This is exactly the kind of cornbread I am all about. Muffins are nice, but I don't want muffins with beans. I'll be sure to keep an eye out when you do get around to making it! Either way, I think it's a good thing for a kid to have different takes on how things can be accomplished, especially cooking. Not to get all Jamie Oliver, but knowing how to cook is a good way to know how to eat and eat right. I think that learning to take care of yourself and how to take care of others can flow pretty naturally from learning how to cook, too. I'd really like to learn more about brewing or wine-making or any kind of thing like that, not just alcohol. I love getting into the process of things. That's too bad your wife's wine-making stuff got left behind. How much room do you need to comfortably make wine at home?It is not what most jack-holes consider "cornbread" because for some stupid reason, "cornbread" in the US became "banana bread with corn instead of bananas" when it's supposed to be "that which you shovel up your beans with."
Wine making is lower-pressure than beer-making. Wine doesn't explode. You're just as prone to failure. You comfortably need a spare closet, ideally a motorcycle's worth of garage, and a kitchen large enough to sling 5-gallon buckets around comfortably. Kleinbl00 Klan Kornbread Preheat oven to 400F 1 C cornmeal (the real stuff, chunky and grainy) 1/2 C flour (any) 1 t. salt 1 t. sugar 3 t. baking powder (also known as 1T but why dirty more than 1 measuring spoon) 1C milk 1 egg ~3T bacon fat Heat cast-iron skillet over stove. Melt bacon grease in it. Combine dry ingredients. Coat bottom and sides of skillet with bacon grease. Dump excess into dry ingredients. Add milk & egg, mix with a fork. Don't worry about small lumps. Pour batter into skillet, 3/4" or so deep, 3/4" or so freeboard. Bake 12-15min. Klan Kleinbl00 blacK bean(K)s 1 bag black beans 5-8 c chicken or turkey stock (one of those frozen ziploc bags from the last time you rendered a carcass) shit tons of cumen shit tons of paprika a bay leaf marjoram good handful of salt shit tons of ground pepper Less of that red chile powder you got from the Homeland than you think because holy fuck is it hot Other spices that seem like a good idea OPTIONAL BUT PREFERRED: 1 ham hock, smoked vertebra, random salt pork chunk, leftover chicken wing, some bacon, whatever Throw in pressure cooker. Heat until it locks. Let it rock for like 30-40 minutes. Eat crunchier than that shit you get in a can. VARIATION: Kleinbl00 Klan KPinto KBeans Substitute shit tons of oregano for the paprika. ADDITION: BREAKFAST BEYOTCH Take leftover beans. Poach egg on top. Add avocado, salsa, corn tortillas and nonfat greek yogurt.
Nice one, thanks! I'm a bit snowed under with holiday leftovers, but I will definitely make up a batch of the cornbread and some of those beans, soon. Turnabout is fair, so I'll get some snaps too. This is straight up mom-style. I dig it. So, for the cornbread, does it matter what temperature the egg or milk are?1 ham hock, smoked vertebra, random salt pork chunk, leftover chicken wing, some bacon, whatever