One summer day after graduating from high school I was in the hardware store and I found my best friends grandmother there trying to figure out how to pay for a new water heater. I asked her what was wrong with her's. She said it just didn't work. I asked her if I could take a look at it. It was an easy enough fix. Clean it out and put new elements in it. She asked how she could repay me. I new she was an excellent cook. I asked her to fix my girlfriend and I a meal. Something that was he favorite. Two nights later we showed up. and she had made corn bread and beans. The corn bread was thin and crusty. She cut a chunk of corn bread and buttered it put it in the bowl and ladled some bean on top. The boiled navy beans had some chunks of bacon and some onion and it was delicious. She said she was a girl in the depression and they ate beans and corn bread often. She said it was a treat when they had bacon or ham and an onion to put in it. She kind of adopted me until my friend came home from the marine corps.

@marcellaalloway487

3 жыл бұрын

So sweet!

@kayeking200

3 жыл бұрын

Being kind pays off!!!!

@e.conboy4286

3 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful memory!

@atomicplaygirl66

3 жыл бұрын

That is a lovely memory. I think my dad (who was KIA in Vietnam) was a lot like you. He loved to help the older people and he had that knack for fixing things. I think how you treat others speaks volumes about you as a person.

@kelliez9991

2 жыл бұрын

Such a sweet story.

Thumbs up for pre-heated cast iron and no sugar added! That's how you make cornbread!

I’m a 58 year old man that used your Recipe for the first time last week and it turned out perfect. Getting ready to do it again I have 15beansoup in the crockpot. Lord willing I’m going to eat good tonight. Thank you so much. I would try anything you put on here

@CelebratingAppalachia

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@rastus666

Жыл бұрын

Cajun style 15 bean soup with smoked ham hocks in the crockpot is one of my favorites. I always make scratch cornbread to go with it. I think buttermilk adds to the breads’ moistness. If us guys like to eat, we should know how to cook.

@dennishowell6494

Жыл бұрын

@@rastus666 I love beans and greens with ham hock and of course you have to have corn bread with it

@Fragrantbeard

Жыл бұрын

@@rastus666 preach!

@williamcross8242

Жыл бұрын

Great!!!

Both of my grandmothers (Alabama) taught me how to make cornbread and I still make it the same way today; 50 years later: Martha White cornmeal mix, 1 egg and buttermilk enough to make the mix liquid. Heat 3 tblspns bacon fat in iron skillet at 450 degrees. When oven is preheated, pour hot fat from iron skillet into mix leaving a small amount of fat in pan. Mix well and pour mixture into iron skillet. Cook until top is brown.

@gregsly1247

8 ай бұрын

My father-in-law (Kentucky born and raised) swears by Martha White white cornbread mix as well.

@joecamel6196

8 ай бұрын

I am from North Georgia, but my heart is on Wimberley Rd., Toxey, Alabama. :.

@Shirley61581

8 ай бұрын

My mother (born & raised in Alabama) also taught me to make cornbread just as you described - so good! I thought all cornbread recipes were made with buttermilk vs. regular milk. My daddy loved to crumble his cornbread in a glass of milk & eat it that way.

@terifarmer5066

8 ай бұрын

@@Shirley61581 Thats what day old cornbread is for, or just any ways. Yum! Home sick, Kentucky (born & raised),,, :) Buttermilk a must Where i come from... Lol

@donavonbaker5172

2 ай бұрын

This what i use i add a egg mexie corn bacon bits red pepper flakes

You madam, are a natural born raconteur. You have a totally engaging way of relating life experiences in the Appalachian community to outsiders, I forgot for a while I was watching a video on cornbread making, it all came so easy and genuine to you, so please... don't ever change, the world needs more like you.☺

@americanaxetoolco2076

3 жыл бұрын

She’s wonderful!

@Diann705

3 жыл бұрын

AMEN!

@jonothandoeser

3 жыл бұрын

No! she ain't no resteraunter!!!

@mamamode1312

3 жыл бұрын

Amen.

@gordonray3091

3 жыл бұрын

@@americanaxetoolco2076 I agree. She is a gift from God.

I was an immigrant from northern Europe at the end of WWll and first had cornbread in elementary school at a friends house. Her mom was from Appalachia and served white beans, pork sausage and cornbread. I’m now 77 and it still makes my mouth water. Her mom also taught a group of us square dancing! Wonderful childhood memories and the beginning of my love for the American South.

@lawrencecarver4233

Жыл бұрын

thank you for your story.

@robertgoss4842

Жыл бұрын

I am nearly your age and, though I am not an Appalachian, I am a southern boy, born and bread. Thanks a million for sharing that terrific story! We do love our cornbread!

@emmadaniel3914

Жыл бұрын

I stumbled on this page and I truly enjoyed hearing you tell us about life in the south. I am so close to 80 and can relate to you in this way. I am not good at responding or writing but you gave me inspiration to try and let you know how much I love cornbread too. I am brown skinned and it is good to know you if only by texting. Keep writing I really appreciate your stories 🙏

@joycesmithwick7077

Жыл бұрын

That sounds so good!

@lawrencecarver4233

Жыл бұрын

@@emmadaniel3914 I want to give you a hug.

My family is originally from Mexico, the first American food my moma learned to make was cornbread in black skillet it remains firmly planted in our food standards today. It regularly shows up in combination with some of our Mexican dishes like spicy chicken mole. My mom used to say that the way to us becoming American was paved with cornbread. Excellent presentation, you are very much appreciated thank you.

@girl-cb4cg

5 ай бұрын

That's beautiful.

@waynekeseberg3167

4 ай бұрын

We love spicy chicken mole!

My mama passed away this year in July. This will be my first series of holidays alone without her. I was really hoping to find a cornbread recipe for my Thanksgiving dressing. I came upon your video! Thank you for making me feel like I will get a piece of my mama for the holidays! You have been a real blessing to me ever since I found your channel!

