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"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Thu 23 Dec 2010 08:03:19a, Ophelia told us...
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>> "Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
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>>> On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:27:43 -0800 (PST), Libby >
>>> wrote:
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>>>>On Dec 23, 8:16 am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
>>>>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>>>>> ...
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>>>>> > On 23 Dec 2010 05:06:34 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>>>>> > > wrote:
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>>>>> >> On Wed 22 Dec 2010 02:23:44p, sf told us...
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>>>>> >> > On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:07:32 -0800 (PST), ImStillMags
>>>>> >> > > wrote:
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>>>>> >> >> On Dec 22, 10:04 am, Lou Decruss >
>>>>> >> >> wrote:
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>>>>> >> >> >http://i55.tinypic.com/fd68ba.jpg
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>>>>> >> >> > Lou
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>>>>> >> >> Love ya Lew, but........not crusty enough, too thick. I
>>>>> >> >> prefer my cornbread made in my cast iron skillet so I can
>>>>> >> >> get a good crust on there.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> > How thick do you want a crust? That was thick. I've made
>>>>> >> > cornbread in a preheated skillet and I don't think it got
>>>>> >> > any thicker.
>>>>>
>>>>> >> Did you have enough fat in the skillet, and was the fat
>>>>> >> literally smoking hot before you poured in the batter? Did
>>>>> >> you bake it at a minimum of 425-450 F.?
>>>>>
>>>>> > Did you look at the image? That crust was thick! Anything
>>>>> > thicker would be gross, burned.
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you ever actually *had* southern cornbread? That was made
>>>>> in a loaf pan, not a skillet. No one in the southern U.S. uses
>>>>> a loaf pan for cornbread. We use cast iron skillets. And we
>>>>> cut it into quarters.
>>>>> We don't slice it like white bread
>>>>>
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>>>>We don't use no steekin' flour, corn, or sugar in our crusty,
>>>>crunchy cornbread. I usually just make it on top of the stove
>>>>for my husband and me in a cast iron, smokin' hot skillet and the
>>>>more bacon drippings it's floating in, the better!
>>>>My mother-in-law used to say you had to put your heart in
>>>>cornbread, and she made it everyday for lunch(dinner).
>>>
>>> Cornbread threads are as funny as ketchup on hot dog threads.

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>> Hey, Lou! You make what *you* enjoy... let them have what they
>> like.. doesn't have to be the same

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> I agree, but what he made should be called *southern* cornbread. It
> definitely isn't.


I reckon he can call it whatever he likes If he wants to call it a
daffodil then let him!!

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