The Secret to Good Cornbread

[@waylandbrooks9378]

This lady nailed the Southern art of making cornbread, excellent video.

[@dgc940]

Cornbread with fresh blackeyed peas and snaps yum!

[@steventanner1428]

One summer day after graduating from high school I was in the hardware store and I found my best friends grandmother there trying to figure out how to pay for a new water heater. I asked her what was wrong with her's. She said it just didn't work. I asked her if I could take a look at it. It was an easy enough fix. Clean it out and put new elements in it. She asked how she could repay me. I new she was an excellent cook. I asked her to fix my girlfriend and I a meal. Something that was he favorite. Two nights later we showed up. and she had made corn bread and beans. The corn bread was thin and crusty. She cut a chunk of corn bread and buttered it put it in the bowl and ladled some bean on top. The boiled navy beans had some chunks of bacon and some onion and it was delicious. She said she was a girl in the depression and they ate beans and corn bread often. She said it was a treat when they had bacon or ham and an onion to put in it. She kind of adopted me until my friend came home from the marine corps.

[@marcellaalloway487]

So sweet!

[@kayeking200]

Being kind pays off!!!!

[@e.conboy4286]

What a wonderful memory!

[@atomicplaygirl66]

That is a lovely memory. I think my dad (who was KIA in Vietnam) was a lot like you. He loved to help the older people and he had that knack for fixing things. I think how you treat others speaks volumes about you as a person.

[@kelliez9991]

Such a sweet story.

[@williamSmith-fv5hi]

I am a new listener, 78-year-old, learning how to cook. Lost my wife last year and knew absolutely nothing about cooking. I needed a corn bread recipe to go with my navy beans. Thanks

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for watching William. I'm so sorry you lost your wife.

[@margaretnorvell9555]

It is a very hard thing to lose a spouse. I hope you are perking along good.

[@williamSmith-fv5hi]

@@margaretnorvell9555 God is blessing beyond any expectations. Thanks

[@suzannederringer1607]

Hello William! So sorry your wife passed on. I'm sure she's proud of you for carrying on - and learning to cook for yourself.

[@briankinsey3339]

Thumbs up for pre-heated cast iron and no sugar added! That's how you make cornbread!

[@jaybilly12345]

100%....No Sugar!!......my grandmother made the best cornbread and pintos in the world....my Mom liked fried cornbread.....I didn't like it near as much. Grandma gave me her recipe and I recently passed it down to my daughter. My wife can cook up a storm but when it come to cornbread she looks to me for that!

[@jmagda41]

Sugar in cornbread is cake!

[@gilanagelman]

⁠@@jaybilly12345, any chance of you sharing your grandma’s cornbread recipe with a yankee? Even the stuff from one of NY’s best soul-food kitchens (and the chef/owner is from Charlotte) is a bit on the sweet side. I think they’re considering their customers’ likely tastes. The struggle is real. My issue is I have yet to find a cast iron pan that isn’t too heavy for me. No sugar ftw! Now I’d like some pintos.

[@tauna8941]

I like to hear my batter sizzle when I put it in the pan.

[@davidjones5269]

Salt . No sugar

[@BeachsideHank]

You madam, are a natural born raconteur. You have a totally engaging way of relating life experiences in the Appalachian community to outsiders, I forgot for a while I was watching a video on cornbread making, it all came so easy and genuine to you, so please... don't ever change, the world needs more like you.☺

[@americanaxetoolco2076]

She’s wonderful!

[@Diann705]

AMEN!

[@jonothandoeser]

No! she ain't no resteraunter!!!

[@mamamode1312]

Amen.

[@gordonray3091]

@@americanaxetoolco2076 I agree. She is a gift from God.

[@guntaweiland3428]

I was an immigrant from northern Europe at the end of WWll and first had cornbread in elementary school at a friends house. Her mom was from Appalachia and served white beans, pork sausage and cornbread. I’m now 77 and it still makes my mouth water. Her mom also taught a group of us square dancing! Wonderful childhood memories and the beginning of my love for the American South.

[@lawrencecarver4233]

thank you for your story.

[@robertgoss4842]

I am nearly your age and, though I am not an Appalachian, I am a southern boy, born and bread. Thanks a million for sharing that terrific story! We do love our cornbread!

[@emmadaniel3914]

I stumbled on this page and I truly enjoyed hearing you tell us about life in the south. I am so close to 80 and can relate to you in this way. I am not good at responding or writing but you gave me inspiration to try and let you know how much I love cornbread too. I am brown skinned and it is good to know you if only by texting. Keep writing I really appreciate your stories 🙏

[@joycesmithwick7077]

That sounds so good!

[@lawrencecarver4233]

@@emmadaniel3914 I want to give you a hug.

[@tondamccarthy6537]

My mama was Cherokee. She ate cornbread with buttermilk, a tomatoe and a green onion. The night before she passed she asked for it. So I got it and she only took a nibble but she she got a huge smile on her sweet face.

[@Zaasi]

Darlin, your Mama is Cherokee. You are Cherokee too, unless you try to turn your back on your culture. Even if you try to turn your back on it, the heart always knows the race of a person.

[@NormanChester882]

I'm so sorry, your story brings me to tears, God bless you

[@sherkanieski1727]

I’m Cherokee too and make my cornbread this way; serve with country coleslaw. Just cut fine Hellmans mayonnaise , little vinegar, salt pepper! Yum!

[@sandraking9650]

Be proud of your heritage, blessings 🙌

[@sandraking9650]

​@@Zaasiyes ,be proud of your heritage! Blessings 🙌

[@billhensley8324]

Grew up on beans and cornbread and was glad to have it.

[@rosemarie20]

Amen.

[@constitutionalrepublic1966]

Appalachian cooking is the pandemic’s newest discovery. I’m so glad I grew up here.

[@ron.6703]

That was the best times love it. Got my grandma pan . Grandpa would say we going to eat good to night ☕☕🍰🍰

[@michaelrobbins3559]

Pinto beans, cornbread, green onion, cucumbers, tomatoes, fresh green beans, and sweet milk in the summer. In the winter replace the green onion, cucumbers and tomatoes with canned green beans, pickled beets and sliced onion. Always had sweet milk and cornbread for a snack the next day. To this day the sizzle as it hits the hot cast iron somehow feels comforting.