@CelebratingAppalachia

Жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry you lost your sweet mother!! I hope you like the cornbread 😀

@ohiobluebird3713

Жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry your Mother passed away. May her memory be a blessing to everyone. . 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 KJV

I am a West Virginia girl and I LOVE cornbread made in an iron skillet. It is a mystery to me how anyone can eat any kind of beans without cornbread ! LOL🤔

@dennishowell6494

Жыл бұрын

You cannot have beans or greens without cornbread❤

@truthofgod6213

Жыл бұрын

Mmm, stop it! Or imma make a cake, bust it up on a plate and smother it with beans AND THE JUICE! Yes my mother taught me, never ever wash that castiron pan, never ever cook anything but cornbread in it. Edit 2/5/2023: After much research I've discovered it was the lye in the soap of the day that stripped the seasoning from the cast-iron. Today's milder dish soaps contain no lye therefore there is no danger of stripping the seasoning. Many will reject this knowledge for the age old traditions and that's fine, it ain't mine ;-]

@rowenasmith400

Жыл бұрын

My Mother is a West Virginia Coal Miner's Daughter and this is how our Cornbread was made when I was a kid. ❤️

@lisacgoodloe8695

Жыл бұрын

Me to my Granny Elsea Crowe/Sunderland was from Copper Hill Tn( this was my fathers mother. My Mom made it just like this lady does, and it is wonderful. I grew up on cornbread, beans and taters any way you make the tater.s.Also on good days we had pork chops or meat loaf or fried chicken..

@DrBeckyEm

Жыл бұрын

I was born and raised in Alabama! We had cornbread and beans every day. Nothing better.

Grew up on beans and cornbread and was glad to have it.

@rosemarie20

2 жыл бұрын

Amen.

@constitutionalrepublic1966

2 жыл бұрын

Appalachian cooking is the pandemic’s newest discovery. I’m so glad I grew up here.

@ron.6703

2 жыл бұрын

That was the best times love it. Got my grandma pan . Grandpa would say we going to eat good to night ☕☕🍰🍰

@michaelrobbins3559

2 жыл бұрын

Pinto beans, cornbread, green onion, cucumbers, tomatoes, fresh green beans, and sweet milk in the summer. In the winter replace the green onion, cucumbers and tomatoes with canned green beans, pickled beets and sliced onion. Always had sweet milk and cornbread for a snack the next day. To this day the sizzle as it hits the hot cast iron somehow feels comforting.

@richard2720

2 жыл бұрын

Still the best dinner.kid u not my eyes watering just writing this than u

My mama was Cherokee. She ate cornbread with buttermilk, a tomatoe and a green onion. The night before she passed she asked for it. So I got it and she only took a nibble but she she got a huge smile on her sweet face.

Enjoyed it. The sad mill story reminded me of one told about my dad's grandpa. He took some corn to a mill one day and didn't return that night. His wife (my ggm) sat up all night worried and waiting. Finally at daylight, although she was several months pregnant, she bridles to a mule. Putting her toddler in front of her she started out to find her husband's lifeless body somewhere along the way. You can imagine her surprise when she arrive at the mill after a long, rough ride and found ggp eating breakfast with the Miller. It seems the man stayed and talked with all the other patrons (and probably played his fiddle) until it got late, so the Miller invited him to stay over. Of course he had with no concern for his poor wife.

My husband washed my cast iron ONCE, family quickly learn NOT to mess with my pan.

@jimmybarnes2753

2 жыл бұрын

Yep you and my mother!

@milliway2010

2 жыл бұрын

I hide my pans too.

@jeanniewright2554

2 жыл бұрын

My husband put my Grandma’s rolling pin in the dishwasher!! I cried!! Had to start all over on the seasoning!!!

@jeffscott8323

2 жыл бұрын

How many knots you put on his head. Ouch HeeHee

@vocalone8182

2 жыл бұрын

😂

Some people just don’t know what they’ve missed. Cornbread, fried “arsh “ taters, and pinto beans and some sliced onion! Oh my!

@RaysMuleBarn

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I gotta have fresh onion with mine!

@mamamode1312

3 жыл бұрын

Fried greens, too.

@dr.froghopper6711

3 жыл бұрын

Food that sticks to bones.

@diannasmith7119

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yum yes. Wish I had beans soaked

@leighflorkevich9916

3 жыл бұрын

We ate that for dinner lots when I was a kid. I'm from WV and my husband is from PA and he had never eaten beans and cornbread for dinner before. We have that meal all the time and I think my family ate it mostly because not only is it delicious, it's economical too.

I am a new listener, 78-year-old, learning how to cook. Lost my wife last year and knew absolutely nothing about cooking. I needed a corn bread recipe to go with my navy beans. Thanks

@CelebratingAppalachia

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching William. I'm so sorry you lost your wife.

@margaretnorvell9555

5 күн бұрын

It is a very hard thing to lose a spouse. I hope you are perking along good.

@williamSmith-fv5hi

5 күн бұрын

@@margaretnorvell9555 God is blessing beyond any expectations. Thanks

I'm new to Appalachia, in Southwestern Va. Moved here from Florida on 2005. I've lovingly restored my 1908 brick home! Your stories are SO heartwarming. I was so very much drawn to living here, surrounded by these Beautiful mountains and kind, authentic people! I have my Swedish Grandmother's cast iron pans. I will definitely make some corn bread. Thank you!

You are a standing example of a fine american woman I tip my hat to you.God bless your loved ones

You my dear are the reason why America exists!

@workin4alivin585

3 жыл бұрын

And one reason Amerca has been great! May God Bless you and yours.

@georgiaamanatides4207

3 жыл бұрын

I fully agree.

