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July 21, 2006
Cornbread
Christina made me think of this.
My Grandmother died twelve years ago. We held a funeral service at the cemetery, and afterwards, friends and family went over to my Mom's for a reception. Pretty standard except for this: My first cousin and her husband, on the way to the reception, rented a trailer, went to my Grandmother's house, and loaded up everything they wanted. Now that is Cold! Anyway, they missed the prize. I am the owner of several cast iron skillets that have been seasoned for about fifty years.
I think of this every time I make Cornbread.
Cornbread is also my dog's middle name.
Posted by Yabu at July 21, 2006 11:23 AM | The Past
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I just had cornbread for the first time recently, my son made it for me from scratch. It was delicious! Enjoy your cornbread.
Posted by: Lisa W. at July 21, 2006 12:09 PM
Hell Yea! That is Downtown my brutha! Just Damn!
Posted by: Dax Montana at July 21, 2006 03:45 PM
I've got my grandmother's cast iron. Best cookware ever. That 12" skillet is blacker than the pits of hell, and slicker than goose shit on ice. I give it a scrub with coarse salt and hot water every so often, and then dry it over a low flame.
I'll kill the person that puts soap on it! That would be some seriously bad fuckin' juju.
Posted by: El Capitan at July 21, 2006 04:24 PM
I'm fixing Christina's okra recipe tonight.
Would you consider posting recipe for your cornbread? I'm not getting the hang of it...mine is too dry.
I have old skillet.
Posted by: vicki at July 21, 2006 04:30 PM
I love a good cast iron skillet myself. Not so keen on cornbread though. I used to make Irish soda bread in mine.
Posted by: Libby at July 21, 2006 08:43 PM
My mom was from St. Joseph, MO (where Jesse James met his maker). She made the best damn cornbread in the world. I now know that we had navy bean soup and cornbread because we were dirt poor when I was a kid, but I'd take some of that home cookin' over a fancy fillet mignon any day!
Posted by: Sir Ian Cognito at July 21, 2006 09:01 PM
I have my grandmother's cast iron pan she brought with her when she came her in 1901. I've gone through 3 wives, but I still have that skillet.
Posted by: old duffy at July 22, 2006 08:22 AM
Ummmmm. Cornbread...
; )
Posted by: Christina at July 22, 2006 11:07 AM
You definitely got the prize. There is nothin' like cooking in a well seasoned good old fashioned cast iron skillet.
I keep rereading that part about your 1st cousin. Good Lord.
Posted by: Bou at July 23, 2006 10:29 AM
Yep, husband's mother and grandmother's iron skillets are in my possession. Four total, ranging in sizes. Bou and Mo will have to decide who gets what. These devine cooking vessels severed up many an ancestors' fixn's i.e.: corn bread, bacon and eggs and good old fried chicken.
Posted by: bou's mom at July 23, 2006 08:20 PM
