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faoiltiama in food_porn

Never Give Up! Never Surrender!

Jan 12, 2007 10:15

Last night I made some easy-peasy vegetarian chili, but I wanted something more to go with it, so I finally opened that bag of cornmeal that had been sitting lost and alone in my cupboard for a few months and decided to make whole grain corn bread (I use whole wheat flour instead of white all-purpose flour and just add an extra egg to hold it ( Read more... )

cumin, lemons, corn meal, chiles, kidney beans, bell peppers, garlic, mushrooms, tomatoes, eggs, onions

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poledradog January 12 2007, 17:11:39 UTC

Mmmmm, I love me some good cornbread.

In the recipe above, is the 2 eggs including the extra one you added, or did you use a total of 3? I use whole wheat (pastry) flour in my cornbread, too, and it always seems a bit crumbly, so I was very interested to hear this tip for getting it to hold together!!

faoiltiama January 12 2007, 18:03:35 UTC

The original recipe called for one egg but I added an extra one. I actually got the idea from making meatloaf. You add the eggs to meatloaf to hold it together, so I figured why wouldn't the same principle work for cornbread? :-p

faoiltiama January 12 2007, 20:20:51 UTC

Oh, also, the lemon juice is key. It counteracts the bitterness of the tannins in the whole wheat flower. It REALLY helps the flavor when you're cooking with whole wheat.

YAY mforbes321 January 12 2007, 17:32:53 UTC

I never knew a story about cornbread could be SO entertaining!

Re: YAY faoiltiama January 12 2007, 18:04:40 UTC

Thank you! ^_^

georgette_b January 12 2007, 17:40:54 UTC

You are to be congratulated, not only on your victory, but your perseverance. I salute you!! The wonderful thing about dry cornbread is that it just cries out for more butter. :P

faoiltiama January 12 2007, 18:05:25 UTC

Thank you! And yes, it definitely does! ^_^

britannica3 January 12 2007, 18:34:49 UTC

mmmm. more butter!!!!

thebarkingdog January 12 2007, 20:57:40 UTC

Ahhhh Johnny cake, I haven't had since last summer while on vacation, maybe I should make some...

Any way, nothing worse than not having the right pan, I did the same thing with brownies not too long ago but wasn't smart enough to make more batter so we had skinny brownies and nothing buggers a dish like running out of key ingredients. You got lucky and I can almost smell and taste that Johnny cake!

: )

susiev January 13 2007, 01:07:38 UTC

I've never made cornbread before, sounds yummy.

Is the salt necessary or can it be left out?

cabsy January 14 2007, 20:01:44 UTC

I leave salt out of recipes if I'm using salted butter, since I figure the butter adds more than enough salt. I don't think I've ever used unsalted butter, so I've never put salt in a baking recipe, but your results may vary.