My dad loves cornbread in buttermilk. He crumbles it up in his glass, pours the buttermilk over the top and really enjoys it. We always had soup beans and fried taters n cornbread. My husband loves that too. Slice up a tomato and some raw onion.

@gr88pnw

Жыл бұрын

My Dad did exactly the same thing - crumbled it up in a glass with buttermilk and eat it with a spoon. My parents were both from Alabama and I don't know how my mother would do this but she made the cornbread in a cast iron skillet on top of the stove and then would flip the entire thing (for a family of 9). I asked her to show me how....she used yellow meal and didn't measure anything. She also sprinkled corn meal in the skillet first and blackened it a bit. My dad always wanted it that way best - kinda burnt on the bottom! I gave up trying turning the whole thing over because it but it always broke in half on me. But I sure do heat up the skillet in the oven first.

@misstlc7136

Жыл бұрын

Mmmmm Milknbread.... I'm pretty sure that's one word. Lol That's how my family has always said it. Salt n pepper and ice cold milk. That's comfort food 101

@AppealToHeaven

Жыл бұрын

My dad did, too!

Tried your exact recipe but with buttermilk and a little salt and pepper and it’s the best cornbread I ever had. Had it with bean soup and even my wife, who hates beans, was shaking her head at how good it all was. Thanks a lot.

@CelebratingAppalachia

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

A friend of mine who grew up in Appalachia told me that they would crumble their cornbread into their glass of buttermilk. That was often their breakfast before school. He says it is now one of his favorite treats.

@2warzone

Жыл бұрын

My dad would have that for dessert lol

@cathyheston3029

Жыл бұрын

I love it in regular milk. 😋

@jeffreykbevins7116

Жыл бұрын

I love fresh popped popcorn spooned up with a tablespoon and dipped in a slightly warmed glass of buttermilk with a little salt added to it. Popcorn is so delicious to me done like this one spoon at a time and I am 58 yrs old and have been doing this since I was a kid and my mom is 91 yrs old and she has been doing this since she was a kid . Sometimes if I am really hungry I maybe will eat 2 bags, I will eat most of the first bag and then I will get another bag to popping, the hotter the popcorn is when you are dipping it in the buttermilk the better it is . The country style buttermilk or homemade buttermilk is the best and my favorite buttermilk from a grocery store, is from Krogers . Just wanted to share this with you, take care and enjoy . 🤗👍💖💫

@jointheir9594

Жыл бұрын

...us Mississippians would sprinkle sugar on it in the buttermilk...yum...yum...

@cathyheston3029

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffreykbevins7116 Never heard of that. Where were you raised? Interesting....

We grew up eating cornbread with homemade pinto beans and fried potatoes, even after all these years it’s still one of my favorite meals.

Thank You! My late father was born in Arkansas in 1913. Times were pretty hard but he had plenty of good stories. His dad left the family and his mom had a breakdown. His older brother born in 1900 pretty much had to raise him til he went in the army when he was 17. He had lots of stories about different foods they survived on. Corn was a main staple. He loved cornbread with anything. He enjoyed day old cornbread crumbled in his coffee cup with sweet milk. That was part of his diet up to when he died at 89. I still make cornbread and think of him often and still live on our family farm in New Mexico. Thanks for sharing your stories and God Bless You and your family.

❤Yes Mam! I’m 71 years old and raised on the exact recipe my mother made. You can’t find one restaurant that makes it this way. Dad would break it up late at night pour milk over the cornbread to soothe his upset stomach. Love this thin crusty bottom with light brown top. Thank you so much for the history lessons of the Appalachian people. Our family of Scot’s first settled in Carolina’s, Mississippi and Louisiana. Doesn’t matter where we come from as long as we can sit down and break this bread together! Thank you for sharing your stories and recipes!

I’m not from the country, I just love to hear this nice lady talk. And I like cornbread. A win-win!

Thanks for not adding sugar. Live in Maui for 10 yrs and locals can't believe I don't add sugar. Grew up in Samoset Fl. White cornmeal lard and buttermilk fried in an iron pan & eaten with every meal. Mama had nine kids to feed so that cornbread filled up our bellies right quick. Thanks for sharing❤

@fred1092

Жыл бұрын

My wife is from Mississippi. They call cornbread with sugar down there 'Yankee' cornbread. Here in Arkansas where I was born and still live, it never occurred to me to put sugar in cornbread. Ruins it.

@jmaniak1

8 ай бұрын

It’s not a desert cake. Sugar in cornbread is an abomination.

@pamspradlin8768

8 ай бұрын

Parents. Cooked. Fill. Up. Kids. Bellies. True

@Victoriachgogirl

3 ай бұрын

I love sugar in my cornbread

This lady nailed the Southern art of making cornbread, excellent video.

My dad loved cornbread, and when he lived with me in his older years, he had me add a bit of canned pumpkin to the batter. He said it made the cornbread more moist. So I did that, and I think he was right. I loved your video, and loved listening to you talk and share your stories.

My granny in Kentucky passed age 90 in 2015 & she made the best Cornbread in an old Iron Skillet.Think was her mothers.She would have a cornbread in a glass of Cold Buttermilk i as a child would have a glass of it too right along with her watching her favorite shows either, Hew Haw or The Grand Ole Opry..the best memories of my life were with my Granny she could make the best meal out of very little..To this day i can have pinto beans & cornbread for supper a slice of onion & im happy reminds me of my grandmother..

@banjo8704

3 жыл бұрын

exactly my thoughts. I still have buttermilk and cornbread every few weeks.

@TxDan100

3 жыл бұрын

My sweet mama too ... with onion

@mike856ms

3 жыл бұрын

Yes ma'am. This good eating. You know how to make a meal.

@edstimator1

3 жыл бұрын

I'm with you....I was raised on navy beans and cornbread....I love it to this day.