[@richard2720]

Still the best dinner.kid u not my eyes watering just writing this than u

[@lisahall9226]

I am a West Virginia girl and I LOVE cornbread made in an iron skillet. It is a mystery to me how anyone can eat any kind of beans without cornbread ! LOL🤔

[@dennishowell6494]

You cannot have beans or greens without cornbread❤

[@truthofgod6213]

Mmm, stop it! Or imma make a cake, bust it up on a plate and smother it with beans AND THE JUICE! Yes my mother taught me, never ever wash that castiron pan, never ever cook anything but cornbread in it. Edit 2/5/2023: After much research I've discovered it was the lye in the soap of the day that stripped the seasoning from the cast-iron. Today's milder dish soaps contain no lye therefore there is no danger of stripping the seasoning. Many will reject this knowledge for the age old traditions and that's fine, it ain't mine ;-]

[@lisacgoodloe8695]

Me to my Granny Elsea Crowe/Sunderland was from Copper Hill Tn( this was my fathers mother. My Mom made it just like this lady does, and it is wonderful. I grew up on cornbread, beans and taters any way you make the tater.s.Also on good days we had pork chops or meat loaf or fried chicken..

[@DrBeckyEm]

I was born and raised in Alabama! We had cornbread and beans every day. Nothing better.

[@GS-xt8fu]

I hear you young lady. I grew up on middle mtn, in WV. Cornbread, brown beans and fried taters. I like my fried taters with onions in them or……you being a West Virginia girl will know this…….ramps. Fried taters with ramps? Good lord. 😊

[@ruttinbuck06]

I’m a 58 year old man that used your Recipe for the first time last week and it turned out perfect. Getting ready to do it again I have 15beansoup in the crockpot. Lord willing I’m going to eat good tonight. Thank you so much. I would try anything you put on here

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Fantastic!

[@rastus666]

Cajun style 15 bean soup with smoked ham hocks in the crockpot is one of my favorites. I always make scratch cornbread to go with it. I think buttermilk adds to the breads’ moistness. If us guys like to eat, we should know how to cook.

[@dennishowell6494]

@@rastus666 I love beans and greens with ham hock and of course you have to have corn bread with it

[@Fragrantbeard]

@@rastus666 preach!

[@williamcross8242]

Great!!!

[@samsungtap4183]

Greeting from Vietnam, cornbread sounds wonderful but of course we have nothing like that but just love your enthusiasm....

[@bcask61]

I’m not from the country, I just love to hear this nice lady talk. And I like cornbread. A win-win!

[@charlesdimino6524]

You are a standing example of a fine american woman I tip my hat to you.God bless your loved ones

[@deborahgalvan5367]

Agree. I like being in the kitchen and taking care of the house and decorating. I like making dinner and serving my kids.

[@p52893]

You my dear are the reason why America exists!

[@workin4alivin585]

And one reason Amerca has been great! May God Bless you and yours.

[@georgiaamanatides4207]

I fully agree.

[@Rspenesmit]

And also the very reason the Demorats are flooding us with illegals, Muslims & others from all over the world to replace americans of all color.

[@ItsKentuckyNaNasLife]

❤❤❤ TRUE STORY ❤❤❤

[@p52893]

@@ItsKentuckyNaNasLife I would be privileged just help her in the kitchen

[@tonyn3123]

With a very few differences, that's exactly how my Mother taught me to make cornbread. (I am 71 y/o man.) The only difference is she would put the buttermilk or whole milk and egg directly into the corn meal and mix. The important thing is to hear the sizzle when pouring the mix into the skillet before baking. The sizzle is a good sign your grease and skillet are hot enough to make that wonderful crust. 20 minutes is my absolute correct time to bake. Never fails. My mouth is watering. I remember pinching off the exterior crust of Mom's warm cornbread every time I passed by when I was a kid. It made her so mad, but when the family ate, everyone had a piece of cornbread that looked like a mouse had nibbled on the perimeter. The crust was my favorite.

[@johncagle8355]

Nothing like fresh out of the oven cornbread. Yum!

[@sunnysloper5688]

We grew up eating cornbread with homemade pinto beans and fried potatoes, even after all these years it’s still one of my favorite meals.

[@tessm6440]

My old man never ate much cornbread. I my self love it. We grew up on beans ( navy or pinto) with fried potatoes. He still want eat it. My mom also took any left over cornbread and mixed it with milk and sugar all crumbled up in a bowl. She called it cush cush. I dont even know if thats something people still eat.

[@kennamcdaniel9324]

​@@tessm6440I commented above. I love to put crumbled cornbread in a tall glass, add sugar, heat in microwave and pour cold milk over. Yummy!

[@grimsoul0]

When you were talking about your cornbread skillet it made me smile. It reminded me of my mom. You learned from an early age you do not dare touch her cornbread skillet. I have that skillet now and it's still only used for cornbread.

[@billyginnings2294]

Enjoyed it. The sad mill story reminded me of one told about my dad's grandpa. He took some corn to a mill one day and didn't return that night. His wife (my ggm) sat up all night worried and waiting. Finally at daylight, although she was several months pregnant, she bridles to a mule. Putting her toddler in front of her she started out to find her husband's lifeless body somewhere along the way. You can imagine her surprise when she arrive at the mill after a long, rough ride and found ggp eating breakfast with the Miller. It seems the man stayed and talked with all the other patrons (and probably played his fiddle) until it got late, so the Miller invited him to stay over. Of course he had with no concern for his poor wife.

[@lydiamalone1859]

A friend of mine who grew up in Appalachia told me that they would crumble their cornbread into their glass of buttermilk. That was often their breakfast before school. He says it is now one of his favorite treats.

[@2warzone]

My dad would have that for dessert lol

[@cathyheston3029]

I love it in regular milk. 😋

[@jeffreykbevins7116]

I love fresh popped popcorn spooned up with a tablespoon and dipped in a slightly warmed glass of buttermilk with a little salt added to it. Popcorn is so delicious to me done like this one spoon at a time and I am 58 yrs old and have been doing this since I was a kid and my mom is 91 yrs old and she has been doing this since she was a kid . Sometimes if I am really hungry I maybe will eat 2 bags, I will eat most of the first bag and then I will get another bag to popping, the hotter the popcorn is when you are dipping it in the buttermilk the better it is . The country style buttermilk or homemade buttermilk is the best and my favorite buttermilk from a grocery store, is from Krogers . Just wanted to share this with you, take care and enjoy . 🤗👍💖💫

[@jointheir9594]

...us Mississippians would sprinkle sugar on it in the buttermilk...yum...yum...

[@cathyheston3029]

@@jeffreykbevins7116 Never heard of that. Where were you raised? Interesting....

