Corn Bread is a favorite of yours truly and it was with pleasure that I started the process. An arduous process that included a trip to the store, buying a box with instructions and following it. Seriously, it turned out to be a little longer than I intended simply because I didn't follow the last step of adding only two cups instead of the entire bag of corn bread mix. I should have known this would be the case because it was a different brand and I wasn't familiar with "the" ways. Mixing it thoroughly like for appam batter also probably didn't help:-)
Sooooo, the next time around I brought home with me two familiar brands. The always dependable - our sole pound cake source - Betty Crocker and that worthy maker of delicious pies, Marie Callender's. Betty Crocker had good instructions and Marie Callender just needed to add water. The key in both cases was to contain the number of strokes while combining the mix with the liquid. Too much and the resulting bread will be flat.
Verdict: Betty Crocker's looked and tasted like the traditional version and are shown sliced inside the glass pan in the pic above. Marie Callendar's was more moist, ate like a cake and is in the first pic as well as the at the end. Both were good but I guess for corn bread it will be MC from now on.
For leftover cornbread:
If you like 'avalose podi' a Kerala snack (made of fried powdered rice/coconut) with honey, then trains cannot stop you from enjoying cornbread with a generous drizzle of pure golden honey. But then, what can you expect from a honey lover?
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2 comments:
I've never tasted cornbread.....I've never seen it being sold out here and no not even the pwder pack.
What is cornbread normally eaten with????
cornbread can replace dinner rolls. it is normally a side with rotisserie chicken or other meat based main meals. as a snack, yes it is eaten with honey. as it says in wiki native americans used to use powdered ground corn and the europeans found a way to make bread with it as they were getting adjusted here apparently. the southern version is more savory than sweet but i love this sweeter snack like version. i had not eaten corn in any form at all till i got here and took to it from first bite.... btw, that is an awesome post you have there. again!
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