Comments on: BBA Challenge: Cornbread with Bacon http://andreasrecipes.com/2009/10/19/bba-challenge-cornbread-with-bacon/ making life delicious blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:10:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Andrea Paysinger http://andreasrecipes.com/2009/10/19/bba-challenge-cornbread-with-bacon/#comment-13244 Andrea Paysinger Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:37:11 +0000 http://www.andreasrecipes.com/?p=2726#comment-13244 Your cornbread sounds like a winner! I'm a fanatic about cornbread and I did grow up in the south, born and raised on a farm in western Kentucky that included a mill where corn was ground for home use as well as for other farmers in the area. (I'm 70) I've never used a specific recipe because I didn't learn with one buy by watching my grandpa's cook make cornbread. I have been buying heirloom organic dried corn and milling my own for several years because the variation in the size of the grains produces a result that is much nearer to the cornbread of my childhood than from any commercial product. I use bacon drippings or lard - I've never worried about cholesterol and the flavor is so much better than with other fats. I don't include flour or baking powder either. The cornbread is probably more dense than many people like but it had to be that way so it could hold together when dipped into the bean soup..VBG Some of my friends think I take things a bit too far but at my age I feel I am entitled to have what I want. Your cornbread sounds like a winner!
I’m a fanatic about cornbread and I did grow up in the south, born and raised on a farm in western Kentucky that included a mill where corn was ground for home use as well as for other farmers in the area. (I’m 70)
I’ve never used a specific recipe because I didn’t learn with one buy by watching my grandpa’s cook make cornbread.
I have been buying heirloom organic dried corn and milling my own for several years because the variation in the size of the grains produces a result that is much nearer to the cornbread of my childhood than from any commercial product.
I use bacon drippings or lard – I’ve never worried about cholesterol and the flavor is so much better than with other fats.
I don’t include flour or baking powder either.
The cornbread is probably more dense than many people like but it had to be that way so it could hold together when dipped into the bean soup..VBG Some of my friends think I take things a bit too far but at my age I feel I am entitled to have what I want.

]]> By: Daniel http://andreasrecipes.com/2009/10/19/bba-challenge-cornbread-with-bacon/#comment-13165 Daniel Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:32:48 +0000 http://www.andreasrecipes.com/?p=2726#comment-13165 I grew up in the north and didn't know until my 20s that cornbread could anything other than sweet. Such ignorance! And I have to say that I've grown to prefer it unsweetened, especially when it's alongside some good barbeque or chili. Dan <a href="http://casualkitchen.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Casual Kitchen</a> I grew up in the north and didn’t know until my 20s that cornbread could anything other than sweet. Such ignorance!

And I have to say that I’ve grown to prefer it unsweetened, especially when it’s alongside some good barbeque or chili.

Dan
Casual Kitchen

]]> By: De in D.C. http://andreasrecipes.com/2009/10/19/bba-challenge-cornbread-with-bacon/#comment-13154 De in D.C. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:32:29 +0000 http://www.andreasrecipes.com/?p=2726#comment-13154 I actually prefer sweet cornbread (a bone of contention for my partner, who prefers it unsweetened like you), so this recipe would be perfect for me. I actually prefer sweet cornbread (a bone of contention for my partner, who prefers it unsweetened like you), so this recipe would be perfect for me.

]]> By: Nate http://andreasrecipes.com/2009/10/19/bba-challenge-cornbread-with-bacon/#comment-13153 Nate Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:51:36 +0000 http://www.andreasrecipes.com/?p=2726#comment-13153 Hi Andrea, that cornbread looks lovely to me. Probably because I don't have the Southern roots to influence my concept of cornbread. Would you try this recipe again at Thanksgiving, using fried turkey skin instead of bacon? Hi Andrea,

that cornbread looks lovely to me. Probably because I don’t have the Southern roots to influence my concept of cornbread.

Would you try this recipe again at Thanksgiving, using fried turkey skin instead of bacon?

]]> By: T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types http://andreasrecipes.com/2009/10/19/bba-challenge-cornbread-with-bacon/#comment-13152 T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:57:59 +0000 http://www.andreasrecipes.com/?p=2726#comment-13152 I wish I'd thought of this. Three cheers for bacon! I wish I’d thought of this. Three cheers for bacon!

]]> By: Rosa http://andreasrecipes.com/2009/10/19/bba-challenge-cornbread-with-bacon/#comment-13151 Rosa Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:15:11 +0000 http://www.andreasrecipes.com/?p=2726#comment-13151 It looks wonderful! That is a gorgeous combo! Cheers, Rosa It looks wonderful! That is a gorgeous combo!

Cheers,

Rosa

]]> By: Diane-The WHOLE Gang http://andreasrecipes.com/2009/10/19/bba-challenge-cornbread-with-bacon/#comment-13150 Diane-The WHOLE Gang Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:14:28 +0000 http://www.andreasrecipes.com/?p=2726#comment-13150 I LOVE the idea of bacon in the cornbread. Oh, I'm definitely going to make a gluten free, dairy free version of this. Breakfast would be complete! Yum!!! I LOVE the idea of bacon in the cornbread. Oh, I’m definitely going to make a gluten free, dairy free version of this. Breakfast would be complete! Yum!!!

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