Cornbread Research Paper

Mary C. Fairley 203 Pine Tree Drive Lucedale, MS 39452 (601) 508-1447 mary.c.fairley@gmail.com Approximately 520 words As Country as Cornbread By Mary C. Fairley I established first memories of cornbread in my grandmother’s sun-soaked kitchen. Granddaddy grew corn in a garden that sprouted more acreage each year. He took a portion of the crop to a gristmill that ground the corn into a dense, yellow meal. Mom Mom’s recipe used sweet milk, and she baked the concoction in a rectangular iron skillet. Cornbread accompanied our meals of butterbeans, collard greens, purple hulled peas, and turnip greens. Granddaddy built Mom Mom, a catfish pond. Cornbread hush puppies loaded with diced onions accompany the fried catfish. When I married, Mom taught …show more content…
The cornbread pone had a crispy crust and was just the right portion size for two. Cornbread salad became the dish to welcome my husband home from hurricane storm breaks. He was a journeyman, lineman and bucket truck foreman with the Singing River Electric Power Association. My husband complained that regular cornbread was too dry. He did not care about white rice either. Go figure it out. It is a prerequisite that you love someone when you make a cornbread salad. The first layer was a corn muffin mix prepared as directed with added cumin, green chilies, oregano, and a dash of sage and baked in an eight-inch square pan (I used the one Granddaddy gave me as a wedding present). The next tier consisted of drained canned pinto beans. Black beans are another possibility, or black-eyed peas for a nod to New Year’s Day. Homemade ranch dressing was the next level, topped with chopped tomatoes, drained, canned white and yellow whole-kernel corn, chopped green bell peppers, fried and crumbled bacon, and shredded cheddar cheese. The layers were repeated. A thirteen by nine by two-inch glass casserole dish makes serving

Show More

Related Documents: Cornbread Research Paper

Essay on Sign Language and Black Asl