[Magdalen] Cornbread: How sweet?

[Lynn Ronkainen]

... never had cornbread until I moved to TX from 'up north'... still not 
fond of it.  REALLY dislike cornbread turkey stuffing : (

peace
Lynn

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From: "M J _Mike_ Logsdon" <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 5:16 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: [Magdalen] Cornbread: How sweet?

> My mother, I believe, put little to no sugar in her cornbread.  It was, 
> after all, meant mainly as a "chili bean" accompaniment in our house. 
> (Also as an ingredient in my father's "buttermilk 'n' cornbread" post-meal 
> dessert of sorts.  Add to that the fact that he was a lifelong 
> open-mouthed chewer, and you can imagine how I was never none too pleased 
> about sitting opposite him at the dinner table.)
>
> But when I get cornbread in a restaurant or (like currently) in the 
> Raley's hot food section, it seems as if sugar were the first ingredient. 
> Were it not for the memorable, crumbly texture, I wouldn't be able to eat 
> it.  (I bought it to accompany my own bean soup I made yesterday.)