[@patmoses1993]

I would pass over any bread to eat cornbread, it’s my favorite! I love it with soup beans, chicken and dumplings and any kind of soup. Thank you for this cornbread tutorial, it looks delicious. Mm. I have a little story about my uncle and how he got his nickname that lasted his entire lifetime. He was a teenager and taking the corn to the mill to be ground was one of his chores. The mill was really busy that day and the family name was on the bag of corn so he left the corn by the mill door to run a couple of errands. When he returned the mill had closed for the day and there were several bags outside the door to be picked up. He glanced over the bags and there it was, written above the family name “Cornbread” Estes. Everyone in our county knew who you were talking about if you said the name Cornbread. It was in his obituary when he passed. A lot of people didn’t know his real name. Sometimes I would call him Uncle Cornbread. He was a good man and I miss him……

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Great story 😀

[@sharoneldridge1920]

Try it with buttermilk

[@hummingbird275]

That is a great story!

[@paulinavaldez3913]

🥰😂🥰

[@beckywheatley8439]

Such a wonderful memory!

[@JackieJP]

I just stumbled on this video and have enjoyed every minute of it. You are so warm and welcoming - I feel like I’ve made a new friend! ❤️

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you 😀

[@brendadarrington4268]

Me too I’ve enjoyed watching this video. Listen to the stories and with all the you eat with your cornbread., that’s what you good old fashioned eating and enjoying. God bless you and your family.

[@shanewalker2642]

@@CelebratingAppalachia could you tell me who the man was who only liked cornbread for supper? Sounds just like my uncle Malone.

[@saboabbas123]

Both of my grandmothers (Alabama) taught me how to make cornbread and I still make it the same way today; 50 years later: Martha White cornmeal mix, 1 egg and buttermilk enough to make the mix liquid. Heat 3 tblspns bacon fat in iron skillet at 450 degrees. When oven is preheated, pour hot fat from iron skillet into mix leaving a small amount of fat in pan. Mix well and pour mixture into iron skillet. Cook until top is brown.

[@gregsly1247]

My father-in-law (Kentucky born and raised) swears by Martha White white cornbread mix as well.

[@joecamel6196]

I am from North Georgia, but my heart is on Wimberley Rd., Toxey, Alabama. :.

[@Shirley61581]

My mother (born & raised in Alabama) also taught me to make cornbread just as you described - so good! I thought all cornbread recipes were made with buttermilk vs. regular milk. My daddy loved to crumble his cornbread in a glass of milk & eat it that way.

[@terifarmer5066]

@@Shirley61581 Thats what day old cornbread is for, or just any ways. Yum! Home sick, Kentucky (born & raised),,, :) Buttermilk a must Where i come from... Lol

[@donavonbaker5172]

This what i use i add a egg mexie corn bacon bits red pepper flakes

[@skullcapgarage920]

I have my great grandmothers wood burning cookstove, and i still use it.

[@johnanderson3254]

I make cornbread the same way! Growing up in Ft. Worth, raised by a mother that grew up in west Texas picking cotton & my Daddy grew up in southeast Texas near Beaumont. My mother made cornbread every week with pinto, navy or butter beans along with fried potatoes & onions or baked sweet potatoes. Mom would also make her cornbread with chicken and dumplings and always opened a can of cranberry sauce to eat with it… yummy😎 I have fond memories of mom & dad eating cornbread & milk. I tried it, liked it but haven’t had it since I lived at home. Love your channel because it takes me back to my childhood to a simpler time… The Good Old Days❤️

[@ron.v]

It's such fun watching you cook. I married a girl who knows how to cook like that and I gained 40 lbs when we married! I wonder how many people realize that our ancestors had never heard of corn when they they established the first permanent English-speaking settlement in Virginia 1607? The "corn" mentioned in the King James Bible refers to other grains. Much of what we know about corn we learned from Native Americans.

[@flashburn3580]

When I see a cast iron skillet, I am always reminded of mothers cornbread dressing with sage and onions. Thank you for sharing your recipe and story’s.

[@Mewochuui]

Thank you for inviting us into your kitchen, sharing your cornbread secrets AND sitting on the front porch to share the "going to the mill" stories from your family's past. You do Appalachia proud.

[@ctw594]

She and her family absolutely do!

[@ijustwatchvidsduh]

My mama passed away this year in July. This will be my first series of holidays alone without her. I was really hoping to find a cornbread recipe for my Thanksgiving dressing. I came upon your video! Thank you for making me feel like I will get a piece of my mama for the holidays! You have been a real blessing to me ever since I found your channel!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I'm so sorry you lost your sweet mother!! I hope you like the cornbread 😀

[@ohiobluebird3713]

I'm so sorry your Mother passed away. May her memory be a blessing to everyone. . 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 KJV

[@GarnettHairston-nf9by]

THANK YOU for sharing! YES!!! I'm not from Apalachia, but girl, as for CORNBREAD, you've GOT IT going on! THAT'S how I do it too--except that I use bacon grease that I keep in the fridge. (And I too, HIDE a special iron skillet for THAT purpose only--which was a point of contention in my house😊). I'm so disappointed when the "country-cooked" meals that I get are served w/Jiffy Mix! Do people just no longer KNOW about REAL cornbread???--a real difference!!! I know it's NOT for everybody, but (since childhood), I still love a buttermilk/cornbread mix in a big cup--anytime, for a snack or meal! (My ex-husband called it "chunk-down"; you DO crumble cornbread, pour buttermilk over it, and chunk it down to mix it together [w/the spoon that you'll eat it with].) I don't even LIKE buttermilk in any other way (--except for MAKING my cornbread). YUM, to me! Btw folks: I didn't hear her SAY so, but since I didn't SEE her add any baking powder or soda, that's SELF-RISING CORNMEAL that she's using (--preferred by me). I like WHITE LILY or MARTHA WHITE brands. (For me, I like the BUTTERMILK kind. But it may NOT be cost effective if you don't make cornbread often, as the buttermilk will spoil. Suggestion: Buy the smallest amount possible, and TRY some CHUNK-DOWN!😅)

[@gulfcoastbeemer]

Living close to and in harmony with nature, appreciating the simpler things in life, love of family, and respect for ones self - I can see that in this woman’s face and hear it in her voice.

[@terryfinley7760]

Well said!

[@carlosenriquez2092]

My family is originally from Mexico, the first American food my moma learned to make was cornbread in black skillet it remains firmly planted in our food standards today. It regularly shows up in combination with some of our Mexican dishes like spicy chicken mole. My mom used to say that the way to us becoming American was paved with cornbread. Excellent presentation, you are very much appreciated thank you.

[@girl-cb4cg]

That's beautiful.

[@waynekeseberg3167]

We love spicy chicken mole!

