[Sca-cooks] Cornbread....

[CorwynWdwd at aol.com]

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In a message dated 7/18/02 12:01:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
phlip_u at yahoo.com writes:


> I'm not talking about actually sweetening the
> cornbread here. I'm referring to the practice of
> adding a pinch, and I do mean a pinch, of sugar to it.
> According to the ladies I've talked to (admittedly,
> not many in your state, mostly in Georgia, Alabama, N
> Carolina, and particularly Virginia, it's added
> because it smoothes the texture and evens out the
> rise.
>
>

Yes, I've run across that... They picked that pinch of sugar thing up from
The Fanny Farmer Cookbook. The pinch of sugar is supposed to add a "hint" of
richness. Just a personal observation, but I don't see it myself. Fanny seems
to have added sugar to everything.

In Southern cooking it's kind of like bringing coals to Newcastle<G>.

Corwyn