On Monday, June 6, 2016 at 6:56:45 PM UTC-4, sf wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Jun 2016 20:24:50 GMT, "l not -l" > wrote:
>
> >
> > On 6-Jun-2016, sf > wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 6 Jun 2016 19:33:44 GMT, "l not -l" > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On 6-Jun-2016, jmcquown > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > It's a rainy gloomy day... seemed like a good day to bake some corns
> > > > > ticks. Leftover batter went into muffin tins. Oops, I forgot to
> > > > > grease
> > > > > the muffin tins.
> > > > >
> > > > > http://s33.postimg.org/mz110rj2n/cornbread_stuff.jpg
> > > > >
> > > > > Jill
> > > > Yummmmm; corn sticks - I'll have two please. 8-)
> > > >
> > > > Haven't had them in years. My mother, and grandmother before her, made
> > > > all
> > > > manner of cornbread-ish delights; corn bread, sticks, muffins and cakes.
> > > > As
> > > > a child my grandparents always had plenty of corn from farming; the
> > > > local
> > > > mill ground it into meal of different coarseness, grits, cracked corn
> > > > for
> > > > the chickens, etc., Corn sticks were always my favorite because of the
> > > > crunch in every bite. Never quite took to one of my grandmother's
> > > > favorites; leftover cornbread or sticks, crumbled in a glass and drowned
> > > > in
> > > > buttermilk - that was one of her favorite "meals".
> > >
> > > I imagine it was her version of "milk toast"... I love to use my
> > > buttermilk as a cornbread ingredient. So yummy!
> > What!!! You mean all cornbread isn't made with buttermilk? 8-) I do
> > know people make cornbread many different way; but, I don't think I have
> > ever had cornbread that wasn't made with buttermilk. The recipe I use is
> > buttermilk, eggs, coarse ground corn grits, salt and bacon fat.
>
> I'm telling you, it's true! You can actually find cornbread recipes
> that call for regular milk on the internet.

I'm not sure I've ever made cornbread with buttermilk. I rarely have
it on hand, so I generally use regular milk.

Cindy Hamilton
DamnYankee