[@caMpBeIIA]

You brought back a memory for me- my daddy eating cornbread and buttermilk. I haven’t thought of that in decades but he sure loved it. You make your cornbread just like mama made . Thank you for the walk down memory lane.

[@shirleyhall1924]

I grind my own cornmeal and love the coarse ground. You are right on with the heated cast iron. That makes the BEST cornbread.

[@bemdederwin1554]

Cornbread made with bacon grease in a cast iron skillet. Mama liked it thin with the golden crust, I liked it thick. Cornbread and buttermilk or cornbread and sweet milk with sweet onions. Pinto beans, cornbread, onion, fresh tomato slices, banana pepper, sweet tea. Best meal ever.

[@tubularfrog]

I save my bacon drippings for cooking with. You can buy brick lard in the store, but I prefer the slight smokiness from the bacon. You can't find (at least I can't) real buttermilk like was available in the the 1950's and 60's when I was a youngster. It all has artificial thickeners added, etc. Do you have a recipe for corn fritters? This recipe is real good food, thank you.

[@sharrilswindle752]

Oh your making me hungry lol

[@mamamode1312]

Butter milk, real true butter milk, need to find some one who keeps cows or sheep and get that live milk then make yourself real true butter milk. Not that dead fake stuff at the grocery.

[@VitaminAR10]

Excellent video. Very informative, and that cornbread looks amazing.

[@OkieJammer2736]

Amen and amen. Mmm.

[@joycejean-baptiste4355]

The scent of bread is very calming and relaxing.

[@ivorybow]

Cornbread and sweetmilk...a fantastic breakfast. My dad always grew collards, and put them up in the freezer. Every time we had cornbread, we also cooked up those collards to go with it. A match made in Heaven.

[@tspaulding3845]

Mom would cook fried fish, greens, and cornbread, always together. It got to a point if she didn't have all 3 the dinner wasn't finished. One day, no cornbread so I asked her, "how are we going to eat the fish and greens without cornbread?" She looked at me and said well I guess you're old enough to learn how to make it. I was about 7 or 8 when I made my 1st pan of cornbread. I didn't start with the skillet, it was to heavy. But heated the greased a Pyrex pie pan. I still like that fish combination & will have cornbread and greens for my breakfast... especially if you have pigtails in those greens, WOOHOO now that's a breakfast bowl. Thanks for bringing back good memories.

[@PapaA7145]

There’s a restaurant in Columbia TN that serves white beans and greens with their catfish. The fish and sides are as good as any I have eaten. They also serve fries and slaw. Their hushpuppies are very good and the pickled green tomatoes are a very nice treat, those welcoming at your table. Catfish Campus is the restaurant.

[@lisawahman8545]

I inherited my Dads 8" square Wagner Ware "Sidney" skillet that dates back to late 1800's, early 1900's. I remember we always fried cornbread on the stove-top, and my Dad taught me how to flip the cornbread without breaking it. We always made white cornbread, but truth be told...after many years of travel...I do enjoy the sweet yellow cornbread as well! Depends upon what you're eating with it.

[@wtpence4731]

Pinto beans & cornbread, what I grew up on ! Fresh veggies from the garden, Yum, Yum !

[@RebelFlag61]

Tried your exact recipe but with buttermilk and a little salt and pepper and it’s the best cornbread I ever had. Had it with bean soup and even my wife, who hates beans, was shaking her head at how good it all was. Thanks a lot.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Great to hear!

[@iaind4852]

My wife would make me a cake of cornbread for cornbread and milk every week. She has gone on to her reward and her messing around the range fixing my cornbread is one of those everyday things that I miss. On a brighter note my Grandma made the best cream corn ever. My Aunt make it pretty good but, no one can make it like Grandma. I like your channel, it rekindles a lot of memories especially, the food ways.

[@billybatesjr1837]

My grandma an my mother taught me to us Bacon grease !! We heat everything on top of the stove we get the bacon grease hot on top of the stove pour the batter in it start Sizzlin by the time it spreads out within the pan bacon grease came up around the sides don’t overfill it !! Plus using bacon grease adds flavor to the cornbread !!

[@TexasScout]

Ummmmm.... that sounds really good! 😋

[@jesusislord3321]

Using bacon grease is my favorite also.

[@kathycuster8219]

That is how I so it. So good!

[@billybatesjr1837]

@@jesusislord3321 my mother left me my grandmother cast iron Skillets plus my great grandmothers and my mothers I have all of them I gave some out to the family members and I kept 3+ the new ones I bought for myself I love cast-iron

[@jesusislord3321]

@@billybatesjr1837 What a special gift

[@durtanipzmcgee9943]

I’m totally blown away , my family on my mother’s side are from Waynesville N.C. and all tho haven’t heard her voice in 15 yrs now , you remind me of her in the way you talk and your story . Thank you .

[@rudymontana4515]

What a seriously cool chick.

[@ajdogcurr1]

Only one pan to bake corn bread is cast iron pan. I am a southern born and bred southern boy from the Deep South. We southerners love our corn bread. I discovered a new recipe a few years ago where I use mayonnaise along with buttermilk and, eggs, sage and, a little bacon grease. I cook fried bread to. Thank you mam for posting your video your a real southern lady.

[@sandracrosbyguerrero1284]

My granny in Kentucky passed age 90 in 2015 & she made the best Cornbread in an old Iron Skillet.Think was her mothers.She would have a cornbread in a glass of Cold Buttermilk i as a child would have a glass of it too right along with her watching her favorite shows either, Hew Haw or The Grand Ole Opry..the best memories of my life were with my Granny she could make the best meal out of very little..To this day i can have pinto beans & cornbread for supper a slice of onion & im happy reminds me of my grandmother..

[@banjo8704]

exactly my thoughts. I still have buttermilk and cornbread every few weeks.

[@TxDan100]

My sweet mama too ... with onion

[@mike856ms]

Yes ma'am. This good eating. You know how to make a meal.

[@edstimator1]

I'm with you....I was raised on navy beans and cornbread....I love it to this day.

[@bluered5497]

Cornbread and butter milk we had for breakfast. Crumble it into a bowl of buttermilk. Have your spoon handy...chow down. But the holiday mealwgen we could afford it... Pinto beans, rice, frid chicken collard greens, potato salad and cornbread (Always the greased black skillet).

[@catie5939]

My grandma grew up on the very outskirts of Appalachia, so I grew up on cornbread and beans, cathead biscuits, and applesauce cake. My grandma is gone now and she died when I was in my early twenties, before I'd gotten married or had a chance to ask for all her recipes. This is bringing back so many good memories, thank you for your channel. 💜💜💜

[@dereklea1183]

I love applesauce stack cake. I ate nearly a whole one when I was a teenager, they're so good!

