[Homestead] Cornbread season--stovetop?
Lynda
lurine at softcom.net
Wed Nov 7 08:43:52 EST 2007
Haven't seen the recipe. Can you send it here?
Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: <Mjkoaktreecottag at aol.com>
> Lynda~
> I bake corn bread, gingerbread, and assorted other old recipes in my
> cast iron bake-kettle (Dutch oven to camp fire cooks) on the fireplace
> hearth,
> just as my Scotch-Irish anscestor would have, at the Living History Farm
> where I volunteer as a historic site interpreter. When they don't burn,
> which I
> am getting better at preventing, they have a wonderful flavor.
> At home, I often bake like my grandmother in my cast iron skillets in my
> oven. I will try some of my favorites on the stove top in the iron
> skillets
> along with some sent in response to the query. However, I'm wishing for a
> gas
> stove again as I don't like the electric that I inherited--it's easier to
> control the gas burners. There was a wonderful sounding Dutch oven/deep
> cast
> iron pan bread recipe from the NY Times that was going round this year,
> but I
> found it in the heat of summer, so deferred trying it till fall. It may
> be
> time to try it now as we are finally getting some cooler days--as soon as
> I
> find my recipe! Has any one made this bread?
> maggie
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