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Ema Nymton

On 1/1/2013 5:41 PM, wrote:

> 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. 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.

My family are Southerners, they liked sweet tea (iced tea), but that was
as sweet as it got. We never had candy or sweets in the house, except at
holidays. We ate melons and fruit, that is what we had for sweets. Right
now, if I have to choose between a cookie and a cracker, I will choose
the cracker. I do like sweets, they are just not on the top of my list.
Southerners used to overcook their vegetables, and I hope that is
improving, and we like anything fried, but I do not see us as eating a
lot of sweets. Maybe some do.

My father was German, born in Alabama. My mother was born on the
Texas-Louisiana border she is French and Irish on her mother's side and
Native American on her father's side.

Becca