Never understood that way of thinking. We Southerners are known to like sweets...Sweet Tea being the first thing comes to mind. The semi-sweet, moist cornbread is a favorite in this house as well. The site posted of the National Cornbread Festival actually has a recipe of coconut being added to the mixture (as well as nuts) Now that is a cake, no matter it be called cornbread. Cornbread goes with beans and chili....coconut and nuts do not! Shush, they’ll be taking away the ‘born and raised in the South’ card with the sugar in cornbread admission.
“Shush, they’ll be taking away the ‘born and raised in the South’ card with the sugar in cornbread admission.”
I won’t tell! A new friend here, who taught me to say Appalachian correctly, made me some traditional cornbread. Nothing but cornmeal, eggs, and milk. It was dry as a bone! I mentioned sugar and baking soda and almost got asked to leave. The look on her face was priceless. I knew I was walking on sacred ground and decided to keep my cornbread ideas to myself here.