@bluered5497

3 жыл бұрын

Cornbread and butter milk we had for breakfast. Crumble it into a bowl of buttermilk. Have your spoon handy...chow down. But the holiday mealwgen we could afford it... Pinto beans, rice, frid chicken collard greens, potato salad and cornbread (Always the greased black skillet).

Being from Appalachia there’s always a story... and you can’t beat beans and cornbread... or anything

@DavidBrowningBYD

3 жыл бұрын

Cornbread is always part of New Years Day with black-eyed peas and collard greens cooked with fatback or ham hocks.

@lindasexton8505

3 жыл бұрын

U can't beat soup beans..fried taters..cornbread and green onions straight out of the garden..cucumbers too..yum..yum...

@mamamode1312

3 жыл бұрын

Love cornbread in a bowl and bean over top. Fried greens to the side.

@e.conboy4286

2 жыл бұрын

@@mamamode1312 Oh, Lawd! So good!

This is so cool that you share your recipes and the stories that go with them. Thank you so much. I’m from the South Pacific and have never tried cornbread. But after watching this I’m a mind to give it a go. Keep up the excellent work on your great channel.

My paw paw eats corn bread and pinto beans every single day for supper with an onion from the garden.

Girl, you eat the way I do. Pure country. Daddy used to butter his cornbread and pour molasses over it and eat it.

@michaelcoughlin8966

3 жыл бұрын

your killing me that sound so good

@jamesellsworth9673

3 жыл бұрын

It is also good with sorghum syrup.

@wandastevens3183

2 жыл бұрын

Good with Grandma's Molasses too...!!!

Nothing like fresh out of the oven cornbread. Yum!

One of my fondest memories is my grandfather sitting at the kitchen table crumbling old cornbread into a drinking glass and adding milk. He just loved old cornbread and milk. What a lovely memory to have and thank you so much for bringing it back.

@dplj4428

22 күн бұрын

My favorite, too. Real 100% buttermilk cornbread crumbed into a glass of buttermilk. Not lowfat. Plenty of real whole foods. 9:03 first hearing all these types of corn mushes. I do love also cornmeal griddle cakes whether made with buttermilk or water.

Only one pan to bake corn bread is cast iron pan. I am a southern born and bred southern boy from the Deep South. We southerners love our corn bread. I discovered a new recipe a few years ago where I use mayonnaise along with buttermilk and, eggs, sage and, a little bacon grease. I cook fried bread to. Thank you mam for posting your video your a real southern lady.

Back when me and my wife were young I worked on a large cattle farm in central Kentucky, one of my jobs was to check cattle 2 times a day during calving season ,once at daylight and again before dark , we had a good horse called babe , when my daughter was just little she would ride with me , and we would cut the tops out of Polk until we had a big sack of it , my wife would make corn bread, cook down the Polk like greens , fried potatoes and sometime fat back bacon in rolled in flour, And always pinto beans, this was 40 years ago and I still miss it .

@donnareeweeks6180

2 жыл бұрын

Fat back rolled in flour and fried is what was called " poor man's fried chicken " . Hey fry up some bacon that was rolled in flour and you have " poor man's Steak " . Especially good with Cat Heads and lop washers.

@dianee5375

2 жыл бұрын

@@donnareeweeks6180 Good gracious! I haven’t heard anyone mention “cat’s heads” in nearly 30 years! My father used those words for extra big biscuits!

@dougpaige

2 жыл бұрын

Love some polk salad and cornbread. For years me and my granny would collect polk in the spring. As she got older, so did her eyesight. I had to be real careful when washing them greens, or I would have been cooking cornbread with sumac and poison ivy. It was an adventure..:)

@johnholliday9719

2 жыл бұрын

Yum yum. I am from Mississippi and since leaving the south over 30 years ago haven't had any of what you described in your post. I would pay top dollar for a genuine home cooked southern meal.

Thank you for inviting us into your kitchen, sharing your cornbread secrets AND sitting on the front porch to share the "going to the mill" stories from your family's past. You do Appalachia proud.

The best cornbread cooking tip I ever got was from my grandmother. I told her every time I make cornbread, It comes out flat, And almost burnt on the bottom. She asked if I was using a package mix, That required milk and eggs. I said yes. She asked if I was following all the instructions on the Package. I said yes. She then told me... "Use two packages of mix" It Worked!! My cornbread comes out perfect every time now.

Alabama native here and my Mama’s cast iron skillets are my pride and joy! My Daddy God love him made cornbread every day/ not one day went by without it/ they loved their cornbread crumbles in buttermilk and then sometimes would slice thin and fry in oil yum never let that good cornbread go to waste!🥰

When you were talking about your cornbread skillet it made me smile. It reminded me of my mom. You learned from an early age you do not dare touch her cornbread skillet. I have that skillet now and it's still only used for cornbread.

Cornbread and sweetmilk...a fantastic breakfast. My dad always grew collards, and put them up in the freezer. Every time we had cornbread, we also cooked up those collards to go with it. A match made in Heaven.

@tspaulding3845

11 ай бұрын

Mom would cook fried fish, greens, and cornbread, always together. It got to a point if she didn't have all 3 the dinner wasn't finished. One day, no cornbread so I asked her, "how are we going to eat the fish and greens without cornbread?" She looked at me and said well I guess you're old enough to learn how to make it. I was about 7 or 8 when I made my 1st pan of cornbread. I didn't start with the skillet, it was to heavy. But heated the greased a Pyrex pie pan. I still like that fish combination & will have cornbread and greens for my breakfast... especially if you have pigtails in those greens, WOOHOO now that's a breakfast bowl. Thanks for bringing back good memories.

@PapaA7145

7 ай бұрын

There’s a restaurant in Columbia TN that serves white beans and greens with their catfish. The fish and sides are as good as any I have eaten. They also serve fries and slaw. Their hushpuppies are very good and the pickled green tomatoes are a very nice treat, those welcoming at your table. Catfish Campus is the restaurant.

