"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 1/19/2014 9:00 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> i just downloaded a book called:
>>
>> The Cornbread Bible
>> A recipe Storybook
>>
>> by Jennifer Shambrook PhD
>>
>> When I get my corn meal next week I will be well set
>>
>> A question if I may to all the cornmeal aficionados?
>>
>> She talks about self raising cornmeal. If the stuff I get isn't self
>> raising, what proportion of raising agent (and what) will I need to use?
>>
>>
>
> Back in the early 70's, I went to a Mormon study center at the University
> of Hawaii to get a recipe for a unique cornbread. My wife got the recipe
> from her high school friend who must have been an LDS member and she
> passed the recipe typed on paper torn out of a notebook to me on the spot.
> The way I recall it, it was like she was giving me a secret church recipe.
>
> What was unique about it was that it used Bisquick mix, one cup of butter,
> one cup of sugar, and a small amount of cornmeal. It think it was around
> half a cup. It made a killer light and sweet cornmeal cake that was
> nothing like a traditional cornbread. Traditionalists would shit in their
> pants at it being called "cornbread" but these days it's called "Hawaiian
> cornbread" which seems appropriate. The strange thing is that it may have
> it's origins in the Mormon church. Well hell, my recipe certainly did. :-)

<g> Our eldest grand daughter is LDS and she is a good cook. I must ask her
if she knows anything about corn meal. Did anyone spot Bisquick on the
shelves in Tesco I posted?

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