Food and Recipes while under Coronavirus quarantine

[Catmommy]

I'm making chili tomorrow. Great minds ....

 

[anneg]

I'm making chili tomorrow. Great minds ....

I'm planning to make beef stew tomorrow, first of the season. Looking forward to it!

 

[Catmommy]

Tis the season

 

[Catmommy]

Gonna make cornbread too, how about you?

 

[HongKongPhooey]

Gonna make cornbread too, how about you?

We dont really have that here. How do I make it?

 

[PayrollNerd]

We dont really have that here. How do I make it?

Here's my recipe that I adapted for my youngest daughter's allergies. You do not need to use any of the substitutions if you don't need to. For example, regular flour, regular eggs, regular milk.

 

[HongKongPhooey]

Here's my recipe that I adapted for my youngest daughter's allergies. You do not need to use any of the substitutions if you don't need to. For example, regular flour, regular eggs, regular milk.

Thanks

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

I'm making chili tomorrow. Great minds ....

While it doesn't always agree with me, I think that chili is the ultimate in comfort foods.

I'm making chili tomorrow. Great minds ....

I ended up not making chili yesterday because I didn't have a green pepper. DH went for his Friday swim later than usual, and by the time he had stopped at Nino's for the green pepper and some other groceries, it was going on 3:00, and I had lost interest in making chili from scratch. We had BLTs instead - another opportunity for wonderful Michigan tomatoes. I will get started on the chili shortly. The spices in chili don't always like me these days, but I've always felt that chili is the ultimate comfort food. We usually garnish each bowl with a dollop of sour cream, shredded cheese, avocado slices, and tortilla chips. Chili with cooked rice is awesome, too.

 

[Catmommy]

We dont really have that here. How do I make it?

I'm so sorry HKP, my recipe is a standard yellow cornmeal one with eggs, buttermilk and a secret ingredient I've never shared but I can assure you this - NO SUGAR EVER. Sugared cornbread is anathema!

 

[MimosaMornings]

I'm so sorry HKP, my recipe is a standard yellow cornmeal one with eggs, buttermilk and a secret ingredient I've never shared but I can assure you this - NO SUGAR EVER. Sugared cornbread is anathema!

My hubs would agree but I like my Dukes mayo and Jiffy corn muffins.

 

[Catmommy]

My hubs would agree but I like my Dukes mayo and Jiffy corn muffins.

My brother finds Jiffy suitable as well but he always duns me for my homemade cornbread. He doesn't know the secret ingredient although I tell him it is a thimble full of urine. Not only is urine sterile but I believe a cook should always put a little of themselves in the recipe (wink wink).

 

[mickey2942]

I'm so sorry HKP, my recipe is a standard yellow cornmeal one with eggs, buttermilk and a secret ingredient I've never shared but I can assure you this - NO SUGAR EVER. Sugared cornbread is anathema!

Unlike the cornbread my Grandma made, full of sugar, vanilla, it was like eating "cornbread cake", slathered with a whipped topping of cinnamon/butter/powdered sugar and honey. No so much "honey butter", more like "honey frosting".

I didn't go to the store yesterday, I have decided that we can just "make do". Eight inches of snow out there, forget driving.

 

[anneg]

Unlike the cornbread my Grandma made, full of sugar, vanilla, it was like eating "cornbread cake", slathered with a whipped topping of cinnamon/butter/powdered sugar and honey. No so much "honey butter", more like "honey frosting".

I didn't go to the store yesterday, I have decided that we can just "make do". Eight inches of snow out there, forget driving.

Your Grandma's cornbread sounds yummy! My mother usually made corn sticks in a special cast iron pan, and I don't think she added any sugar. We would butter them and add a drizzle of molasses...really good. I haven't had molasses in my pantry for decades but always have honey.

 

[Catmommy]

Unlike the cornbread my Grandma made, full of sugar, vanilla, it was like eating "cornbread cake", slathered with a whipped topping of cinnamon/butter/powdered sugar and honey. No so much "honey butter", more like "honey frosting".

I didn't go to the store yesterday, I have decided that we can just "make do". Eight inches of snow out there, forget driving.

Cornbread cake is exactly that! Cornbread is bread and the only thing you slather on it is real butter. My Grands would make a meal out of "milk and bread" which was crumbled cornbread in a glass filled with buttermilk and eaten with a spoon. I'm not that hardcore. Buttermilk is for recipes, not drinking, in my world.

 

[mickey2942]

Cornbread cake is exactly that! Cornbread is bread and the only thing you slather on it is real butter. My Grands would make a meal out of "milk and bread" which was crumbled cornbread in a glass filled with buttermilk and eaten with a spoon. I'm not that hardcore. Buttermilk is for recipes, not drinking, in my world.

People can be very particular about cornbread. I grew up in Southern Utah. But folks from the South, they like the "real" stuff, hearty, dense, with cornmeal. Not the "fluffy cake with frosting" cornbread I grew up with.

 

[HongKongPhooey]

People can be very particular about cornbread. I grew up in Southern Utah. But folks from the South, they like the "real" stuff, hearty, dense, with cornmeal. Not the "fluffy cake with frosting" cornbread I grew up with.

I've been googling, because corn meal is not readily available here and corn flour here is really corn starch. It seems we would substitute polenta, which is readily available. I'm going to have to buy some polenta and give it a try.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

I grew up in Detroit and don't recall ever having cornbread until I was in college. There is a two-page spread about the history of cornbread with a simple recipe in the November issue of Food Network Magazine. I'm inspired to give it a try.

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchen/basic-cornbread-1-9455884

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Those of you who engaged in the tete-a-tete about whether or not to put sugar in cornbread might enjoy these excerpts from the cornbread article in the November issue of Food Network Magazine.

This is the final entry about the history of cornbread. Breaking Bread: Most of today's cornbread is a departure from the original. The recipe on the opposite page (shared upthread) is made with buttermilk and sugar, which never would have appeared in precolonial recipes. You can adjust the sugar to taste - leave it out or double it if you prefer.

The Stars Weigh In: We asked the stars: Do you put sugar in your cornbread?

Ree Drummond - NO! "There's absolutely no sugar in my cornbread! That way it can be crumbled over beans or chili without introducing sweetness. There is zero ambiguity in my mind about this."

Katie Lee: A LITTLE! "I put a small amount of sugar in my cornbread - not enough to make it sweet but just enough to balance out the buttermilk. I add sweetness after it's done by coating a slice in butter and honey."

 

[Catmommy]

No sugar EVER!!!!! Can you tell I'm adamant? If I wanted cake, I'd make cake.

 

[anneg]

No sugar EVER!!!!! Can you tell I'm adamant? If I wanted cake, I'd make cake.

How do you feel about sugar in hush puppies?