On 2013-03-23 19:23:17 +0000, Chemo said:

> On Mar 23, 12:09*pm, jmcquown > wrote:
>> I just baked a pan of cornbread. *I had laid out all the ingredients.
>> Yellow cornmeal, yep. *Flour, yep. *Baking powder, yep. *(Made a note, I
>> need to buy more flour and also baking powder.) *Salt, yep. *An egg,
>> yep. *Buttermilk... didn't have any so I soured plain milk with vinegar.
>> * I'm sure someone will have a hissy fit because I use vegetable
>> shortening in my cornbread. *Substitute butter if you wish but please
>> don't try to use EVOO, it won't be good.
>>
>> Anyway, I heated the cast iron skillet in the oven with a dab of
>> shortening at 425F. *Got it sizzling hot. *Meanwhile I combined the dry
>> ingredients and cut in the shortening. *I added the soured milk. *Beat
>> the mixture until fairly smooth, then poured it into the hot skillet. *I
>> put it in the oven... then I noticed ooops! *The egg was still sitting
>> on the counter! *Lickety split I got the pan out of the oven and quickly
>> cracked the egg and stirred it into the batter (which was sizzling) in
>> the skillet. *I had to stir it very quickly so it wouldn't cook like
>> scrambled eggs. *Whew! *I managed to add the egg just in time. *Saved
>> it! *It smells delicious.
>>
>> http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/...rnbread_zps82e...
>>
>> Jill
>
> Damn...I love cornbread!

I've yet to meet anybody who doesn't--that isn't crazy!