Cornbread: Sweet or Not Sweet

[asianflava]

I got into a discussion about this with one of my co-workers. He absolutely hates sweet cornbread. He can tolerate the slightly (very slightly) sweet ones but absolutely hates the sweet ones. He likens it to a muffin. I kinda like the sweet ones, like the ones Boston Market has/had. I haven't been there in a long time so I don't know if they still have them.

So, which one do you prefer, sweet or unsweet?

[sdtripper2]

I like cornbread a little sweet with whole corn mixed in and Jalapeno pepper
pieces through out. So as to have the sweet yet hOt for the taste buds. Also
I like to put a little red sweet pepper in the mix so to have the Yellow, red
and green for an appealing look when you break open or cut the cornbread.

I have been known to use butter liberally and some honey too.

[Steve Frederick]

Sweet, with butter and honey, for breakfast..just butter, when dipped in chili!

[madjack]

my wife(aka the poor girl) uses the recipe her grandmother taught her...best cornbread ever, there are a couple tablespoons of sugar in it MM MM MM...butter it up and nothing else is needed for a meal but soupchilistewgravybeans are all killer with some cornbread....HONEYYYYYYYYYY, can ya cook up some.........
madjack

[Nitetimes]

Definitely a little sweet, even with the corn in it is good. Don't get it much around here tho. Nobody seems to make it any more.

[Joanne]

Corn bread is very easy to make. I'm not a baker, but even I can make it. It's simplicity makes it perfect for cooking in a Dutch Oven when camping. Hot corn bread and a pot of chilie would make a great camping meal. If you like spicy food, look up a recipe for Mexican Corn Bread. (You knew I'd work this into a post about Dutch Ovens didn't you?)

Joanne

[stjohn]

I like them both w/different meals not sweet w/ chilli and stews ,sweet w/ chicken soup and beans Does any body besides me eat cornbread and sweet milk.

[Juneaudave]

Definately not sweet...but I do occasionally eat it with a little sorgum.
Last time I was down south, I put 10 lbs of self rising cornmeal, 4 pints of sorgum, and a country ham in my suitcase to bring back to Alaska (can't get the right ingredients here). When I arrived home in Juneau, I saw that TSA had searched my bag. They had slit open one of the bags of cornmeal, and opened one of the pints of surgum...evidently to check them out. I gotta tell you, that suitcase was a mess by the time it got here!!!

[CPASPARKS]

You must be a hillbilly like me. My family for generations have eaten cornbread with milk/buttermilk.

Must be a East Texas thing. My family was in East Texas since the 1850's.

[Chip]

SWEET CORNBREAD ????????,,,,,,,,,thats not cornbread thats corn cake,,, put some iceing on it and a candle and it can be a birthday corn cake,,,,

maybe a handfull of pork cracklings in it,,,, or some peppers ,, but sugar,,,NEVER,,, and ya got to use bacon grease in it ,,, not crisco or some other artificial greasy stuff,,,, if ya gonna mess up corn meal with sugar,,, throw in some yeast and water,,, let it set a while and run it thru a copper cooker,,,, at least ya get something good to drink,,,,

[oklahomajewel]

Just a little sweet like me !!

I haven't attempted DO cooking yet, but could you use a mix like Jiffy Cornbread Mix , add the egg and oil and cook that in a DO?

[calwes]

A trick my wife does is to add a table spoon of sour cream, make it less
crumbly and more moist.

[Jst83]

A trick I like to do when making corn bread is open that little Jiffy Box. Is that Sweet corn bread or not?

[ARKPAT]

Kevin you have just got me ready to go to the store when I get off tonight ( 6 A.M. tuesday morning ) for some buttermilk and sweet cornbread fixins ( now where did I put that bacon dripping at in the frig ).



It not an East Texas thing.



Pat

[Juneaudave]

For me...I like a nice crisp crust on my cornbread. I have several cast iron pans that I don't even let my wife touch (my dad, Pap, gave them to me before he died, bless his heart)...two for those ones that look like little corn ears (for sticks) and one that does the wedges. They are extremely well seasoned...just greese them up, put them in a hot oven to temp, spray a little more PAM in them (if you are feeling paranoid), pour the batter in, and listen for the sizzle. In 20 minutes or so...you got heaven!!!