Your family (especially your husband) is so blessed to have such a wonderful woman such as you. You are always making your house to be such a warm, loving home, full of wonderful meals and memories! The feasts that you make on a regular basis put so many of your contemporaries to shame! The world needs more wonderful homemakers such as yourself! I LOVE your channel, and yes, I am SO JEALOUS of your husband!! 😅. You are truly a Proverbs 31 woman!

@CelebratingAppalachia

Жыл бұрын

You are so kind-thank you!

Thank you dear lady for bringing back my memory of crumbling my corn bread into my pinto beans. Beans and corn bread were a staple in the black community of the past. Probably not so much nowadays. Honestly, the taste of fruits and veggies, today, is different than what they used to taste like. Back in the day food tasted better, fresh out of my momma's garden. It was unusual to find fruit that wasn't sweet! My mom was born and raised in West Virginia.

My grandma an my mother taught me to us Bacon grease !! We heat everything on top of the stove we get the bacon grease hot on top of the stove pour the batter in it start Sizzlin by the time it spreads out within the pan bacon grease came up around the sides don’t overfill it !! Plus using bacon grease adds flavor to the cornbread !!

@TexasScout

3 жыл бұрын

Ummmmm.... that sounds really good! 😋

@jesusislord3321

3 жыл бұрын

Using bacon grease is my favorite also.

@kathycuster8219

3 жыл бұрын

That is how I so it. So good!

@billybatesjr1837

3 жыл бұрын

@@jesusislord3321 my mother left me my grandmother cast iron Skillets plus my great grandmothers and my mothers I have all of them I gave some out to the family members and I kept 3+ the new ones I bought for myself I love cast-iron

@jesusislord3321

3 жыл бұрын

@@billybatesjr1837 What a special gift

It's such fun watching you cook. I married a girl who knows how to cook like that and I gained 40 lbs when we married! I wonder how many people realize that our ancestors had never heard of corn when they they established the first permanent English-speaking settlement in Virginia 1607? The "corn" mentioned in the King James Bible refers to other grains. Much of what we know about corn we learned from Native Americans.

You know I never thought of baking corn bread. The only way my grandmothers, mother and I have ever made it was on top of the stove. Thank you for teaching me something different!

Cornbread is our bread, Kentucky (born & raised) it was served every day, i can talk about Holler days, & moonshine, have a great day! :)

Cornbread made with bacon grease in a cast iron skillet. Mama liked it thin with the golden crust, I liked it thick. Cornbread and buttermilk or cornbread and sweet milk with sweet onions. Pinto beans, cornbread, onion, fresh tomato slices, banana pepper, sweet tea. Best meal ever.

@tubularfrog

3 жыл бұрын

I save my bacon drippings for cooking with. You can buy brick lard in the store, but I prefer the slight smokiness from the bacon. You can't find (at least I can't) real buttermilk like was available in the the 1950's and 60's when I was a youngster. It all has artificial thickeners added, etc. Do you have a recipe for corn fritters? This recipe is real good food, thank you.

@sharrilswindle752

3 жыл бұрын

Oh your making me hungry lol

@mamamode1312

2 жыл бұрын

Butter milk, real true butter milk, need to find some one who keeps cows or sheep and get that live milk then make yourself real true butter milk. Not that dead fake stuff at the grocery.

@Dharmabum2000

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Very informative, and that cornbread looks amazing.

@okiejammer2736

2 жыл бұрын

Amen and amen. Mmm.

I would pass over any bread to eat cornbread, it’s my favorite! I love it with soup beans, chicken and dumplings and any kind of soup. Thank you for this cornbread tutorial, it looks delicious. Mm. I have a little story about my uncle and how he got his nickname that lasted his entire lifetime. He was a teenager and taking the corn to the mill to be ground was one of his chores. The mill was really busy that day and the family name was on the bag of corn so he left the corn by the mill door to run a couple of errands. When he returned the mill had closed for the day and there were several bags outside the door to be picked up. He glanced over the bags and there it was, written above the family name “Cornbread” Estes. Everyone in our county knew who you were talking about if you said the name Cornbread. It was in his obituary when he passed. A lot of people didn’t know his real name. Sometimes I would call him Uncle Cornbread. He was a good man and I miss him……

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Great story 😀

@sharoneldridge1920

Жыл бұрын

Try it with buttermilk

@hummingbird275

Жыл бұрын

That is a great story!

@paulinavaldez3913

Жыл бұрын

🥰😂🥰

@beckywheatley8439

Жыл бұрын

Such a wonderful memory!

Your videos just continue to blow my mind how much you’re reminding me of my late grandparents! And I can’t thank you enough! My grandpa “Pop” used to eat cornbread and milk for a snack in the evening and through the years I’ve always enjoyed that as well. My dad and brother eat cornbread and milk occasionally too. My dad especially liked buttermilk and cornbread

So interesting on how corn is so integral to the south and Appalachia. In northern Europe in the past it was rye that kept people literally alive because it was one of the crops that would almost always grow in the cold climates. I myself love just plain cornmeal mush with butter.

I make cornbread the same way! Growing up in Ft. Worth, raised by a mother that grew up in west Texas picking cotton & my Daddy grew up in southeast Texas near Beaumont. My mother made cornbread every week with pinto, navy or butter beans along with fried potatoes & onions or baked sweet potatoes. Mom would also make her cornbread with chicken and dumplings and always opened a can of cranberry sauce to eat with it… yummy😎 I have fond memories of mom & dad eating cornbread & milk. I tried it, liked it but haven’t had it since I lived at home. Love your channel because it takes me back to my childhood to a simpler time… The Good Old Days❤️

Living close to and in harmony with nature, appreciating the simpler things in life, love of family, and respect for ones self - I can see that in this woman’s face and hear it in her voice.

