# What do YOU serve cornbread with?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 31, 2018, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165 "2018-05-31T01:21:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165/1 "2018-05-31T01:21:06Z")
Got me a jug of artisanal local buttermilk from th’ hippies today, and I want to make a pan of cornbread (as well as sipping a cold glass with a sprinkle of salt on top).
Little Banjo is home for a week from college, and I’m wondering what to make as a main dish to accompany it. I usually do Soup Beans (aka Hobo Beans) — pintos cooked with onion and a slice of smoked ham. But I want something more special.
Spare ribs or fried foods seem too fatty to serve with hot buttered cornbread. What do you suggest?
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### Author:  [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165/2 "2018-05-31T01:23:34Z")
I always like a nice bowl of Texas red chili con carne with cornbread.
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### Author:  [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165/3 "2018-05-31T01:27:35Z")
I know some people like that, but I always take my bowl of red with plain saltine crackers.
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### Author:  [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165/4 "2018-05-31T01:29:36Z")
Hey, chili doen’t judge, neither do I.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165/5 "2018-05-31T01:30:11Z")
Chili.
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### Author:  [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165/6 "2018-05-31T01:31:19Z")
I usually make it for breakfast, and serve it with bacon and eggs. Not fancy, but good. Add some honey to the butter = yummy!
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### Author:  [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165/7 "2018-05-31T01:33:50Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#):
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> I usually make it for breakfast, and serve it with bacon and eggs. Not fancy, but good. Add some honey to the butter = yummy!
That’s not bad but for breakfast, I prefer to thin the batter out a bit and use it for griddlecakes. Whatever floats your boat though.
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165/8 "2018-05-31T01:33:58Z")
Is there anything that cornbread doesn’t go with? I love having it with breakfast but if nothing else, make a nice bowl of soup and put some chucks of cornbread on the side.
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### Author:  [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165/9 "2018-05-31T01:35:08Z")
Chili: Texas. Cornbread: Southeast.
If I didn’t care about fat (usually, I don’t) I would serve cornbread with fried chicken or fish filets, stewed (with a chunk of fatback) pintos or black-eyed peas, and simmered (with a chunk of fatback) greens.
I can’t picture sitting around a good bowl of red in San Antonio and eating cornbread with it.
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165/10 "2018-05-31T01:37:24Z")
Soup and cornbread is my favorite meal. One piece crumbled into the soup. The other piece buttered and on the side.
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### Author:  [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165/11 "2018-05-31T01:37:39Z")
If you want to go fancy you could try a nice [CASSOULET.](https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/classic-cassoulet)
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### Author:  [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165/12 "2018-05-31T01:37:48Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#):
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> That’s not bad but for breakfast, I prefer to thin the batter out a bit and use it for griddlecakes. Whatever floats your boat though.
Oooo, THAT sounds good. Leave out the leavening though, I guess. Just cornmeal, egg, buttermilk, and seasoning?
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### Author:  [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165/13 "2018-05-31T01:38:08Z")
If fried fish is out, maybe some black bean soup? My wife makes a killer soup with dried and canned tomatoes added, and corn bread is the default side with it.
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### Author:  [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165/14 "2018-05-31T01:38:36Z")
I make/serve it either with chili or (typically on New Year’s Day) with black eyed peas and greens.
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### Author:  [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165/15 "2018-05-31T01:40:16Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> Is there anything that cornbread doesn’t go with? I love having it with breakfast but if nothing else, make a nice bowl of soup and put some chucks of cornbread on the side.
Yeah, leftover cornbread makes a great breakfast — heated up with butter and blackberry preserves!
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165/16 "2018-05-31T01:41:40Z")
Turnip greens and cornbread. Meal for royalty, around these parts.
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### Author:  [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165/17 "2018-05-31T01:44:39Z")
Green chile cheese corn chowder. With crumbled bacon.
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### Author:  [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165/18 "2018-05-31T01:44:55Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#):
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> Oooo, THAT sounds good. Leave out the leavening though, I guess. Just cornmeal, egg, buttermilk, and seasoning?
I use baking soda and I’ve experimented (with marginal success) with using a sourdough starter. Tasty but I can’t get the texture right.
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### Author:  [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165/19 "2018-05-31T01:46:07Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#):
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> If you want to go fancy you could try a nice [CASSOULET.](https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/classic-cassoulet)
Good Christ, classic French cuisine and CORNBREAD? Are you AWAY WITH THE FAIRIES?
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### Author:  [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-serve-cornbread-with/815165/20 "2018-05-31T01:47:44Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#):
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> I use baking soda and I’ve experimented (with marginal success) with using a sourdough starter. Tasty but I can’t get the texture right.
Why add leaven at all? We don’t put it into pancake batter.
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