[@catie5939]

@@dereklea1183 I need to make one tbh! 😍

[@roberteastman1396]

I grew up on cornbread and milk; I like it to this day. My late mother gave me her cast iron 'cornbread pan' 40 years ago; no one could touch it but her, and now, no one can touch it but me. I grew up in Coffee County, my mother mostly Franklin County, my father Cannon County. All three counties are at the western edge of South Central Appalachia. I didn't know that until I watched your video on the subject. I recall seeing the Cumberland Plateau escarpment on the eastern horizon, especially viewed from my late fathers fathers porch, in the village of Pleasant View, at the house that they built together before electricity came to that part of the world.

[@DB-cx6cb]

❤Yes Mam! I’m 71 years old and raised on the exact recipe my mother made. You can’t find one restaurant that makes it this way. Dad would break it up late at night pour milk over the cornbread to soothe his upset stomach. Love this thin crusty bottom with light brown top. Thank you so much for the history lessons of the Appalachian people. Our family of Scot’s first settled in Carolina’s, Mississippi and Louisiana. Doesn’t matter where we come from as long as we can sit down and break this bread together! Thank you for sharing your stories and recipes!

[@fannieallen6005]

Girl, you eat the way I do. Pure country. Daddy used to butter his cornbread and pour molasses over it and eat it.

[@michaelcoughlin8966]

your killing me that sound so good

[@jamesellsworth9673]

It is also good with sorghum syrup.

[@wandastevens3183]

Good with Grandma's Molasses too...!!!

[@mingo-mingo1946]

This is the real way to make cornbread! I say that because it's how my momma did it too. Nothing beats a recipe passed from a beloved mother or grandmother, because with every bite you are bathed in the memories of the love and care given to us by these strong, nurturing Southern ladies. I will never forget my mother and grandmother, for they are a part of me and a large part of what made me the person I am today. Thank you for making this video.

[@wffarrell]

Centuries ago I was talking with a friend of mine and I said, "Hey, Joe, I just came across a great recipe for cornbread." Joe looked at me funny and drawled, "Cornbread has a recipe?" I enjoyed listening to you cook and your stories. You are spot on with heating a cast iron skillet in the oven. And here I thought I invented that!

[@victoriayartz8175]

I'm from rural Kansas, a few hours from the Ozarks. It's so interesting to see the similarities in our foods. My hometown was populated by mostly Italian immigrants who moved to find jobs in the mines. Recipes had to be adapted & now almost everyone I know eats their spaghetti with a side of sweet corn. It took reaching adulthood to realize this wasn't a "normal" Italian meal! I can't imagine it any other way. So glad I found your chanel!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you 😊

[@elinordashwood7148]

I echo Gray Wolf's comment, below. Not only are you passing on a treasured recipe, but you are telling the story of your family. Priceless. May your people live on forever through your stories and your food that you so generously share with us! Thank you for sharing these recipes. I am passing this on to my daughter and son in law who are transplants from up North, to the heart of Appalachia. Thank you!

[@marymauldin3229]

My Mother use to make us cornmeal mush for breakfast. You are the 1st person that has ever said anything about cornmeal mush.

[@kathycuster8219]

Love fried mush in bacon grease with a tiny bit of syrup on it. The sweet and the salt is wonderful!

[@antilogism]

I've offered it to my son: he looks at me like I'm crazy. At least he love cornbread.

[@robincastle2209]

What I find funny are the people who will turn up their noses at "cornmeal mush", but will rave about Polenta. It's the same thing, just with a different accent!

[@antilogism]

@@robincastle2209 So true. Branding is 50% of the battle. It's the main reason clotted-cream isn't a big hit.

[@missmishpot]

My Appalachian MIL makes cornbread for lunch everyday on the farm, from corn we’ve raised and had milled. Her recipe is much like yours. She’s a spritely 82 and still cooks a wonderful home cooked meal for all her grown children (and me, her son’s wife) every single day. Such a blessing. Apparently, that’s how it’s done in Appalachia.

[@happy_times01]

Awww! How sweet!

[@marta5sings]

My dad loved cornbread, and when he lived with me in his older years, he had me add a bit of canned pumpkin to the batter. He said it made the cornbread more moist. So I did that, and I think he was right. I loved your video, and loved listening to you talk and share your stories.

[@michaelcastle3100]

Thank you young lady this warmed my heart in so many ways my wife's cornbread recipe was the same as yours and was handed down from her mom unfortunately my wife passed away three years back and I never knew her way of making it so the only way I get corn bread is at cracker barrel its okay but they just do it in muffins I like it like like you do it and by the way we were raised up on corn bread and eating out of a big garden in the summer and mom canned lots so we ate good all winter as well that was in Harlan county Kentucky dad was a coal miner thank you again and I got to say I loved your stories on the porch and enjoyed hearing you talk through the video thank you again you have made me smile

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Glad you enjoyed it Michael 😀

[@patriciaeasterday2125]

Love your accent! And I was raised in eastern Kentucky. CORN was king! Thanks for the book referral!

[@AB2B]

Everyone in my family had a garden, and usually each garden had one "special" food they'd grow extra of on top of the basics. We all shared working on all the gardens, and ended up with a surprising variety of food to share to get us through. My great uncle had acres of corn, his special crop. I remember as a kid going out, helping pull the ears and toss them in baskets, then helping shuck while watching the women strip the corn off with knives. They would do some regular, and some they would make creamed by going over the bare cobs several times and getting all the liquid. I have never found cream corn that tasted as good as what my grandma and aunts made. Corn and potatoes were must have staples, and we had a lot of them, but boy did they taste great.

[@jennifersharp6209]

Nothing comes close to real cream corn but I’ve found those frozen rolls of cream corn at the grocery are better than anything else I’ve tried. They look like tubes of sausage and are in the freezer section. Adding butter and milk if you like like it thinner, makes it work pretty good. Of course you need skillet fried okra and sliced tomatoes to go with it! That’d be my death row meal! 😁

[@linnerlu]

My grandmother came from Oklahoma to Texas in a covered wagon when she was a little girl. She loved cornmeal crumbled into a tall glass of cold buttermilk, said it was “gooder ‘n snuff!” Thanks for your wonderful recipes and remembrances.

[@duranniemanny5181]

Tennessee girl here and I can remember both my sweet mama and daddy crumbling up cornbread in a tall glass of buttermilk. Sweet memory for me.

