On Jan 15, 2:14*pm, Omelet > wrote:
> In article >,
>
> *"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote:
> > > You don't have to be destitute to enjoy cornbread. ;-d
>
> > No, the part about being destitute was relevant only because cornbread was
> > very cheap to make, and so was the syrup. *I was really thinking back to
> > some of my father's childhood stories. *He used to joke that his family was
> > hardly aware of it when the Great Depression hit because they were already
> > so far down that there wasn't any farther to fall! *My dad actually
> > preferred "sugar water" for syrup to the end of his life. *We had real maple
> > syrup, but that isn't what he remembered from his mother (who, incidentally,
> > was an *excellent* cook and baker--she earned their income by selling baked
> > goods and taking in laundry for "wet wash").
>
> > MaryL
>
> Sorry hon', I was just being cryptic. ;-) Nowadays, "po' folks food" is
> considered by many (including myself) to be comfort food.
>
> Mom always cut pure maple syrup with simple syrup to save on money.

Amazing. Where I grew up, we wouldn't have wanted to spend all that
money on 'simple syrup' so we had to make do with maple syrup. I
think I would still tap a tree if I had to.

Is cornbread likely to be the same as jonnycake (sp?). My mother used
to make it once or twice a year.

John Kane, Kingston ON Canada