Recipe: Corn Pone (Another "heirloom" recipe)
On Feb 25, 9:24*am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> I never would have called this "corn pone"; it's cornbread. *Written in
> Grandma McQuown's traditional style.
>
> Corn Pone
>
> 2 c. buttermilk
> 2 eggs
> butter size of walnut
> 1/2 tsp. salt
> 1 tsp. soda
> 1/2 c sugar [see?! *She was from Pennsylvania! She put sugar in cornbread!
> And you chide me for sometimes adding 2 Tbs. *Sheesh!]
> 2 c. cornmeal
> 1 c. wheat flour [Huh, she also added flour. *Keep in mind I live in the
> southern U.S. but I'm not "from" there]
>
> Bake, 350, till done. (Signed, Lena.)
>
> Jill
I think corn pone is a older regional term for the same. Fun to see it
used now.
Kris, who likes sugar in her cornbread
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