[@melstark7265]

My ancestor was riding in a wagon in Oklahoma on the way to Texas and he fell out the back! His people didn’t notice and another family picked him up out the road. He was so young he couldn’t say his full name or the name of his parents. The family that rescued him just kept him and a new branch was added to the family tree. We are not sure of our ancestry prior to my great grandfather. This story was originally reported to us by Ancestry dot com.

[@jerrycummings2821]

@@melstark7265 DNA testing is your friend. If you really want to know.

[@jolovesminnis]

My dad did that. He was from Mississippi!

[@leewilliams7152]

This is so cool that you share your recipes and the stories that go with them. Thank you so much. I’m from the South Pacific and have never tried cornbread. But after watching this I’m a mind to give it a go. Keep up the excellent work on your great channel.

[@katherinezembal8680]

Watching in 2021... cornbread and buttermilk was our go to snack when I was growing up. There is nothing like cornbread and pinto beans. 🤗

[@heariam7557]

Cornbread in buttermilk WAS dad's fav dessert! He was poor al farm boy growing up!

[@Garapetsa]

Yep. Buttermilk is the key. And the cast iron makes it crusty. Corn bread is not a cake.

[@troutstreamdeanohio797]

My dad put the cornbread in his buttermilk with a lot of pepper.

[@sharylfuller9277]

Saturday night supper was cornbread and sweet milk but my mom liked it with buttermilk if we had cornbread left from lunch - otherwise it was cereal night.

[@sheilahollley7129]

My sweet Mama loved this. I miss her.

[@chucksix6231]

Brought up on Cornbread with soup beans, and fried potatoes with onions. Cornbread and milk is still delicious meal to me.

[@robynweeks6004]

Me too..!! Grew up on this, thought everybody did...😅🤣 ..and cabbage, potatoes, pork chop or what ever a meat might be, if you had any.. biscuits and gravy..apple butter.. Oh, Kentucky.. I miss thee... 😢

[@deborahringley4662]

Where do you find cracklins for cracklin cornbread?

[@pansyjones1870]

Yep..me too...

[@Lamew]

Me to!!!!! Love them Beans!!!!!

[@rickvia8435]

My Dad grew up during the depression and would have cornbread and buttermilk in the hills of SW Virginia. I can make supper out of it to this day except now it's store-bought buttermilk. Thanks for the technique and the stories.

[@peanutcampbell]

Nice memory....I am hillbilly from SW Virginia in little place called Horse Holler. We always had cornbread with fresh buttermilk made from Mom's churn. Add "soup beans" and "killed lettuce" .... and your taste buds will be in heaven😋

[@misstlc7136]

@@peanutcampbell Hmmmm I'm also from SW Va. We're from Horsepen My family lives in Dickens holler. At least that's what we call it. Lol. Everyone else says the holler in Horsepen.

[@galations22o]

I want to thank you for your videos. I really enjoy your stories and you true to self presentation. You make me long for the good old days of past. I think we could all use a bit of “ getting back to basics “ our mothers and grandmothers lived. I love your sentimental heart too! Thank you and keep up the great videos ❤

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

You are so kind-thank you 😊

[@americanaxetoolco2076]

I use cast iron for cornbread and upside down cake, pineapple, apple or black berry some times cherry! My wife thinks I’m nuts! She’s a yankee so you know, bless her heart! LOL!! Cornbread and beans is a staple in my house!

[@packingten]

I had an accident w my pineapple us down cake the butter got dark from skillet hot it made the cake topping so good...I also use a little juice in sklet,And puree the leftover pineapple; put in batter....

[@josmith3118]

Bless YOUR heart! We would probably die round here with out cornbread

[@debbiematheny4734]

Ooooo I make pineapple upside down cake in mine too! And blackberry cobbler yum!

[@MegaRiffraff]

Back when me and my wife were young I worked on a large cattle farm in central Kentucky, one of my jobs was to check cattle 2 times a day during calving season ,once at daylight and again before dark , we had a good horse called babe , when my daughter was just little she would ride with me , and we would cut the tops out of Polk until we had a big sack of it , my wife would make corn bread, cook down the Polk like greens , fried potatoes and sometime fat back bacon in rolled in flour, And always pinto beans, this was 40 years ago and I still miss it .

[@donnareeweeks6180]

Fat back rolled in flour and fried is what was called " poor man's fried chicken " . Hey fry up some bacon that was rolled in flour and you have " poor man's Steak " . Especially good with Cat Heads and lop washers.

[@dianee5375]

@@donnareeweeks6180 Good gracious! I haven’t heard anyone mention “cat’s heads” in nearly 30 years! My father used those words for extra big biscuits!

[@dougpaige]

Love some polk salad and cornbread. For years me and my granny would collect polk in the spring. As she got older, so did her eyesight. I had to be real careful when washing them greens, or I would have been cooking cornbread with sumac and poison ivy. It was an adventure..:)

[@johnholliday9719]

Yum yum. I am from Mississippi and since leaving the south over 30 years ago haven't had any of what you described in your post. I would pay top dollar for a genuine home cooked southern meal.

[@johnnyhays2942]

What is truly sad is that so many young folks of today will never experience times such as these...Simple but so meaningful...a generation that won't be repeated!!!!!!

[@roberthunter330]

I ENJOYED YOU & YOUR STORYS & YOUR CORNBREAD RECIEPE ! GOD BLESS YOU !

[@greese007]

When my father-in-law, from rural SC, passed away, I got his cast iron cornbread pan. It is sectioned into pie-shaped wedges, so it makes individual pieces, and each one has crust all around the edges. That's my secret cornbread pan.

[@Janjanbobaney]

What an amazing heirloom 😊

[@allenwatkins4972]

I've never seen the like, but crust all around each piece sounds good. Real good.

[@shawnclark764]

That is an incredible secret cornbread pan. Use it well. :)

[@beatricemitchell2384]

That sounds similar to Corn Pudding, without the cheese and Jalapeno, that cornbread with cheese and jalapeno sounds way too delicious, I have seen other people make it on KZbin.

[@Galiuros]

Mom (from eastern Kentucky) would also make cornbread in a cast iron skillet. We would crumble it up in soup beans that had been cooking all afternoon. She always would put some bacon in with the beans. Mom would also crumble cornbread in to a big glass of buttermilk. She was full of country lore and wisdom that came naturally while growing up in Badfork Hollow. Thanks for the memories.

[@d.m.4815]

We call pinto beans soup beans. I didn’t know they were called pinto beans until I was in high school.

[@robincastle2209]

My mom was from Elliott County, in eastern KY. When we'd visit my grandmother, we always knew there was a pot of soup beans, a pan of fried potatoes, and a pone of cornbread waiting for us to arrive. It was great!

