Often when I walk through the aisles of the grocery store with Kim, I am drawn to yellow, grainy substance found somewhere between the flour and the sugar, better known as cornmeal. I think, "I really like cornbread. I should buy some of that stuff and try to make some cornbread." Recently, I took the plunge and I actually bought some cornmeal.

The package I bought was labeled "Old Time Stone Ground Cornmeal". I have this picture in my head of an old man making a donkey walk around in circles to turn a huge stone wheel that is crushing corn into bits. There's a good chance that my cornmeal did not come from a manufacturing process like that given that I paid less than a dollar for the entire package. There's also a good chance that the image of the donkey pulling the stone wheel comes from the House-Autry commercials they show on the jumbotron at Carter-Finley.

So, for those of you that stuck with me, here's my point. I have followed the directions on the cornmeal package twice, and both times I have been disappointed in the resulting cornbread. I'm not sure what is wrong with it, but it just not all that good. So, I am looking for some tips on cornbread making. I realize that the majority of the people that read my blog are not making cornbread on a regular basis, nor do they particularly care about reading about someone making cornbread, but you all have mom's or grandma's that have probably made some delicious cornbread. So, if you don't have any advice, ask them and get back to me.

In the meantime, here's a pretty funny video about cornbread.

Cornbread Samurai


NOTE: The guys that made this video are from Wilmington, NC.

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