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Post by shebanger on Jun 1, 2009 18:43:43 GMT -5
Anybody got a good corn bread recipe? Wanting to try it for the boys at wildwood (the wee ones, that is)
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Post by paden on Jun 8, 2009 10:20:05 GMT -5
BREAKFAST CORN BREAD
1 teacup boiled rice (about 1/2 c.) 1 1/2 teacup corn meal (about 3/4 c.) 1 tsp. salt 1 tbs. lard or butter 3 eggs 1/2 teacup sweet milk (about 1/4 c.)
One tea-cup of rice boiled nice and soft, to one and a half tea-cupful of corn meal. Mix together then stir the whole until light. One teaspoonful of salt, one tablespoonful of lard or butter, three eggs, half tea-cup of sweet milk. The rice must be mixed into the meal while hot; can be baked in either muffin cups or a pan.
From What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking by Mrs. Abby Fisher, pub. 1881
Comment: Abby Fisher was born a slave, and lived as one for the first 30-plus years of her life, making her cookbook a rare glimpse into the world of the plantation kitchen written by one who actually did the work. A native of South Carolina--which explains her use of boiled rice in bread products, as South Carolinians use rice in nearly everything-- she moved to San Francisco with her husband and children after the war, and established a very successful business producing pickles and other food products.
Her cookbook was compiled by her friends who sat with her in her kitchen and wrote down the recipes and procedures as she worked, as Mrs. Fisher was entirely illiterate.
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Post by paden on Jun 8, 2009 10:21:49 GMT -5
two cups of cornmeal 2/3 cup of milk 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon of salt
Mix ingredients into a stiff batter and form eight biscuit-sized "dodgers". Bake on a lightly greased sheet at 350 degrees for twenty to twenty five minutes or until brown. Or spoon the batter into hot cooking oil in a frying pan over a low flame. Remove the corn dodgers and let cool on a paper towel, spread with a little butter or molasses, and you have a real southern treat!
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Post by shebanger on Jun 10, 2009 18:47:15 GMT -5
Thanks Pvt Alexander! When I git the time, I'll give it a go! You're a resourceful one, eh?
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