beXnlog

Cornbread Obsession

As a current Queens resident, all my entries seem to be about Brooklyn! Maybe it's an indicator of our future whereabouts. Tonight after a fun knitting session with A$, we met up with P and had a grand Southern meal at the Cornbread Cafe. As the name states, cornbread is the main focus here and it sure was tasty!

I'd been craving good cornbread after my foolish attempts at baking a few pans from scratch. I downloaded multiple recipes, bought all the assorted ingredients (buttermilk, cheeses, chiles, white cornmeal, yellow cornmeal, even pre-made mixes!) that these varying recipes called for (well, not the sour cream one of them did) and ordered 2 cast iron pans with stars and corn shapes. I already have 3 cast iron pans but the cute shapes with the added benefit of a higher ratio of crispy crust sold me. I suspect my cornbread batches so far were terrible because my cute pans were not seasoned enough and i haven't found a great recipe yet. Kavita once gave us her secret cornbread recipe so as soon as i find it, i'm going to make a batch in my trusty 12" skillet and enjoy eating the whole pan myself.

In addition to yummy cornbread, we all enjoyed greens, potato salad, candied sweet potatoes, cajun rice, mac n cheese, Dr. Pepper and curried cabbage. P also had the chicken n dumplins. be liked the leftovers i took home, so it looks like we'll be making another trip there soon! Meanwhile, anyone out there with a yummy cornbread recipe, please pass it on!

posted by beXn @ 12:57 AM