing up! I make cornbread just a few times a year.
My grandmother's cornbread was just cornmeal and water. It was then cooked on the stove in a griddle seasoned with fatback. I use a mix most of the time and just add eggs and water and then bake it. My grandmother's was the best.
My grandmother's cornbread was just cornmeal and water. It was then cooked on the stove in a griddle seasoned with fatback. I use a mix most of the time and just add eggs and water and then bake it. My grandmother's was the best.
what your grandmother made is actually called hot water cornbread, its a real old time Southern thing, mighty good!
I always use Martha White cornmeal mix, it calls for an egg, 1/4 cup oil, 1 1/3 cup milk (or buttermilk), and 2 cups of the mix, always baked in a cast iron skillet preheated in the oven with a little oil, really good stuff!
I was able to get my hands on some fresh ground corn last year at a local festival so I'm making a lot of cornbread nowadays! I like mine with eggs and buttermilk, but I sometimes have to subsitute milk with vinegar cause I'm out of buttermilk. I like to use the cast iron skillet too cause it seems to make crisper edges. I serve it hot and drizzle honey all over mine. Now I'm hungry for some cornbread!
I would say definitely with an egg and some kind of milk, although not necessarily buttermilk. We like ours moist and sweet, I usually add some sour cream and plenty of sugar, too. I'm not sure what the OP meant by "cornmeal mix"? I use cornmeal, not a prepackaged mix.
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