[Magdalen] Cornbread: How sweet?

[Grace Cangialosi]

Oh, now I didn't know about buttermilk with it--that would be good!

I also love spoon bread--and corn pudding!

> On May 29, 2017, at 8:04 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Southern cornbread in buttermilk. Have had this and it's delicious,
> especially for supper on a hot night.
> 
> We would say "Southern corn bread" to distinguish it from the three New
> England corn breads:
> Indian pudding
> Boston brown bread
> and
> Johnnycakes
> 
> Thank you, thank you, wonderful native people, for teaching us to make
> these delicious yummy things.
> 
> Indian pudding and Boston brown bread are made with molasses, so are dark
> in both color & flavor and very sweet. Brown bread has raisins also.
> 
> Johnny (journey) cakes are griddle cakes (originally made on flat heated
> stones) and light in color.
> -M, who loves all three and can make them without consulting a recipe
> 
> PS: the gf, who's a Virginian, drools at the mention of spoonbread
> 
>> On Monday, May 29, 2017, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> One of my former parishioners, who went into a nursing home at 99, wanted
>> nothing more than cornbread and milk, which folks brought him from time to
>> time. He'd crumble it up in the milk and eat it with a spoon. I'd never
>> heard of that.
>>