jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 1/1/2013 5:23 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > l not -l wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> > >
> >>On 1-Jan-2013, "cshenk" > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I will add though you can seriously throw off a recipe if it
> > > > says to serve with cornbread and you use the wrong one. They
> > > > seldom will mean jiffymix type (exceptions are a cornbread and
> > > > milk with sweetner and fruit).
> > >
> > > I can't think of any recipe I've ever served "the wrong" cornbread
> > > with. Perhaps because the recipes I serve with cornbread are
> > > pretty much those of the same region as the cornbread so they are
> > > well matched.
> >
> > Probably! Try Jiffymix with Texas Chili though for a mismatch
> > (grin).
> >
> Depends on how hot that chili is... might need the sweetness of the
> Jiffy Mix to offset the heat Then again, I've never understood
> making chili (or any food) so searingly spicy/hot you can't taste
> what you're eating.
>
> Jill

Me either. I've seen folks brag how hot their chili is. I could care
less. Food is about flavor, not heat. My personal take is if the chili
is so hot i need a sweet jiffy mix to make it edible, then the chili is
a bad one.


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