Cronbread DilemaFollow

The Supreme Allied Commander has a chili cook off at work today and I was drafted to make the food for her. I have been forbidden from making chili due to a Habanero violation in the past. My idea was to make Southern cornbread. I secured agreement with her and made it last night after she went to bed.

For people north of the Mason Dixon line did you know that Southern cornbread is sweet? (I left the sugar out on counter. She didn't realize it.)

Did you know that Southern Cornbread has on occasion crumbled bacon on the top? (I failed mind reading and didn't get the part where vegetarians will be eating my bread.)

I got a voice mail from the Commander telling me how everyone loved the cornbread. The vegetarians loved it and were wondering how it got so savory since they had cut the bacon contaminated top off. They want to know how I got it that way. Do I tell her I greased the pan with rendored Bacon fat or just plead ignorance?

Yeah.. look up some articles on when all the veges figured out McDs cooked their fries in beef. It'll be kinda like that ;)

After some quick research, it would appear that some southerners do make sweet cornbread, but the majority of southern style is not sweet. It must have been. Good as hell with the bacon fat...I usually use butter, which is also good.

Edit: just tell them you used butter, that would do it.

Edited, Apr 13th 2011 1:58pm by Ailitardif

I make cornbread with honey in it. How the brilliance of adding bacon on top escaped me I do not know...and for that I'm ashamed.

I add sweet corn. Here in texas I have seen it with corn and peppers in it. (but it tasted super sweet with a touch of heat)

I can't stop thinking this is a thread about scheduling bread.

I usually make sweet honey cornbread but I almost always end up making arepas instead.

What is wrong with using Habaneros? hell the hotter the chili the better!

Ever since this article came out I have been calling my Wife that. I am hoping to live through the week. She is from Taiwan so close enough.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110412/us_nm/us_fake_army

Recipe is from my grandmother's notes so I can't take any credit for it. I just laugh because the back of the recipe has her grandmother's notes for Brunswick stew (squirrel) and possum stew.

The chili with Habanero was a little too hot for her.

Edited, Apr 13th 2011 3:28pm by nyopo

Okay, now it makes sense. I just call my wife sandwich ***** Herr Fuhrer.

Of course, that's because she threw a bottle of orange juice at me in high school and I, in my infinite (or infantile) wisdom mentioned she had eliminated all the juice. The teachers weren't so fond of that comment ...

My wife still isn't fond of it.

Edited, Apr 13th 2011 3:41pm by lolgaxe

Someone had the same thought as you.

Honey butter to dip in mmmmmmmmm

I suggest a Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy for that one.

I'm not a big fan of sweet cornbread. I tried the cornbread stuffing at "Old Country Buffet." It just wasn't my style. Though I've really only had cornbread from a Jiffy box so my pallet of cornbread isn't very high.