"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote in message
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>>> On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:48:12 -0600, Omelet >
>>> wrote:
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>>>>Mom used to grease her corn stick molds with butter.
>>>
>>> before or after heating?
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
>>> interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.
>>>
>>> Mae West
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>> My grandmother greased hers (really slathered it on) *before* heating.
>> Incidentally, we lived in Ohio, so she would not have qualified as a
>> "southern" cook.
>>
>> MaryL
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> My mother didn't know cornbread from a hole in the wall. She was born and
> raised in Ohio. My father transported us to the southern states and there
> I discovered cornbread. At first I added sugar. Now I don't. And I
> don't make it from a boxed mix, either.
>
> Jill

Interesting...I grew up in northeastern Ohio. My grandmother baked a lot of
cornbread. My father grew up in true father--large family, and his father
died when Dad was only 5 years old. My grandmother reared them all, and
every one of them not only managed to graduate from high school but also
went on to professional careers. That was before any type of government aid
was available, and very little private or church "charity." So, concerning
the cornbread: It was very cheap to make, and my grandmother made her own
syrup with water and a little sugar. They used that on pancakes and also on
cornbread. By contrast, my mother came from a fairly affluent farm family.
But they also ate lots of cornbread! So, cornbrad was fairly common in that
region of Ohio (and still is--even served by one of my favorite
restaurants).

MaryL