Boy do I miss cornbread. But it ain't to be had in Yankeedom outside of some soul joints.
Well I'm sure they have eggs, oil, and buttermilk in Yankeedom, but finding cornmeal might be a problem. I know from personal experience you can't find grits there. Go here to order you some meal. Get the white, not the blue (unless you like that). Make sure to use an iron skillet to bake it. My little secret is to add a bit of sugar and have about 1/8 inch of pig fat melted in the skillet before you pour in the batter. Sometimes if I can't eat all the bacon I used to make the pig grease I'll crumble it up and mix it in the batter. Oh yes, that is good! Pouring the batter into that hot skillet on top of the oil makes the bottom nice and crispy so it can hold more butter later on. And if you're feeling real Southern, take that left over corn bread, crumble it in a glass, and pour the rest of your buttermilk in it and eat it with a spoon. Mmmmmm, mmmm.