The Disappearance of Coarse Stone Ground corn meal

[seedcorn]

Just a guess. Thinking most corn meal is a by product of seperating the hard shell from the soft flour part. Hard goes to make taco chips and corn flakes.

Best answer is go buy a grinder or buy shelled corn, soak it n your milk, then use food processor to make it the consistency you want, then add rest of dry ingredients. Really think the wheat flour is giving you the consistency you don't like.

I love corn bread but not in love with corse part of corn.

Then you can buy non-GMO corn or grow your own. Tend to buy high test weight varieties for the texture. It's usually Called "food grade" which in actuality is just the opposite as it is the most indigestible.

 

[Kassaundra]

Just a guess. Thinking most corn meal is a by product of seperating the hard shell from the soft flour part. Hard goes to make taco chips and corn flakes.

Best answer is go buy a grinder or buy shelled corn, soak it n your milk, then use food processor to make it the consistency you want, then add rest of dry ingredients. Really think the wheat flour is giving you the consistency you don't like.

I love corn bread but not in love with corse part of corn.

Then you can buy non-GMO corn or grow your own. Tend to buy high test weight varieties for the texture. It's usually Called "food grade" which in actuality is just the opposite as it is the most indigestible.

???????? Do you put wheat flour in your cornbread?????

 

[Just-Moxie]

Why thank you canesisters!! You might just have something there!! I am looking into it now.

 

[seedcorn]

Yes. Every recipe I have used has used some. I'm doing it wrong?

 

[Kassaundra]

I don't know, I have never used any "flour" except corn meal. I have never used a recipe, have always just made it like my Gma from memory.

 

[Just-Moxie]

Regional differences would explain different ingredients. There is no 'WRONG" way to make cornbread.

 

[Kassaundra]

Regional differences would explain different ingredients. There is no 'WRONG" way to make cornbread.

LOL LOL LOL Oh I don't know about that, my husband's family make it white, thin, and no sugar

 

[seedcorn]

I don't know, I have never used any "flour" except corn meal. I have never used a recipe, have always just made it like my Gma from memory.

Mind sharing recipe or how you remember it?

 

[Kassaundra]

Mind sharing recipe or how you remember it?

Sure, the amounts will be guestimates since I rarely measure.

Couple of cups of corn meal
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp soda
1 tsp baking powder

3 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk (or clabbered w/ vinegar or lemon juice)

Mix dry ingredients, form a hole in center add the wet mix them together in the hole then mix w/ the dry ingredients until well mixed.

Put oil or butter in cast iron pan heat until a drop of water sizzles, then add the cornbread mix, cook on high heat (400) until done (clean toothpick or browned edges pulling from pan.) I think usually 20ish minutes????

 

[Kassaundra]

Mind sharing recipe or how you remember it?

Sure, hopefully the computer will cooperate this time
All measurements are guesses I don't usually measure the traditional way.

2 cups cornmeal
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp soda
1 tsp baking powder

3 eggs
2/3 cup buttermilk (or clabbered w/ vinegar or lemon juice)

Mix dry ingr. make a hole in center add wet, mix the wet ingred together then mix into the dry until well blended.

Pour oil or butter into castiron skillet, heat until drop of water sizzles. Add batter, cook on high heat in oven (400) until toothpick is clean or edges brown, usually about 20ish minutes give or take depending on how much batter I actually ended up making.