It's an American thing!

kessik

CAFCGirl wrote:

Whats cornbread taste like? Is it an equivalent to anything british that I might know? It always looks lovely on the tele!)

Cornmeal has bigger grains than flour which makes it have a grainy texture. If you think of a cake, denser and heavier than a sponge cake with a tiny bit of sweetness to it you'll be able to imagine cornbread. It's yellow, as you know, and kind of slab-like - I think they have it with gravy over in the US. I've got a recipe for Bacon and Cheese Corn Muffins - the bacon is inside the muffin, cheese is melted on top and when they come out of the oven all lovely and warm,split them, add a bit of Gold and they are heavenly for Sunday breakfast. You can make the mixture on Saturday night, keep it in the fridge til the next morning then away you go. I make the large muffins in cases made by Supercook.

Do you want me to pm you the recipe?

thriftlady_2

I make cornbread to have with chilli or bean stews. I sometimes pour the batter over the chilli and bake it for a US style cottage pie.

CAFCGirl

Recipe would be fantastic thanks!

Am now really liking the sound of cornbread too.
Any specific type of cornmeal I need? Does anyone have a recipe for that too

kessik

CAFCGirl wrote:

Recipe would be fantastic thanks!

Am now really liking the sound of cornbread too.
Any specific type of cornmeal I need? Does anyone have a recipe for that too

You just go into the health food shop and cornmeal is in a bag near the rye flour and other loose stuff like that. I pay about 99p a kilo. Sometimes it's called maize meal but you'll recognise it by its colour - very yellow. You might get it in the supermarket near the Italian food (pasta, gnocchi, that kinda thing). But that's what you need first of all. I'll find my recipes and post in a little while.

kessik

lynzpower

Im fairly sure hersheys kisses have nuts in BTW

If you want any US shrapnel let me know Im sure i have a few coins to start your savings off with if you want them- heaven knows you'll be getting away before I do LOL

What a fab idea

Oooh also I saw in the monsoon sale some sort of "baords" for sticking up in the kitchen saying stuff like Soda 25c type things sure they were only 1.50 have a nosey

CAFCGirl

ooooooooh fantastic about the signs!

I always thought herskeys kisses were caramel!
Im not sure I can be trusted in the states at this rate!

Have friend who has offered to drive me to asda to retrieve oreo cookies, cornmeal and maybe some american looking soda types. Dependant on price I add. Also need muffin cases!

kessik

150g extra thin rashers streaky bacon (but I use any bacon I have)
275g cornmeal
150g SR flour
150g grated cheese
65g granulated sugar
1T baking powder
1t salt
2 eggs
50g butter melted and cooled }
50g margarine melted and cooled } I use 100g margarine
300ml lukewarm milk

Oven temp: gas mk 6/200C/400F

Preheat the oven. Put your muffin cases into a muffin tray. If this causes a problem (because you haven't got muffin cases and/or a muffin tray you can use buncases and a bun tray - your muffins'll just be smaller. Fry the bacon until crisp, drain it on kitchen paper and then crumble (or cut) it into small pieces. Sift the dry ingredients (including 100g of cheese) together into a large bowl and set them aside. Lightly beat the eggs and then stir in the melted fats and warm milk. Pour the liquid into the centre of the dry ingerdients and then fold it in with a large metal spoon until the mixture is just smooth and blended. Fold inthe bacon. STOP AND REFRIDGERATE IF YOU WANT THE MUFFINS THE NEXT MORNING! Spoon the batter into your cases or tray,filling them over half full; do not smooth the tops. Put the remaining cheese on top. Bake the muffins for 20 minutes and serve hot or warm.

Bon Appetit! :beer:

ps T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon. This recipe is from 'The Great American Bake-In' by Patricia Lousada, a very old Sainsbury's Cookbook.

brokenwings

oh just one thing - no subway tokens anymore - its all metro cards now

CAFCGirl

how pants!

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