On 1/19/2014 9:00 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> i just downloaded a book called:
>
> The Cornbread Bible
> A recipe Storybook
>
> by Jennifer Shambrook PhD
>
> When I get my corn meal next week I will be well set
>
> A question if I may to all the cornmeal aficionados?
>
> She talks about self raising cornmeal. If the stuff I get isn't self
> raising, what proportion of raising agent (and what) will I need to use?
>
>

Back in the early 70's, I went to a Mormon study center at the
University of Hawaii to get a recipe for a unique cornbread. My wife got
the recipe from her high school friend who must have been an LDS member
and she passed the recipe typed on paper torn out of a notebook to me on
the spot. The way I recall it, it was like she was giving me a secret
church recipe.

What was unique about it was that it used Bisquick mix, one cup of
butter, one cup of sugar, and a small amount of cornmeal. It think it
was around half a cup. It made a killer light and sweet cornmeal cake
that was nothing like a traditional cornbread. Traditionalists would
shit in their pants at it being called "cornbread" but these days it's
called "Hawaiian cornbread" which seems appropriate. The strange thing
is that it may have it's origins in the Mormon church. Well hell, my
recipe certainly did. :-)