The Cornbread Gospels (63 page)

see also
Corn kernels; Creamed corn

Cornbread Nation
,
195

“Cornbread Poem” (Yoho),
70

Cornbreads:

accompaniments for,
287
–
326
.
See also
Accompaniments for cornbread

crisped,
235
–
51
.
See also
Crisped cornbreads; Fritters; Hush puppies

global,
89
–
116
.
See also
Global cornbread

griddled,
199
–
234
.
See also
Griddled cornbreads; Jonnycakes; Pancake(s); Waffles

leftover,
255
–
86
.
See also
Leftover cornbread, dishes made with

little,
117
–
58
.
See also
Biscuits; Little cornbreads; Muffins; Rolls

in North,
37
–
66
.
See also
Northern cornbreads

in South,
7
–
36
.
See also
Southern cornbreads

Southwestern,
67
–
88
.
See also
Southwestern cornbreads

spoonbreads,
183
–
98
.
See also
Spoonbreads

yeasted,
159
–
82
.
See also
Yeasted cornbreads

Cornflake maple molasses bread,
168
–
70

Corn flour,
353

Corn kernels:

budin de elote (Mexican–style corn spoonbread),
93

chicken “Saturday sancocho,” Leyla’s,
322
–
23

chile-corn fritters,
245
–
47

chipotle cornbread, CopperWynd,
80

creamed.
See
Creamed corn

double-corn basic corn muffins,
121

double-corn cottage pancakes,
218
–
20

double-corn kush,
275

fresh corn fritters,
238
–
39

fresh corn makki ki roti (Indian corn griddle cakes),
112

fresh corn spoonbread,
193
–
94

fresh vs. frozen,
49

golden gazpacho,
266
–
67

herbed cornbread, Jessica Harris’s,
31

humitas (Bolivian-Colombian–style corn pudding),
94
–
95

Indonesian–style corn and eggplant fritters,
241
–
43

land of milk and honey custard-layered cornbread,
48

“last rows of summer” waffles,
223

new day Connecticut–style cornbread pudding,
285
–
86

New Spain–style corn pudding,
96

pan de elote (real Mexican pan cornbread),
91
–
92

quasi-colonial cornbread,
44
–
45

rockin’ cornbread, Patsy
Watkins’,
72

savory onion-scallion corn cakes,
232
–
33

Cornmeal:

colors of,
348
–
49
.
See also
Blue corn(meal)

determining freshness of,
155

grinds of,
15
,
349
–
51

self-rising,
350

in Southern vs. Northern cornbread,
34

stone-ground,
15
,
134
–
35
,
154
,
350

whitecap flint,
230
–
31
,
350
–
51

Corn pone.
See
Pone

“Corn Rigs an’ Barley Rigs” (Burns),
128

Cornsticks,
118

Cheddar-scallion-black pepper,
148
–
49

countryside,
147

Corn syrup,
351

Cortés, Hernán,
73

Cottage cheese,
221

corn cakes, apple-ginger,
220

corn cakes, blueberry blintz–style,
219

double-corn pancakes,
218
–
20

Countryside cornsticks,
147

Crackers,
118
–
19

rich Southern–style cornmeal cheese coins,
157
–
58

rosemary corn,
156
–
57

Craig Claiborne’s mama’s greens,
291

Craig Claiborne’s Sunflower, Mississippi, spoonbread,
188
–
89

Cranberry(ies), dried:

black walnut corn muffins,
140
–
41

togus bread,
61
–
62

Cranberry(ies), fresh:

corn muffins, orange-glazed,
141

-maple-bourbon butter,
141

orange cornmeal-oatmeal loaf,
60
–
61

Cream and honey cornbread, sweet,
47

Cream cheese:

Aphrodite butter,
139

blueberry honey-butter,
133

featherbed eggs,
262
–
63

Creamed corn,
351

cornbread, two grandmas’,
28
–
29

Dallas hot-stuff cornbread, Chou-Chou’s original,
69
–
70

extra-moist cornbread, Carroll’s,
46

gold-and-white tasty cornbread,
58
–
59

seriously spicy main dish cornbread,
75
–
76

“shortcake” of savory onion-topped cornbread,
81
–
82

Texas-via-Vermont Mexican cornbread, Jane’s,
71

Crepes, soft corn, Wanda’s,
234

Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, Ariz.,
246

Crisped cornbreads,
235
–
51

fried hot water pan cornbread, Ronni’s,
254

see also
Fritters; Hush puppies
Crossroads Cooking
(Rozin),
270

Crumble-bumble lemon blueberry babycakes,
136
–
37

Custard-centered cornbreads:

land of milk and honey,
48

Yankee “spider,”
50
–
51

D

Dairy Hollow House, Eureka Springs, Ark.,
11
,
12
,
211
,
256
,
262

Dinner at the Inn: Dairy Hollow House Days (menu),
13

skillet-sizzled cornbread,
12

Dallas hot-stuff cornbread, Chou-Chou’s original,
69
–
70

Darden, Carole,
195

Darden, Norma Jean,
195

David, William C.,
276

December I’ll-Make-Breakfast-While-You-Shovel-the-Walk (menu),
150

Deep Winter Let’s-Have-Breakfast-for-Dinner Dinner (menu),
181

Desserts,
327
–
44

apple golden-brown betty,
336
–
38

bourbon-banana cornbread pudding with bourbon sauce,
334
–
36

buttermilk cornbread pudding with apricots and lemon,
328
–
30

chocolate bread pudding, CopperWynd,
332
–
34

cornbread pudding with sweet Mexican flavors, Cheri’s,
330
–
31

cornmeal cake, Miss Kay’s dark
secret,
341
–
42

dark, extra-gingery gingerbread with Darra’s hot citrus sauce,
343
–
44

jonnycakes, Newport County–style thin and lacy,
224
–
25

lemon blueberry babycakes, crumble-bumble,
136
–
37

lemony cornmeal pound cake,
339
–
40

Dessert sauces:

