On 6/14/2010 4:18 PM, Randy Johnson wrote:
> On 14-Jun-2010, Kate > wrote:
>
>> Anyway, the reason I bring it up is that all my adult life I've
>> heard the song and dance about how true southern cornbread (and
>> hushpuppies, etc.) does not contain sugar. Southerners don't eat
>> it sweet. Well, the Farmer's Shed is in Lexington, SC a little
>> west of Columbia and not all too far from Georgia. You can't
>> get more Southern!
>>
>> One of the things they are famous for is their cornbread - which
>> contains sugar and even has brown sugar sprinkled on top before it
>> is baked. All the locals eating there were raving about how it was
>> just like home. So how do you explain that, pray tell.
>
> SC and WV may appear to be in the south; but, they are not real southerners
> - just posers.
>


I like both kinds. When I lived up North, we never had corn bread...
just corn muffins and they were sweet and eaten like cupcakes, never
eaten with a meal except maybe breakfast.

Here in the South, the cornbread is more savory and eaten with a meal
instead of bread or rolls. It is usually served with butter.

When I get the itch for sweet corn bread, I'll take some of the Southern
style and crumble it into a bowl with some butter and maple syrup and
nuke it until the butter melts.

George L