On 1/1/2013 12:17 PM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Jan 2013 11:51:21 -1000, dsi1
> > wrote:
>
>> On 12/31/2012 2:01 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> I had a hankering for cornbread or corn muffins but I really didn't feel
>>> like making it from scratch. (I know, it's not difficult. I make
>>> cornbread a lot.)
>>>
>>> I had this box of Jiffy corn muffin mix in the pantry. I figured I may
>>> as well use it. Now I remember why it's awful! Way too much sugar.
>>>
>>> From now on I'll stick to the from scratch recipe I've been using for
>>> years. I don't even recall buying that box of muffin mix.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> The cornbread that's popular over here is barely corny and hardly bread.
>> I was introduced to this back in the seventies when my girlfriend (now
>> wife) cajoled me to go with her to the Mormon reading center for a
>> rendezvous with her friend who passed the recipe on to me. I might have
>> been some kind of sacred Mormon document for all I know because there
>> seemed to a lot of secrecy involved. Anyway I can't keep this a secret
>> any longer and here's the recipe.
>>
>> Hawaiian Cornbread
>>
>> 3 cups Bisquick
>> 1/4 cup cornmeal
>> 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
>> 1 cup melted butter
>> 1 cup sugar
>> 1 1/4 C milk
>> 3 eggs
>>
>> Mix everything in a bowl and bake in a greased 9 X 13 pan at 350 until done.
>
> A *cup* of butter? Really? 1/4 cup? 1 T?
>
> I like a heart attack as much as the next guy-- but that sounds like
> it might not firm up for a few days.<g>
>
> You got my attention with the Bisquick, though-- I'm liable to have
> to try that. [just noticed the full cup of sugar, too!-- Starts to
> sound like a cookie to me. I like cookies.]
>
> Jim
>

I couldn't believe it myself. I'm glad that it's as audacious a recipe
today as it was back in 1975. There's no way that I could make this today.