Bob (this one) wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> DJS0302 wrote:
>>
>>> Do non Southerners have a thing against sugar?
>>
>> cornbread. She whispered to me, "You won't like it." There was so
>> much sugar in that darned cornbread it might as well have been white
>> cake with pure sugar icing.
>
> <LOL> I just got a recipe for "sweet" corn bread that was a box of
> Jiffy brand corn muffin mix and a box of Jiffy white cake mix. Combine
> and add all the stuff they each call for. Bake.
>
> It's caky and sweet, just like you'd expect with these ingredients.
> Springy and not at all crumbly. I ended up using it under strawberries
> dressed with triple sec and a raspberry extract I made with way too
> much whipped cream. It was good. Didn't all fall apart when it got
> wet. Not cornbread.
>
> Pastorio

Yep, I can see where that would like a shortcake and maybe make a nice
dessert. I like moist cornbread rather than crumbly, don't get me wrong.
But sugary sweet and spongy, uh uh.

Jill