Cornbread Baking Vessel

joegoat · Post by **joegoat** » 24 Oct 2022, 21:26

My wife made cornbread last night for our chili. She used a glass pan. Ugh! I made a loaf today in a cast iron skillet because that's how it's meant to be done.
I also use the Aunt Jemima recipe from the side of the bag. There's no improving that.

How do you make it? Please don't tell me you use a box of Jiffy!

JimVH · Post by **JimVH** » 24 Oct 2022, 22:32

I had to look up the Aunt Jemima recipe. Mine is very similar, only I prefer buttermilk if I have it.

We are a divided household on one important aspect. I like it straight forward, but Rita likes it a little sweet. We go back and forth to keep the peace.

My favorite way to eat cornbread is leftover with buttermilk and black pepper, but I have yet to find a way I dislike.

I’ll use a mix if the situation demands, but I am not a fan of the jiffy.

My favorite pan is a square cast iron skillet. I dig the crispy corners.

sweetandsour · Post by **sweetandsour** » 25 Oct 2022, 03:30

Never have used any AJ recipe, and didn't know there was one. We keep a few boxes of Jiffy in the pantry, and it's ok and on certain occasions it's very good. Use an oversized skillet so the bread is thinner, and lots of butter in the preheated skillet. Make the batter lumpy and let it rest a bit. The beans and rice don't care.
Otherwise I always use my mom's recipe.

MrPiper · Post by **MrPiper** » 25 Oct 2022, 03:35

My grandmother's 9" cast iron skillet is about 100 years old and is the grail for cornbread. Our historic family recipe is simple. Corn meal, blue plate Mayo about 3/4 cup and then buttermilk until it's a thick liquid. About 5 tbs oil in said skillet and preheat the skillet in oven. Pour in and bake about 45 min or til top is rich brown. Super crunchy crust and delicious w soup or any comfort meal. Next morning, crumbled in a bowl w sweet milk, or split in a plate w syrup. This is the food that made me what I am today!

JudgeRusty · Post by **JudgeRusty** » 25 Oct 2022, 04:21

No such thing as a loaf of cornbread.

Unit for cornbread is "pone."

sweetandsour · Post by **sweetandsour** » 25 Oct 2022, 04:48

JudgeRusty wrote: ↑25 Oct 2022, 04:21 No such thing as a loaf of cornbread.

Unit for cornbread is "pone."

Yeah, I caught that also. You can also say a "pan" of cornbread. Reminds me of the Texas A&M math professor that corrected the class regarding the formula for the area of a circle, "pie are round; cornbread are squared".

cobster · Post by **cobster** » 25 Oct 2022, 06:00

Me being a yank an' all whats the proper way to eat the perfect corn bread? I always thought cornbread was used to clean up your plate with it?

Del · Post by **Del** » 25 Oct 2022, 06:26

sweetandsour wrote: ↑25 Oct 2022, 04:48
JudgeRusty wrote: ↑25 Oct 2022, 04:21 No such thing as a loaf of cornbread.

Unit for cornbread is "pone."
Yeah, I caught that also. You can also say a "pan" of cornbread. Reminds me of the Texas A&M math professor that corrected the class regarding the formula for the area of a circle, "pie are round; cornbread are squared".

I'm with Joegoat.

FredS · Post by **FredS** » 25 Oct 2022, 06:28

I use a glass pan. And Jiffy mix. In the microwave.

JudgeRusty · Post by **JudgeRusty** » 25 Oct 2022, 06:53

FredS wrote: ↑25 Oct 2022, 06:28 I use a glass pan. And Jiffy mix. In the microwave.

Praying.