@terryfinley7760

3 жыл бұрын

Well said!

I love this history you preserve. A guy that works for me went through the harvest time of his life. He lost his mother at 100. He’s from brevard and it just shows you how strong these old People are. The recipes you show made people thrive into elder years. It’s the ray we’re actually supposed to eat. I don’t eat like that I cook beef too much, but the direction of your videos from knowledge you have will keep Appalachia alive. We just lost one at 100. It’s so important coming from someone in Miami,Fl.

One corn dish you did not mention was corn pudding, made with milk/cream, eggs, and corn. We always make corn pudding for holidays and special occasions. Thank you for your recipes and your stories!

@pamspradlin8768

8 ай бұрын

Like. Corn. Pudding. Wat. Your. Recipe .??

Brought up on Cornbread with soup beans, and fried potatoes with onions. Cornbread and milk is still delicious meal to me.

@robynweeks6004

Жыл бұрын

Me too..!! Grew up on this, thought everybody did...😅🤣 ..and cabbage, potatoes, pork chop or what ever a meat might be, if you had any.. biscuits and gravy..apple butter.. Oh, Kentucky.. I miss thee... 😢

@deborahringley4662

Жыл бұрын

Where do you find cracklins for cracklin cornbread?

@pansyjones1870

Жыл бұрын

Yep..me too...

@Lamew

Жыл бұрын

Me to!!!!! Love them Beans!!!!!

To this day, one of my very most favorite late night snacks is a glass of buttermilk with a fat slice of cornbread broken-up into it. I eat it with a spoon like breakfast cereal and slurp up the crumbs from the glass. 😋

@rosemarie20

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, yes, delicious!

@carolynwinkler3473

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing better than buttermilk, cornbread and a little salt and pepper!!

@priscillapickel

2 жыл бұрын

My Dad loved to eat cornbread this way too. I remember him eating it almost every night.

@monkeyflower954

2 жыл бұрын

Momma only used white lily corn meal and a cast-iron that was seasoned as well... she passed away Jan 21st 😭

@debrawaites4085

2 жыл бұрын

Cush cush right?

I am old, so my memories go back a ways. You brought back many. Papa, who was my Grandfather, born in 1886, told stories about taking corn to the mill as a youngster. They would load up the pack house/mule to the max and lift him on top. Only one track, so the house would walk to the mill. Sounds great, but what if nature calls? He told the story about getting so sleepy he fell off before the mill and had to walk the horse the rest of the way. Once the corn was ground the mill workers would lift him on top of the sacks, greatly reduced by this time and turn the horse toward home. Life was different and family meant......

Cornbread and milk oh my gosh how I love that. Spoonbread is another kind of cornbread we used to have sometimes. Hushpuppies too are such a treat and if you are a crust lover I know you must love those. Now i'll be counting the weeks for Thanksgiving to roll around so I can have some cornbread dressing. What on earth would we do without cornbread??? Life would be pitiful!

My Mother use to make us cornmeal mush for breakfast. You are the 1st person that has ever said anything about cornmeal mush.

@kathycuster8219

3 жыл бұрын

Love fried mush in bacon grease with a tiny bit of syrup on it. The sweet and the salt is wonderful!

@antilogism

3 жыл бұрын

I've offered it to my son: he looks at me like I'm crazy. At least he love cornbread.

@robincastle2209

3 жыл бұрын

What I find funny are the people who will turn up their noses at "cornmeal mush", but will rave about Polenta. It's the same thing, just with a different accent!

@antilogism

3 жыл бұрын

@@robincastle2209 So true. Branding is 50% of the battle. It's the main reason clotted-cream isn't a big hit.

My mom was from West Virginia and my dad from Harlan county Kentucky. As a son of these amazing people I have been blessed by the ways of Appalachia people. I am so so proud of my heritage and have tried to instill that pride with my children. Work hard, your promise means something, always help others with whatever you can, we all the same in god’s eyes.

@peetky8645

2 жыл бұрын

CH, you have a nice code; i'm sure your parents would be proud. my dad grew up in loyal Ky on the cumberland river in Harlan county. he was born in '22 and his daddy repaired things for the L&N. back then it was a bustling prosperous coal mining community...not so much now. he used to tell stories of a mexican family that sold corn tamales at the train depot and how he loved them as a snack. he loved his unsweetened cornbread and pinto beans to die for. i remember his stories about the american chestnut trees that filled the woods so that when the flowers dropped it looked like snow in june. his childhood was like a mark twain novel. his mother died in 1985 and the changes she saw in the world boggle the mind.. take care.

@PROUDCANADIANGIRL

2 жыл бұрын

I love this… even though I’m a Canadian, same teachings from my elders and parents. Be honest, when a friend asks for help, you help… work hard, be kind be polite and be loyal. Not a bad way to be raised. I’m 50 now and being this way got me exactly where I want to be. 😊

@hummingbird275

Жыл бұрын

@@PROUDCANADIANGIRL 👍🏼♥️

@robynweeks6004

Жыл бұрын

HARLAN HERE: along with Hazzard .. we love our cornbread.. personally I don't care for white corn meal..I still love yellow with lily flour..

@dont.wilson2121

Жыл бұрын

My parents were from central West Virginia, Clay County.

Brings back good childhood memories, I love my cast iron skillets. Recently I have started adding a little bit of grits to my cornmeal mix, A friend adds fried bacon to her battered.

Hi there, I grew up in Huntington, WV, my parents were from Clay County, WV. I love cornbread, especially in soup beans like yourself. I crumble my cornbread the same way. Thank you for taking me down memory lane. The Lord bless you!

I have my great grandmothers wood burning cookstove, and i still use it.

