Can’t find cornmeal? That’s weird! I’ll gladly send you some. I also don’t really like soft southern biscuits - I prefer the harder New England kind which I grew up on.
Today, Bonfire Night in England, I’m making homemade baked beans to shepherd in autumn. I use a traditional bean pot with the traditional missing top - broken, of course, when taking the last baked bean dish out of the oven (a year ago).
What I really need to be sent is some risotto! I miss Winco’s bulk section and all the variety of cheap beans, grains, and rice. I can’t find any place around here that doesn’t charge an arm and a leg for that stuff - if I can even find it.
LOL, on the tradition of one year without a bean pot lid! I like your adaptability. What is a bean pot, BTW? And is Bonfire Night a tradition too?
I think the last time I saw the Spanish Bar Cake in the A&P was in the 1980s. It’s sort of a spicy, raisin-y cake.