Name: Appalachian Cornbread
Ingredients: 1 c Flour; 1 c Cornmeal; (preferably white); 2 tb Sugar; 4 ts Baking powder; 1 ts Salt; 1 c Milk; 1/4 c Oil; (Granny used melted lard); 1 Egg; beaten

It appears singular to the reader of St. Paul's Epistles that the apostle in one passage speaks of Christians as perfect, and in another as imperfect. At one time, he describes them in terms that would lead us to infer that they are holy as God is holy; and at another, he speaks of them as full of sin and corruption. In the text, he denominates them “the elect of God, holy and beloved,” and yet immediately proceeds to exhort them to the possession and practice of the most common Christian graces – such as humility and forgiveness. In a preceding paragraph, he tells the Colossians that they “are dead to sin, and their life is hid with Christ in God,” and then goes on to urge them to overcome some of the most gross sins in the whole catalogue – “mortify, therefore, your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry” (Col. 3:3-5).

William Shedd

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Flour
1	c	Cornmeal; (preferably white)
2	tb	Sugar
4	ts	Baking powder
1	ts	Salt
1	c	Milk
1/4	c	Oil; (Granny used melted lard)
1		Egg; beaten

INSTRUCTIONS

My Granny was a mountain woman from the heart of the Appalachians. She
cooked three huge meals a day, and she made corn bread every
day...sometimes twice a day. I formulated this recipe from watching her
make bread. She never measured anything, so one time I made her stop and
let me measure what she was doing. I then cut that amount in half.
She baked her cornbread in a big cast-iron skillet in a wood stove. Here's
my adaptation of what Granny made....
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Put about 1 teaspoon bacon drippings in an 8x8
pan, and put it into the oven to heat.
In medium bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
stir in remaining ingredients, beating by hand JUST until smooth. Batter
will still be lumpy.
Pour into hot, prepared pan. Bake for 18-22 minutes, or until done in
center. Immediately remove from pan, and cool a little. Cut into nine
squares.
Posted to EAT-L Digest  by "Sharon H. Frye" <shfrye@PEN.K12.VA.US> on Mar
13, 1998

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