[@someonesprincess3]

@@robincastle2209 👍🏼

[@mark-wn5ek]

@@robincastle2209same here in greenup county. The beans are always better the next day after they thicken up.

[@johnnotellin3691]

This video and many of your others was my inspiration when I came across a couple rusty old cast iron skillets at a tag sale. I got them cleaned up and seasoned and then came back to this cornbread video to try them out. I had great success, better than I expected for the first time making it. I'm French Canadian, so cornbread & maple syrup is my treat. Cornbread with chili is a popular family meal. I enjoy the stories that you tell and your general manner. Thanks very much for taking the time to do your videos!

[@Anita3kidsS.]

I just fell in love with your channel. I love the "old ways" & watching your videos non stop. So glad I found you . Anita from NJ

[@rickmiles3242]

You are a wealth of wisdom and knowledge!! You're a true jewel and treasure of The Appalachians!! Thank you so much for all you do and for sharing and preserving that special culture that so many of us came from and are still a part of, and for those who may have never heard of us. I appreciate you so much and I pray blessings over all your wonderful family!!

[@LoriFoster]

My wife and I have recently talked to my mom about her childhood and she’d talk about farming and how they’d put up food for the winter during the depression! Their ingenuity was outstanding! Her family was 15 strong 13 kids and Grand maw and paw!

[@georgiaman1926]

I always loved my mothers cornbread. I have a spin on mine. I make what I call Mexican cornbread. I use your recipe and add cream corn, shredded cheese and jalapenos. I mix it all up and bake. When I pull it out of the oven I take a stick of butter and rub all over the top. Great with a bowl of chili.

[@marialeach8960]

I do too! I add cream corn to my cornbread. What kind of cheese do you shred into it and how much. Thanks for the ideas!

[@georgiaman1926]

@@marialeach8960 Aldi has a shredded cheese called Mexican. I use about 8 ounces.

[@marialeach8960]

@@georgiaman1926 OK - thank you!

[@mariakraft9051]

yum! do you also bake it in a cast iron pan? Love your idea of adding cheese and jalapeños! cream corn isn't available here...what would you use as a substitute? Thank you! ❤️

[@georgiaman1926]

@@mariakraft9051 I don't use a cast iron skillet. I use a square pyrex dish. You can go on KZbin and check for creamed corn recipes. I found several. I also will add diced tomatoes. It's Mexican cornbread so go crazy. Just think of items that we use when cooking those dishes. You can't go wrong. Good Luck!

[@mistyriennett5902]

I make homemade cream corn and add that to my cornbread, family loves it

[@forthepeople2182]

I wish there were more people like you. I long for the days gone by. My mom was from Kentucky and my dad from Tennessee. I am so use to hearing stories like you tell (and love it). People are so different now. Thank you so very very much for reminding me of a simpler/friendlier time. 🙏

[@karenbianco1084]

I'm new to Appalachia, in Southwestern Va. Moved here from Florida on 2005. I've lovingly restored my 1908 brick home! Your stories are SO heartwarming. I was so very much drawn to living here, surrounded by these Beautiful mountains and kind, authentic people! I have my Swedish Grandmother's cast iron pans. I will definitely make some corn bread. Thank you!

[@maureen8745]

Thanks for not adding sugar. Live in Maui for 10 yrs and locals can't believe I don't add sugar. Grew up in Samoset Fl. White cornmeal lard and buttermilk fried in an iron pan & eaten with every meal. Mama had nine kids to feed so that cornbread filled up our bellies right quick. Thanks for sharing❤

[@fred1092]

My wife is from Mississippi. They call cornbread with sugar down there 'Yankee' cornbread. Here in Arkansas where I was born and still live, it never occurred to me to put sugar in cornbread. Ruins it.

[@jmaniak1]

It’s not a desert cake. Sugar in cornbread is an abomination.

[@pamspradlin8768]

Parents. Cooked. Fill. Up. Kids. Bellies. True

[@Victoriachgogirl]

I love sugar in my cornbread

[@tc2503]

I made cornbread for the first time following Tipper's recipe here. It turned out so yummy, and it was golden brown, just like the picture, too. Had a bit of trouble buying a cast iron skillet. I thought you could buy a seasoned one already from a store but apparently not. But got that sorted and the cornbread was a success. My husband whined about the amount of shortening but I told him we needed to follow Tipper's recipe. Exactly. He had no complaints after eating a huge slice! Thank you so much, Tipper. Hope your book tour comes out to the West Coast!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Wonderful!!

[@clarkhamlin2667]

My mom was from West Virginia and my dad from Harlan county Kentucky. As a son of these amazing people I have been blessed by the ways of Appalachia people. I am so so proud of my heritage and have tried to instill that pride with my children. Work hard, your promise means something, always help others with whatever you can, we all the same in god’s eyes.

[@peetky8645]

CH, you have a nice code; i'm sure your parents would be proud. my dad grew up in loyal Ky on the cumberland river in Harlan county. he was born in '22 and his daddy repaired things for the L&N. back then it was a bustling prosperous coal mining community...not so much now. he used to tell stories of a mexican family that sold corn tamales at the train depot and how he loved them as a snack. he loved his unsweetened cornbread and pinto beans to die for. i remember his stories about the american chestnut trees that filled the woods so that when the flowers dropped it looked like snow in june. his childhood was like a mark twain novel. his mother died in 1985 and the changes she saw in the world boggle the mind.. take care.

[@Janjanbobaney]

I love this… even though I’m a Canadian, same teachings from my elders and parents. Be honest, when a friend asks for help, you help… work hard, be kind be polite and be loyal. Not a bad way to be raised. I’m 50 now and being this way got me exactly where I want to be. 😊

[@hummingbird275]

@@Janjanbobaney 👍🏼♥️

[@robynweeks6004]

HARLAN HERE: along with Hazzard .. we love our cornbread.. personally I don't care for white corn meal..I still love yellow with lily flour..

[@dont.wilson2121]

My parents were from central West Virginia, Clay County.

[@robertbass7046]

Thank you! My mom taught me to make cornbread essentially the same way. She was raised as a sharecropper's daughter in the Mississippi delta. You are better than any cooking show on television!

