On Friday, September 16, 2016 at 12:43:11 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
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> On 2016-09-16 12:40 PM, Gary wrote:
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> > jmcquown wrote:
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> > Think about it, Jill. You make those nice corn fingers or whatever you
> > did. Looked good and I'm sure they tasted the same. BUT.... if they are
> > "all that" how come you haven't made them again lately?
> >
> > Good for a rare novelty but not a staple food, imo.
>
> It probably was a staple food for a lot of people in the not too distant
> past. Supplies were limited. Things were shipped by boat and by wagon,
> later by rail. They ate mostly locally grown food, and in much of North
> America, that local produce included a lot of corn.
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>
In many Southern homes cornbread is on the table EVERY
night at dinnertime.