Sweet or not?

 

It only seems fitting to have a cornbread thread to go with the Pinto beans thread.

Not sweet. Sweet cornbread is odd and not the way it was intended to be made.

I love, LOVE, LOVE plain ole, unsweetened cornbread right out of the oven slathered with fresh real butter. That is like heaven on a plate. Especially if you let it sit for a bit and the butter seeps down and saturates the crust! Yeah...my heart probably isn't in the best of health, but dang...!

Sweet cornbread tastes like bad cake, IMO.

Sweet Corn Bread is outstanding, that is if you tasted my Daughters Sweet Corn Bread! :jump::notworthy::thumb:

 

She as a ten year old, won a Blue Ribbon at the Boone County 4-H UTOPIA Fair in the "adult division."

 

Her secret? She uses Honey! The Honey keeps the Corn Bread moist and gives the Corn Bread a very nice sweet flavor!

 

It is a family tradition, requirement that she makes her Sweet Corn Bread for Thanksgiving and Christmas diners for me and her Uncles.

I love, LOVE, LOVE plain ole, unsweetened cornbread right out of the oven slathered with fresh real butter. That is like heaven on a plate. Especially if you let it sit for a bit and the butter seeps down and saturates the crust! Yeah...my heart probably isn't in the best of health, but dang...!

 

I like sweetened cornbread, but to I love it when the butter is seeping through the warm bread! Just talking about it is making my mouth water.

I actually like both...but if forced I will go with unsweetened. I'm drawing a blank on where it was but I had some jalapeno corn bread at a restaurant not too long ago and it was great!

I like the sweet kind when you get it before a meal, but prefer the non-sweet variety for eating with other foods. Best cornbread I ever had was served at The Old Mill in Pigeon Forge.

I make mine with cornmeal that my dad would grind at the mill. I wouldn't sift it, we like the nutty texture it gives. Also make mine in a cast iron skillet. YUM!!!

I like cornbread made with a little bit of sugar, maybe 1/3 cup. Last time we had cornbread it was served in a restaurant and it was so salty it was gross. Our Aunt even said it was too salty and she is a southern cook.

Give me a pork roast, with potatoes cooked right with the meat, some collard or turnip greens, and an iron skillet of Mrs. S plain old fashion cornbread, and I'm in heaven. Mrs. S makes cornbread at least once a week. If I eat cornbread with sugar in it, it would have to be for desert or be a Johnny cake for breakfast.

Always make extra, because my husband loves to eat cornbread and milk. He takes the cronbread, crumbles it up in a glass and pours milk over it. Eats it with a spoon.

Always make extra, because my husband loves to eat cornbread and milk. He takes the cronbread, crumbles it up in a glass and pours milk over it. Eats it with a spoon.

 

I almost vomited when I read the bolded. Thankfully, I have a strong stomach and was able to resist the urge.

I've had this debate with my fiancé and her family very recently. I'm guessing sweet cornbread is a northern thing, cause her mom who's from Michigan loves sweet, her dad being from KY likes unsweetened, and she who's always lived in KY said "it's alright, but I'd rather have regular." I'm from Mississippi and I could eat an entire skillet of sweet cornbread!

I love cornbread the way my momma cooks it and all, but at family get togethers my aunt always makes a cornbread-ish this with corn actually in it. If I had only two foods to live on on a deserted island it would be my aunts corn bread and cheez its.