Re: [gardeners] Arkansas cornbread recipe

David G Smith (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 10 Apr 2001 08:46:27 -0400 

Yes, that's it!  Maybe I'll try this recipe.

David


----- Original Message -----
From: Carol J. Bova <bova@bovagems.com>
To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 1:53 AM
Subject: Re: [gardeners] Arkansas cornbread recipe


> From the Women's Day Encyclopedia of Cookery:
> Spoon Bread -- A famous Southern specialty, this is a baked dish made from
> white or yellow cornmeal, milk, eggs, and shortening. It is served with a
> spoon.
>
> The history of spoon bread goes back to the first days of the Virginia
> Colony when the settlers adapted one of the Indian methods of preparing
the
> native white cornmeal. The Indian's  "Suppawn" was a simple porridge-like
> dish, cooked in pots. The English colonists, recalling quick breads and
> porridges eaten in their homeland, refined the dish by adding milk and
> eggs. Some unknown cook left the mixture in the oven by mistake. Spoon
> bread was the result.
>
> Spoon Bread
> 1 cup white cornmeal
> 1 teaspoon salt
> 2-1/2 cups milk
> 2 teaspoons baking powder
> 2 large eggs, separated
> 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
>
> Combine cornmeal, salt, and 1 cup of the milk in 1-1/2 quart saucepan.
Heat
> remaining milk and add. Stir and cook over direct medium-low heat until
> mixture is smooth and thick. Stir in baking powder. Beat egg yolks and egg
> whites separately. Gradually stir in egg yolks. Fold in egg whites. Melt
> butter in 1-1/2 quart casserole or baking pan (9 x 9 x 2 inches). Pour the
> cornmeal mixture into the casserole and bake in preheated moderate oven
> (375 degrees) for 40 minutes, or until well-puffed and brown on top. Serve
> at once with butter or margarine. Makes 6 servings.
>          Carol
>          in chilly Sunland, CA
>
> Carol J. Bova       bova@bovagems.com
>
> At 03:06 PM 4/9/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> >My grandmother made something called "spoon bread" -- anyone familiar
with
> >that?  Sort of a corn meal custard.  I haven't had it for years.
> >
> >David
>
>