On 1/2/2013 11:16 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
> Jim Elbrecht > wrote:
>
>> jmcquown > wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/1/2013 5:17 PM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 01 Jan 2013 11:51:21 -1000, dsi1
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The cornbread that's popular over here is barely corny and hardly bread.
>>>>> I was introduced to this back in the seventies when my girlfriend (now
>>>>> wife) cajoled me to go with her to the Mormon reading center for a
>>>>> rendezvous with her friend who passed the recipe on to me. I might have
>>>>> been some kind of sacred Mormon document for all I know because there
>>>>> seemed to a lot of secrecy involved. Anyway I can't keep this a secret
>>>>> any longer and here's the recipe.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hawaiian Cornbread
>>>>>
>>>>> 3 cups Bisquick
>>>>> 1/4 cup cornmeal
>>>>> 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
>>>>> 1 cup melted butter
>>>>> 1 cup sugar
>>>>> 1 1/4 C milk
>>>>> 3 eggs
>>>>>
>>>>> Mix everything in a bowl and bake in a greased 9 X 13 pan at 350 until done.
>>>>
>>>> A *cup* of butter? Really? 1/4 cup? 1 T?
>>
>> -snip-
>>> Sounds more like cake to me. I can't imagine putting a cup of sugar in
>>> cornbread. Then again, isn't that 'Hawaiian bread' rounds they sell at
>>> the grocery store also very sweet?
>>
>> Oh, yah-- the Hawaiians like their sweets! [Wonder why there isn't
>> any pineapple in it. . . best served with Spam, I presume.<G>]
>
> OK-- I had my fun. And then I made it. Just as written. [and the
> first time I noticed "2 1/2 t baking powder-- an odd amount, and with
> Bisquick?]
>
> It ain't southern corn bread-- and it isn't Jiffy. . . but it is
> *DAMN* good. Not nearly as sweet as a cup of sugar makes it sound.
> And the butter is in the background. The corn colors it a lot
> more than I expected-- and the crumb is delightful!
>
> And just because it *is* Hawaiian, I'm tossing in a can of drained
> pineapple next time [and maybe some coconut, Bob]. We'll serve it
> with Spam, too--- because we can.
>
> Thanks for posting it dsi1-
>
> Jim
>

Phew... that was a close one! You're right - it ain't cornbread. Folks
expecting a product like their mama used to make will be disappointed. I
haven't made it in decades but I never could bring myself to put in a
full cup of sugar. It was more a futile gesture rather than a move
towards "living healthier."

I had some this morning from the restaurant next door. Rather than just
asking for cornbread, I ask them to grill it. It's a square that's cut
in half, buttered, and fried on the grill. I've been ordering that a lot
since I moved into this building 10 years ago. I think I better cut down
on the stuff...