bourbon whiskey,
336

hot citrus, Darra’s,
344

hot hot tequila-chocolate,
333
–
34

Diane’s Gap Mountain anadama bread,
165
–
66

Dinner at the Inn: Dairy Hollow House Days (menu),
13

Dixie spoonbread,
191
–
92

Dodgers, corn, Kentucky,
259
–
60

Don Quixote
(Cervantes),
182

Double-corn:

basic corn muffins,
121

cottage pancakes,
218
–
20

kush,
275

Douglass, Frederick,
9
–
10
,
21

Down-Home Dinner with the Preacher (menu),
124

Dragon’s Delight (menu),
301

Dressings (sides):

Midwest harvest sweet-savory,
281

savory cornbread,
277
–
78

stuffings vs.,
283

sweet-savory cornbread,
279
–
81

Dressings, salad.
See
Salad dressings

Dried cranberry-black walnut corn muffins,
140
–
41

Durgin-Park–style cornbread,
41

E

Edgerton, Clyde,
23

Edgerton, John,
183
,
195

Egg(s),
351

cornbread frittata-pancake,
260
–
62

Eureka,
264
–
65

featherbed,
262
–
63

savory cornbread dressing with,
278

in Southern vs. Northern cornbread,
34

whites, beating,
186
–
87

Eggplant and corn fritters, Indonesian–style,
241
–
43

Egg replacers (Eggscellence),
351
–
53

Eight Weeks at a Summer Resort
(Whitehead),
214

Elizabeth, princess of Yugoslavia,
12

Emerson, Ralph Waldo,
59

End of Summer Spread (menu),
239

Entrées:

budin de elote (Mexican–style corn spoonbread),
93

cornbread casserole with chorizo, Southwestern–style,
281
–
84

cornbread frittata-pancake,
260
–
62

cornbread pudding, new day Connecticut–style,
285
–
86

featherbed eggs,
262
–
63

fresh corn fritters,
238
–
39

humitas (Bolivian-Colombian–style corn pudding),
94
–
95

jonnycakes, Newport County–style thin and lacy,
224
–
25

onion-scallion corn cakes, savory,
232
–
33

seriously spicy main dish cornbread,
75
–
76

soft corn crepes, Wanda’s,
234

see also
Spoonbreads

Ethereal souffléed fresh corn fritters,
238
–
39

Evening multigrain pancakes,
206

Extra-moist cornbread, Carroll’s,
46

F

Fall Farm-Stand Orchard Idyll (menu),
45

Fats,
34
,
236

Faulk, Sook,
13

Featherbed eggs,
262
–
63

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence,
143

Feta:

Bosporus breezes salad,
299
–
301

corn thinbread with olives, walnuts, sun-dried tomatoes and,
106
–
9

Greek frittata,
262

Field, Carol,
174

Fields of Plenty
(Ableman),
128

First Lighting of the Fireplace, 2006 (menu),
315

Fisher, M. F. K.,
9

Flapjacks, crisp corn, Lynn Larson’s,
208
–
9

Flay, Bobby,
68

Flour,
34
,
39

cake,
347

corn,
353

yeast-risen breads and,
159
–
61

Folksongs,
157
,
194
,
229

Franconia Notch Pre–Cross-Country Ski Breakfast (menu),
210

Franklin, Benjamin,
40

Frank Stitt’s Southern Table
(Stitt),
195

Fresh corn:

fritters,
238
–
39

makki ki roti (Indian corn griddle cakes),
112

spoonbread,
193
–
94

sweetness of,
244

see also
Corn kernels

Friedman, Bonnie,
308

Frijoles, basic (with variations),
306
–
9

Frittata-pancake, cornbread,
260
–
62

Fritters,
238
–
47

chile-corn,
245
–
47

corn and eggplant, Indonesian–style,
241
–
43

fresh corn,
238
–
39

Frying,
235
–
37

see also
Crisped cornbreads; Fritters; Hush puppies

G

Gap Creek
(Morgan),
9

Gap Mountain Bakery and Café, Keene, N.H.,
164

Diane’s anadama bread,
165
–
66

Garden hush puppies, quickie,
248

Garden variety frittata,
262

Garlic(ky):

greens frittata,
261

lentil soup with greens and,
315
–
16

lentil soup with lemon, Middle Eastern–style,
316

Gazpacho, golden,
266
–
67

Gems,
118

white cornmeal,
149
–
50

George Washington’s favorite corn cakes,
202
–
4

Gift of Southern Cooking, The
(Lewis and Peacock),
195

Ginger:

apple corn cottage cakes,
220

banana corn muffins, DK’s,
138
–
39

pear muffins with lemon glaze, wholesome,
130
–
31