I know lots of folks eat cornbread but i rarely hear of anyone fix'in em in an iron skillet,fried on top of the stove till its crunchy.Used to get em this way and cover em in butter.Have no concern for diets!
That's the way my wife makes cornbread IG. I usually go back and pour some milk over the cornbread, add a little salt & pepper and a slice of onion.
I bake mine in an preheated iron skillet that has had a stick of butter melted in it. Crunchy as all get out. I also let the batter rise for at least 10 minutes.
I use Jiffy Corn Bread mix. Which while the cheapest also seems to be the best. Yeah I know from scratch is better but if I buy all that corn meal and flour I'm just throwing a feast for weevils.
Cornbread crumbled in milk or buttermilk. I can make a meal of that.