[@TheJkcar]

Thank you for sharing your cornbread recipe, but thank you more for sharing your stories of life in Appalachia, of your Pap and Granny. My family was originally from Appalachia then moved to Texas. Many of your ways and sayings are like my family's, and I often wondered where they originated. Watching your channel has helped me to unfold some of my own history. Blessings to you for all the work you put into this! There are many young mothers just starting out and they need solid tried and true recipes and someone to model procedures for them. You are a treasure.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@Sharmon-g6d]

Alabama native here and my Mama’s cast iron skillets are my pride and joy! My Daddy God love him made cornbread every day/ not one day went by without it/ they loved their cornbread crumbles in buttermilk and then sometimes would slice thin and fry in oil yum never let that good cornbread go to waste!🥰

[@SerendipityTravels]

I was raised by my Slovak grandma in a small village and I see so many similarities. I feel so drawn to this culture it has that familiar home feel. I am binge watching your channel since last week. Thank you for the great content Tipper and family!

[@herdfan697278]

Beautiful cake of cornbread! Reminds me of my mother’s cornbread from the 1950’s-1980’s. Mom died in 1988 and home was never the same without her. Thank you!

[@meggarbutt2828]

I just love all your interesting and lovely topics, plus you’re a natural teacher. I feel like I’m in a friend’s kitchen :)

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I'm so glad!

[@DizzyIzzyMom]

One of my fondest memories is my grandfather sitting at the kitchen table crumbling old cornbread into a drinking glass and adding milk. He just loved old cornbread and milk. What a lovely memory to have and thank you so much for bringing it back.

[@dplj4428]

My favorite, too. Real 100% buttermilk cornbread crumbed into a glass of buttermilk. Not lowfat. Plenty of real whole foods. 9:03 first hearing all these types of corn mushes. I do love also cornmeal griddle cakes whether made with buttermilk or water.

[@genemartin6962]

Good video. I too have a special cast iron skillet that I use just for corn bread. I have always used regular vegatable oil to coat it. I plan to go get me a can of Crisco. Thanks for sharing. I am from South Alabama and the son of a county agent. Corn and what it means runs deep in me. thanks for posting this video. Too many folks today have forgotten what the old south is all about and it is a pleasure to view someone who understands and is proud of her heritage. thank you again for posting

[@jonbradley5044]

Try bacon grease, takes it to another level

[@jonbradley5044]

Try bacon grease, takes it to another level

[@janicethomas848]

I am so enjoying your recipes and videos. I love good cornbread. My daddy, mother, and both grandmothers made the best cornbread and shared their secrets with me: greasing the pan and getting it hot starting in a cold oven and of course using white cornmeal. I loved the stories you shared and also your tip on Sylvia Mile's book series. Thank you so kindly. I hope to see more you have shared.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I'm so glad you enjoy our videos 🙂

[@70chevelle54]

My daddy came from Harlan KY and has been gone now since 2007 but one of our favorite treats was cornbread and milk in the evenings. He would cook a big pan and cut us up some fresh from the pan. We would take the cornbread and crumble it into a cold glass of milk and eat it with a spoon, it was such a delicious treat and a treasured memory I shared with him.

[@robfullingim5485]

Your family (especially your husband) is so blessed to have such a wonderful woman such as you. You are always making your house to be such a warm, loving home, full of wonderful meals and memories! The feasts that you make on a regular basis put so many of your contemporaries to shame! The world needs more wonderful homemakers such as yourself! I LOVE your channel, and yes, I am SO JEALOUS of your husband!! 😅. You are truly a Proverbs 31 woman!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

You are so kind-thank you!

[@sharonmaberry-bourke7013]

Appreciated hearing something similar to my ancestors voice~ My mother, grandmother and her people were from all over those parts, mostly the hills of Tennessee~ I can still recall "y'all and yonder spoken often~

[@rlbranch65]

Loved this. My mother, who died in 77, use to make it exactly like this as well. Growing up in the country, as we called it, and during the depression, she never wasted anything. Thank you for sharing and keeping these recipes alive.

[@BelindaTN]

I grew up in the hills of TN. My momma’s family just northeast of Nashville and my daddy grew up on a farm deep in the hills, several miles southeast of Nashville. Our cornbread was made similar to yours. My momma also had a designated cornbread cast iron skillet. Cornbread might be made with buttermilk or sweet milk, depending on what we had in the fridge. But we have always made it with bacon grease. I big spoonful put in the skillet and heated up to about to the smoking point. The hot grease was poured into the already mixed up corn meal batter, stired into the batter and poured back into the hot skillet. It would be sizzling when it hit the pan. Then into the hot oven to bake. The smokey bacon flavor just makes the cornbread so special. My daddy often eat leftover cornbread crumbled into a glass of milk or buttermilk, if we had it. For a sweet treat after a meal, daddy would crumble up some cornbread on our plate and put a slice of butter on top. Then pour a little corn syrup on top of that, take a fork and smash it all together and we would eat that for our dessert. It was so good.

[@jonbradley5044]

I grew up in WV and I still make cornbread in cast iron with bacon grease

[@BelindaTN]

@@jonbradley5044 In my younger years and long before internet, I did not know there was any other way to make it. LOL

[@vickietrapp5686]

Opportunity

[@lorikennedy8508]

My parent were from TN. It sounds like I was writing this story from my memories. Daddy also ate cornbread and milk, also he would butter his cornbread and put syrup on it. Lots of good memories over cornbread. Lol

[@odderotter8950]

Bacon grease makes everythang better 😋 a lil bit in ya pintos or to fry ya tatters in and of corse to cook your cornbread with .

[@steffidf]

I just love this! Raised in Eastern KY, when I was younger I never realized people didn't know to preheat your cast iron skillet with bacon grease or Lard. And goodness, if you haven't had fresh cornbread smothered in soup beans (pintos), and homemade pickled corn then you don't know what you're missing!!!

[@otda3675]

I just made this tonight, with the white lily buttermilk corn meal and local dairy buttermilk and it was perfectttt! Came out exactly like yours did, all you have to do is follow it step for step people and it’s the real deal. Thank you so much for posting this video and showing how to make this nice recipe. Crunchy as anything on the outside and soft on the inside…excellent 👍👍👍 much love from Knox county in Tennessee

[@desireecoad7557]

I live near Boston. I was in the store today and wanted corn. I couldn’t believe 69 cents an ear. Ridiculous. I am so glad I watched this video. Your cornbread makes me reminiscent of childhood days. It looks delicious.

[@janita7014]

I make my cornbread the same way and love it as much as you do! I like fresh coleslaw, sliced tomatoes, and cornbread with spaghetti, too. Kind of a non traditional way to eat spaghetti but my granny didn’t like garlic bread, so I grew up eating cornbread with it! I also get that one little piece of cornbread, fresh from the oven, smothered in butter. That’s the Cook’s Tax!

[@adventuresinmichiganwlisa9852]

I use coconut in my cornbread and top off with grape jam toss back in oven to glaze over. Also use a cast iron skillet 👍🤓