My wife would make me a cake of cornbread for cornbread and milk every week. She has gone on to her reward and her messing around the range fixing my cornbread is one of those everyday things that I miss. On a brighter note my Grandma made the best cream corn ever. My Aunt make it pretty good but, no one can make it like Grandma. I like your channel, it rekindles a lot of memories especially, the food ways.

Greeting from Vietnam, cornbread sounds wonderful but of course we have nothing like that but just love your enthusiasm....

I was proud to share this with folks tonight.

Try cornbread and chilli man that's eating high on the hog

@maxsdad538

3 жыл бұрын

I actually made that for Christmas morning breakfast one time when my son was younger.

@shortmoneytrucker964

3 жыл бұрын

You are not wrong!

@alainemacqueen9033

3 жыл бұрын

We have it with chili all the time !!!

@peggyleekight1563

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I love Hormel Chili with beans & Cornbread!

@AslansAngel1

3 жыл бұрын

My in-laws put peanut butter on the bread, which I thought was revolting the first time I saw it, but OMG it rocks!

I use cast iron for cornbread and upside down cake, pineapple, apple or black berry some times cherry! My wife thinks I’m nuts! She’s a yankee so you know, bless her heart! LOL!! Cornbread and beans is a staple in my house!

@packingten

3 жыл бұрын

I had an accident w my pineapple us down cake the butter got dark from skillet hot it made the cake topping so good...I also use a little juice in sklet,And puree the leftover pineapple; put in batter....

@josmith3118

3 жыл бұрын

Bless YOUR heart! We would probably die round here with out cornbread

@debbiematheny4734

3 жыл бұрын

Ooooo I make pineapple upside down cake in mine too! And blackberry cobbler yum!

I am from Missouri and that’s how my Grandma taught me to make cornbread. I am in Florida now. We were to have a meet your neighbors meal right next door. Well I made a big ole pot of ham and soup beans. I also fried up about three pounds of hog jowl and lastly I made a big plate full of Johnny Cakes. A meal for for a king. We all started eating following the prayer. I was just having a grand ole time. I looked around the table then said, hey don’t any of you people like cornbread with your soup beans. A guy that was my age broke out laughing and said he was wondering why I would bring pancakes for supper with no syrup. Then everyone busted out laughing. God Bless You Sweet Lady.

@CelebratingAppalachia

7 ай бұрын

😊

My uncle (next door) had a grist mill. When I was young, I used to help him grind cornmeal in his shed. The grist mill was powered by an old single cylinder "hit and miss" engine. We grew LOTS of "Silver Queen" (large kernel, white) corn, in addition to virtually ALL our vegetables. My maternal grandmother made the absolute BEST vegetable soup. There just wasn't anything better than her veggie soup and her cornbread!!! Oh how I absolutely CHERISH those memories!!!

@CelebratingAppalachia

8 ай бұрын

Love those memories!!

I just stumbled on this video and have enjoyed every minute of it. You are so warm and welcoming - I feel like I’ve made a new friend! ❤️

@CelebratingAppalachia

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😀

@brendadarrington4268

3 жыл бұрын

Me too I’ve enjoyed watching this video. Listen to the stories and with all the you eat with your cornbread., that’s what you good old fashioned eating and enjoying. God bless you and your family.

@shanewalker2642

3 жыл бұрын

@@CelebratingAppalachia could you tell me who the man was who only liked cornbread for supper? Sounds just like my uncle Malone.

When my father-in-law, from rural SC, passed away, I got his cast iron cornbread pan. It is sectioned into pie-shaped wedges, so it makes individual pieces, and each one has crust all around the edges. That's my secret cornbread pan.

@PROUDCANADIANGIRL

2 жыл бұрын

What an amazing heirloom 😊

@allenwatkins4972

2 жыл бұрын

I've never seen the like, but crust all around each piece sounds good. Real good.

@shawnclark764

2 жыл бұрын

That is an incredible secret cornbread pan. Use it well. :)

@beatricemitchell2384

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds similar to Corn Pudding, without the cheese and Jalapeno, that cornbread with cheese and jalapeno sounds way too delicious, I have seen other people make it on KZread.

I just love this! Raised in Eastern KY, when I was younger I never realized people didn't know to preheat your cast iron skillet with bacon grease or Lard. And goodness, if you haven't had fresh cornbread smothered in soup beans (pintos), and homemade pickled corn then you don't know what you're missing!!!

The family recipe my mother used added a can of creamed corn to the batter. I don't know the details of the recipe, but the final result was extra corny and fluffy and better than any other cornbread I've had by far, like a cake.

@julieproctor6039

7 ай бұрын

That one uses sour cream instead of milk Very good moist and fluffy

My grandma grew up on the very outskirts of Appalachia, so I grew up on cornbread and beans, cathead biscuits, and applesauce cake. My grandma is gone now and she died when I was in my early twenties, before I'd gotten married or had a chance to ask for all her recipes. This is bringing back so many good memories, thank you for your channel. 💜💜💜

@dereklea1183

2 жыл бұрын

I love applesauce stack cake. I ate nearly a whole one when I was a teenager, they're so good!

@catie5939

2 жыл бұрын

@@dereklea1183 I need to make one tbh! 😍

Watching in 2021... cornbread and buttermilk was our go to snack when I was growing up. There is nothing like cornbread and pinto beans. 🤗

@heariam7557

3 жыл бұрын

Cornbread in buttermilk WAS dad's fav dessert! He was poor al farm boy growing up!

@Garapetsa

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. Buttermilk is the key. And the cast iron makes it crusty. Corn bread is not a cake.

@troutstreamdeanohio797

3 жыл бұрын

My dad put the cornbread in his buttermilk with a lot of pepper.

@sharylfuller9277

3 жыл бұрын

Saturday night supper was cornbread and sweet milk but my mom liked it with buttermilk if we had cornbread left from lunch - otherwise it was cereal night.

