FoodBanter.com - View Single Post

jmcquown[_2_]

On 1/1/2013 6:41 PM, wrote:
> On Jan 1, 12:24 pm, "l not -l" > wrote:
>> On 31-Dec-2012, jmcquown > wrote:
>>
>>> I had a hankering for cornbread or corn muffins but I really didn't
>>> feel
>>> like making it from scratch. (I know, it's not difficult. I make
>>> cornbread a lot.)
>>
>>> I had this box of Jiffy corn muffin mix in the pantry. I figured I
>>> may
>>> as well use it. Now I remember why it's awful! Way too much sugar.
>>
>>> From now on I'll stick to the from scratch recipe I've been using for
>>
>>> years. I don't even recall buying that box of muffin mix.
>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Jiffy is a northern product and caters to those who think cornbread
>> should contain sugar. The only mix I have used that is decent is Martha
>> White brand; a Tennessee brand that reflects a southern view of what
>> cornbread should be - no sugar added.
>>
>> Mostly, prefer cornbread to corn muffins and make from scratch

Yes, as I said, I'll stick with my tried and true recipe from now on.

>> --
>>
>> Change Cujo to Juno in email address.
>
> I don't like cornbread period, but I would have thought sugar in
> cornbread would have been more of a Southern thing since Southerners
> are known for using a lot of sugar.

That's a rather strange notion. I haven't found Southerners are more
prone to sugar than anyone else. Just like not all vegetables cooked by
Southerners are boiled to death.

My mom grew up in Breckenridge
> County, Kentucky and she likes a little sugar in her cornbread. My
> day grew up in the west end in Louisville and he doesn't like any
> sugar in his cornbread. Maybe heritage has something to do with it.
> My mom's roots are Irish. My dad's are German.
>
I add *maybe* one Tbs. of sugar to my cornbread. I've lived in the
Southern US all of my adult life. I've never added a lot of sugar to
anything. (Of course you could be thinking of that sweet potato pie
with marshmallows or something like that. I've never cooked like that.)

The one time I had something that tasted similiar to this Jiffy Mix, I
was in Boston on a business trip. I met up with a friend who was born
and raised in the South. We stopped in to have a beer at a pub. They
were passing out cornbread (of all things!) to the patrons. She said,
"You won't like it." She was absolutely right. Very sweet cornbread is
a Northern concoction.

Jill