# Cornbread - the perfect food that goes with almost everything. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornbread-the-perfect-food-that-goes-with-almost-everything/669352 "2013-09-20T23:51:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornbread-the-perfect-food-that-goes-with-almost-everything/669352/1 "2013-09-20T23:51:10Z")
Just finished a delicious bowl of soup with cornbread crumbled up in it. 😛 yum, yum. Cook a pot of red beans, pinto beans, or purple hull peas with a ham hock and serve over cornbread. Pour an extra scoop of that juice over it. Fantastic meal. We could go on and on. What else do you love eating cornbread with? Either served with the food or as a side bread? We started baking all our cornbread in a muffin pan. It’s just easier to serve and there’s no hassle of cutting it up from a pan. But, I’ll eat cornbread however it’s cooked. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornbread-the-perfect-food-that-goes-with-almost-everything/669352/2 "2013-09-21T00:03:13Z")
SO made ‘chili’ Wednesday: Canned chili, canned corn, a can of Rotel salsa, and other stuff. More like a soup, really. We had a packed of Marie Callender’s cornbread mix from the Dollar Store in the cupboard, and she made that to go with it. She likes her cornbread sweet. I prefer mine without sugar. But I’m easy. The other day I was thinking it’s about time to make some chipotle-cheddar cornbread. It’s your basic cornbread recipe, but with a cup of shredded medium cheddar cheese and a couple of chopped canned chipotles. (Two chiles are find for most people. If I’m making it for me, I like three.) ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornbread-the-perfect-food-that-goes-with-almost-everything/669352/3 "2013-09-21T00:18:54Z")
Given cornbread, no matter what it’s served with, I’ll almost always hold my piece back and eat it with sorghum molasses as a dessert. Learned the habit from my mother. I bake it in a deep-dish pie plate. Cuts into nice satisfying wedges that way. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornbread-the-perfect-food-that-goes-with-almost-everything/669352/4 "2013-09-21T00:28:23Z")
Oh, and the cornbread itself shouldn’t be sweet. If you want it sweet, topping it with honey or molasses is perfectly acceptable and proper, but they’re not mixed in to the batter. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornbread-the-perfect-food-that-goes-with-almost-everything/669352/5 "2013-09-21T00:31:11Z")
Cornbread, heated or reheated and buttered, makes a nice light breakfast. It’s a sin to serve beans without cornbread. I’ll bake cornbread as muffins or in a pie plate too. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornbread-the-perfect-food-that-goes-with-almost-everything/669352/6 "2013-09-21T00:37:00Z")
I generally bake mine in a cast iron skillet or cornstick pan, but will do some up in muffin tins once in a while. I like cornbread with almost anything, but especially with greens. Last Sunday, I fixed a pot of collards with smoked neckbones to practice up for turnip green season 😃 and made a skillet of cornbread to go with it. Nom! It’s also good crumbled in chicken and rice soup or a tall glass of buttermilk ( something my granny called a hillbilly milkshake). Now you’re making me hungry. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornbread-the-perfect-food-that-goes-with-almost-everything/669352/7 "2013-09-21T00:38:59Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Oh, and the cornbread itself shouldn’t be sweet. If you want it sweet, topping it with honey or molasses is perfectly acceptable and proper, but they’re not mixed in to the batter. In our house, it was maple syrup. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornbread-the-perfect-food-that-goes-with-almost-everything/669352/8 "2013-09-21T00:42:49Z")
Butter and honey, next to a bowl of beans and smoked hocks. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornbread-the-perfect-food-that-goes-with-almost-everything/669352/9 "2013-09-21T00:51:24Z")
> [@missred](#): > > I generally bake mine in a cast iron skillet This. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornbread-the-perfect-food-that-goes-with-almost-everything/669352/10 "2013-09-21T01:21:23Z")
Exactly. Grease well and get that sucker piping hot, so the cornbread has a crust on it. Yum! I have to remind myself how good plain cornbread is, because I always load mine up with add-ins: bacon, cheese, diced green chilis, etc. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornbread-the-perfect-food-that-goes-with-almost-everything/669352/11 "2013-09-21T01:41:30Z")