@sheilahollley7129

3 жыл бұрын

My sweet Mama loved this. I miss her.

Enjoy the history lesson. Oral tradition is special and important.

My mama grew up in Mexico.. My dad grew corn.. They both loved cornbread made in an iron skillet and cooked over a fire (like camping). They had cows horses Chickens. Very frugal people. My mama married at age 17 and dad was only 19. They raised 8 kids. Mama was a seamstress too. Also had us girls embroidering in 2nd grade..❤❤❤

I inherited my Dads 8" square Wagner Ware "Sidney" skillet that dates back to late 1800's, early 1900's. I remember we always fried cornbread on the stove-top, and my Dad taught me how to flip the cornbread without breaking it. We always made white cornbread, but truth be told...after many years of travel...I do enjoy the sweet yellow cornbread as well! Depends upon what you're eating with it.

I grind my own cornmeal and love the coarse ground. You are right on with the heated cast iron. That makes the BEST cornbread.

Great video. Thank you! My mom always made cornbread. I love cornbread crumbled in sweet milk. My dad preferred eating his cornbread with buttermilk. ❤ I’m a WV gal. 😅

Haha, using a cast iron frying pan is key to great cornbread. My mom, and now my wife and I, save used butter wrappers in the egg tray to use for greasing the frying pan rather than a paper towel.

I’m totally blown away , my family on my mother’s side are from Waynesville N.C. and all tho haven’t heard her voice in 15 yrs now , you remind me of her in the way you talk and your story . Thank you .

@rudymontana4515

3 жыл бұрын

What a seriously cool chick.

My Appalachian MIL makes cornbread for lunch everyday on the farm, from corn we’ve raised and had milled. Her recipe is much like yours. She’s a spritely 82 and still cooks a wonderful home cooked meal for all her grown children (and me, her son’s wife) every single day. Such a blessing. Apparently, that’s how it’s done in Appalachia.

@happy_times01

11 ай бұрын

Awww! How sweet!

Cornbread can turn an unappetizing meal into a feast; I love it. Hearing your stories was a wonderful treat. Thank you for sharing. 🧡

​I love to go to Golden Corral-I get cornbread, meatloaf green beans, carrots, corn, and cooked cabbage. Reminds me of growing up in Illinois.​ Here in Texas we make corn muffins with jalapenos and a small amount of cooked corn in the batter. I want to try your hot coated skillet next time. You sound like a real doll, if I ever wanted to remarry I would look for a lady like you, Larry

Bless you, Sugar! I'm stuck in the city and I miss the country and the hills. Watching you has got me remembering the good parts of my childhood. My husband likes to poke fun at me. When I talk about home I get my old accent back. I ain't never stopped saying "Howdy" and "Y'all."

I grew up on cornbread and milk; I like it to this day. My late mother gave me her cast iron 'cornbread pan' 40 years ago; no one could touch it but her, and now, no one can touch it but me. I grew up in Coffee County, my mother mostly Franklin County, my father Cannon County. All three counties are at the western edge of South Central Appalachia. I didn't know that until I watched your video on the subject. I recall seeing the Cumberland Plateau escarpment on the eastern horizon, especially viewed from my late fathers fathers porch, in the village of Pleasant View, at the house that they built together before electricity came to that part of the world.

Just came across your video and the cornbread looked great but what struck me the most was your sweet kindness in the way you spoke. Such a beautiful spirit.

@CelebratingAppalachia

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Mama taught me same. Lard, crisco get that iron hot before pouring in batter. High heat yes. Love cornbread - major staple growing up. Great food. Never hungry. Raised like you. My mama, daddy, granny, papa good memories. Great cookin talkin’. Love the beans. Yes, eat me a piece right off. Cornbread and milk yummmnnn. Good supper. Well done. ♥️✝️

You brought back a memory for me- my daddy eating cornbread and buttermilk. I haven’t thought of that in decades but he sure loved it. You make your cornbread just like mama made . Thank you for the walk down memory lane.

Thank you young lady this warmed my heart in so many ways my wife's cornbread recipe was the same as yours and was handed down from her mom unfortunately my wife passed away three years back and I never knew her way of making it so the only way I get corn bread is at cracker barrel its okay but they just do it in muffins I like it like like you do it and by the way we were raised up on corn bread and eating out of a big garden in the summer and mom canned lots so we ate good all winter as well that was in Harlan county Kentucky dad was a coal miner thank you again and I got to say I loved your stories on the porch and enjoyed hearing you talk through the video thank you again you have made me smile

@CelebratingAppalachia

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Michael 😀

@patriciaeasterday2125

Жыл бұрын

Love your accent! And I was raised in eastern Kentucky. CORN was king! Thanks for the book referral!

My mother makes her cornbread just like that too, and its soooo good! I love the crunchiness, and if she fried it on her griddle she calls those corn dodgers.

Cornbread with soupbeans or cornbroead in a bowl of whole milk are to this day the most wholesome and filling meals i can imagine.

Tears in my eyes by the end.I have the same mixing bowl that was my mamaw's. She would get her glass of buttermilk with cornbread in it at night and go set on the couch.

@workin4alivin585

3 жыл бұрын

Me, too!

@jclause2485

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

Centuries ago I was talking with a friend of mine and I said, "Hey, Joe, I just came across a great recipe for cornbread." Joe looked at me funny and drawled, "Cornbread has a recipe?" I enjoyed listening to you cook and your stories. You are spot on with heating a cast iron skillet in the oven. And here I thought I invented that!

My grandpa was from Hazard Ky, and one of my favorite memories of him was the first time i remembered him eating cornbread and butter milk. I tried it and gagged, and he laughed and laughed, and he said, "Try it with regular milk." I still eat cornbread and milk a lot. It reminds me of him.

My mom cooks it that way too. So I grew up eating her yummy cornbread.