Cooking folks?

[thistlechaser]

Shouldn't cornbread have sugar in it? Every time I have it, it's nice and sweet. I found this recipe to make it in a waffle iron, and was thinking about trying it this weekend:

* 2 cups of cornmeal (wholegrain)
* Scant ½ cup flour
* ½ tsp baking soda
* 2 tsp salt
* 4 tsp baking powder
* 2 cups buttermilk
* 4 eggs, beaten


Then I noticed it has no sugar... Maybe the buttermilk would give it enough flavor to not miss the sweetness? I can't see why making it in a waffle iron would require no sugar, since waffles are sweet...

Comments

[quasilemur.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I had some cornbread in a hotel restaurant the other day that was basically a dry scone, and I couldn't even eat it. I made a very serious face. It wasn't even in Minnesota or anything; I was in Dallas, for crying out loud. No excuse.

Personally, I like adding creamed corn to my batter, even when I'm not making Mexican cornbread.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I don't like actual corn kernels in mine (though I love corn on its own!), it's just too darned odd to find it in bread... I'm a wacky northerner though, so I'm no expert on this subject!

[ani-mama.livejournal.com]

If you want to try some odd bread, check out a Korean bakery sometime...one place near work used to have a pastry with an egg and a hot dog stuck on top, for breakfast.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ha! That tops my strangest one: Our company gets free pastries once a month. They're totally unmarked, so you might pick a "normal" one like apple or cherry, last month I got ham and cream cheese! In a pastry! It was... different. Egg and hot dog would be something else!