Southwest Corn Bread

[fitfool]

One of the dishes that I had wanted a cast-iron skillet for was corn bread. It just seemed like the thing to do. But even though I received a skillet for Christmas a few years ago, I had not made skillet corn bread. So when I was thumbing through Ciril Hitz's book, Baking Artisan Pastries and Breads, I saw this recipe and immediately set about

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[deltamiss]

I make a similar bread called Mexican Cornbread with whole kernel corn and jalapenos, but not sugar...never sugar. Looks Yummy!

[fitfool]

No sugar? I had heard that cornbread in the south didn't use sugar but...that seems so sad to leave out the sugar. I should try it once just to see how it tastes I guess.

[canyoncat]

For real southwestern corn bread you need to add chopped jalapenos. :)

[fitfool]

B doesn't much care for jalapenos but more importantly, we didn't have any in the house. And I really did see the recipe and immediately go try to make it :-)

[canyoncat]

I should give it a try but if I put jalapenos in Robin won't touch it either. :\

[zadok_allen]

Corn bread is one of those great foods that everyone can experiment on and come up with their own way of making it. One of the guys at work makes his with creamed corn and sweetened condensed milk - it's great. I'm pretty sure the folks at the local deli make theirs with a measure of yellow cake mix. Bacon, cheddar cheese, jalapenos - those all sound like fabulous additions.

[fitfool]

Yeah...I think I'm more open to trying different things with cornbread now. I had been making the plain cornbread using the recipe on the canister of cornmeal. Sweetened condensed milk? Yellow cake mix? I've never heard of such additions. They kind of scare me but I might try that condensed milk idea just to see what that tastes like since I"m curious.

[annieeats]

Cornmeal is a weakness of mine. I love cornbread soaked through with butter and honey. Mmmmmnnnnnn.

[fitfool]

I had a roommate from Tennessee who slathered molasses on his cornbread. I thought it would be too much but I was wrong. Now I want to try it with butter and molasses :)

[von_krag]

This one is darn tasty & the corn is optional too

[fitfool]

mmm...that sounds pretty good (though I'm less keen on the idea of including green peppers). Never heard of Tasso Ham but it sounds fabulous. Thanks for the recipe!