I put a small cast iron skillet in the oven and heat it red-hot, then pour the batter in and bake it. Makes a nice crust. Another cool, magical thing is to make cornbread batter and pour it right into your pot of chili on to of the stove when it’s almost done. Cover the pot. The cornbread will magically rise to the top and make a yummy crust on top of the chili. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornbread-the-perfect-food-that-goes-with-almost-everything/669352/12 "2013-09-21T02:13:03Z")
I didn’t like cornbread when I was kid, but I love it now. And I like the box stuff and the homemade and the sweet and hot. regular cornbread with Chili. Sweet Cornbread with Ham/Beans soup. But I like it any time I can get it. As long as there is butter. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornbread-the-perfect-food-that-goes-with-almost-everything/669352/13 "2013-09-21T02:30:47Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I put a small cast iron skillet in the oven and heat it red-hot, then pour the batter in and bake it. Makes a nice crust. > > Another cool, magical thing is to make cornbread batter and pour it right into your pot of chili on to of the stove when it’s almost done. Cover the pot. The cornbread will magically rise to the top and make a yummy crust on top of the chili. Sort of like cornbread dumplings, I’m thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Werekoala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7993a0/32.png) [@Werekoala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Werekoala)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornbread-the-perfect-food-that-goes-with-almost-everything/669352/14 "2013-09-21T02:51:27Z")
I like a little cornbread with my butter. Preferably with that nice crispy ring around the outside. Also crumbled up in beans, although I prefer it whole to better contain the butter. My grandpa liked it crumbled up in buttermilk too although I never tried it, not a buttermilk fan. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornbread-the-perfect-food-that-goes-with-almost-everything/669352/15 "2013-09-21T03:14:47Z")
You can have mine. I must admit, I don’t like cornbread. Far more often than not it’s dry and tasteless. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornbread-the-perfect-food-that-goes-with-almost-everything/669352/16 "2013-09-21T04:35:34Z")
I like cornbread with butter, but it’s also delicious with the juice of any kinds of greens. Not sure why, but the flavor of the cornbread works so well with the tart taste of green juice. Turnip greens is what I mostly have had it with, but also collard greens are fine and even spinach greens. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornbread-the-perfect-food-that-goes-with-almost-everything/669352/17 "2013-09-21T05:42:23Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Another cool, magical thing is to make cornbread batter and pour it right into your pot of chili on to of the stove when it’s almost done. Cover the pot. The cornbread will magically rise to the top and make a yummy crust on top of the chili. That is what my father-in-law called upside down tamale pie. One of my tricks is too use creamed corn for half the liquid in the recipe. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornbread-the-perfect-food-that-goes-with-almost-everything/669352/18 "2013-09-21T12:38:41Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Sort of like cornbread dumplings, I’m thinking. Except that it’s a solid sheet of cornbread. > [@jasg](#): > > That is what my father-in-law called upside down tamale pie. > > One of my tricks is too use creamed corn for half the liquid in the recipe. Brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![Tully\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Tully\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tully_Mars)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornbread-the-perfect-food-that-goes-with-almost-everything/669352/19 "2013-09-21T13:45:11Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Given cornbread, no matter what it’s served with, I’ll almost always hold my piece back and eat it with sorghum molasses as a dessert. Now that I’m a grownup, I don’t have to save back a piece. I can have a piece or two with my beans, and still have another for dessert. Except, I like mine with honey. Except, too, for the damned carb thingy. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornbread-the-perfect-food-that-goes-with-almost-everything/669352/20 "2013-09-21T13:57:40Z")
G.D. carbs :mad: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cornbread-the-perfect-food-that-goes-with-almost-everything/669352.md?page=2)