Making Fried Cornbread in Appalachia

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  • Some folks call fried cornbread corn fritters while others call them Johnny Cakes or Hoe Cakes. Whatever you call them the little pancake like things are good!
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  • @CelebratingAppalachia
    @CelebratingAppalachia  Před 2 lety +7

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  • @catherineengle4196
    @catherineengle4196 Před 3 lety +164

    I grew up on fried cornbread. When momma didn't have anything for me to eat before school she would fry some cornbread and pour corn syrup on it and that was my breakfast. Sometimes for dinner momma would fry corn bread and chop up a bunch of onions put that in the batter and then fry it. We usually had a mess of pintos or butters when she cooked it that way. God bless

    • @RonRay
      @RonRay Před 3 lety +12

      Your comment was like a page of my life. :)
      I think I can "one up" you though... We were so poor that once, all we had was cornmeal, so Mama once made fried cornbread from meal and water and then made "gravy" with the meal... That was horrible! :) (had it been made with flour, it would have been OK.)

    • @rickskeweris8031
      @rickskeweris8031 Před 3 lety +8

      I had forgotten about the corn syrup. Plenty of homemade butter and corn syrup. I didn't care for them, but, of course, either ate them or went hungry :)

    • @catherineengle4196
      @catherineengle4196 Před 3 lety +22

      @@RonRay I have been there my friend...we were dirt poor. Momma raised me on her own. We moved a lot! We never had the money to stay in one house for long. I am 55 yrs old and I have moved 53 times in my life. A majority of those moves were when I was at home with momma. Times were hard but we made it through it didn't we my friend. Our mommas did the best they could do. God bless

    • @jameshuggins4300
      @jameshuggins4300 Před 3 lety +7

      💯 I just commented before I saw yours. A page of my life as well 😌

    • @wvgirl7264
      @wvgirl7264 Před 3 lety +4

      @@catherineengle4196 my Grandma was poor when they were growing up too and one of the things they would do with the leftover cornbread would make scrambled eggs and cornbread. You crumble up the cornbread and then add it to a hot skillet with a bit of grease (bacon grease is the best) and then fry that up a bit and add your eggs and just cook until the eggs are done. Omg that's probably one of my favorite dishes!!

  • @CHET1
    @CHET1 Před 3 lety +46

    The Natives, Shawnee, were known for it and the first recorded Anglo account of the Johnny Cake was in 1739.

  • @suzybailey-koubti8342
    @suzybailey-koubti8342 Před 3 lety +11

    Daddy always loved when Mommy would fry cornbread in the summer. He loved it with fresh green beans and potatoes that she fixed in a pressure cooker. She would fry up a pound of bacon first and use fresh bacon grease and we would have the bacon for our meat. Delicious! The only thing we needed was a slice of fresh tomato, green onions and cucumbers & onion in vinegar, a small dash of sugar and water. Precious memories for me. Mommy and Daddy have gone on to be with the Lord. 🙏

  • @philup6274
    @philup6274 Před 3 lety +15

    I can truly say I love the way the video started, Boom we mixing. No song and dance right to the meat and potatoes of it.
    Thank you.

  • @sarahpassell226
    @sarahpassell226 Před 3 lety +33

    Finally, after 40 years, I found the fried cornbread I was served as the houseguest of a Southern family who were, like you, Tipper, from North Carolina. I've never seen it mentioned in any story about Southern cooking. The family just called it cornbread, but I watched the women folk mix it up and fry it, and anyway there's no mistaking the cooking method from the way it comes out, crispy on the edges and flat as a pancake. For the family I stayed with it had the advantage of being amenable to last-minute decisions about supper.

  • @paulbutler7770
    @paulbutler7770 Před rokem +4

    My grandmother would make fried cornbread in the summer when it was “too hot to use the oven” as she said. It was so good with a mess of beans cooked long and slow. We started calling them “corn dodgers” because that is what Rooster Cogburn carried in his saddle bags on the trail, made for him by his housekeeper, Chen Lee. We still call them corn dodgers and love to watch True Grit, the movie. Used as targets, a drunk Rooster Cogburn even shoots them! My wife wants us to make some now. Thanks for the inspiration!

  • @1CathyHendrix
    @1CathyHendrix Před 3 lety +22

    What I would give for another piece of my Granny's 'cracklin' cornbread!! Yum!! I could hardly wait for it to bake!

    • @1CathyHendrix
      @1CathyHendrix Před 3 lety +1

      Does anyone know where to buy 'cracklin's? Would love to find some!

    • @georgiapines7906
      @georgiapines7906 Před 3 lety +4

      @@1CathyHendrix Cathy, I live in Georgia, and have purchased cracklins in Ingles grocery store. My Uncle Jim would make a pan of cracklin cornbread every New Year's Day.

    • @1CathyHendrix
      @1CathyHendrix Před 3 lety +3

      @@georgiapines7906 There are a couple of Ingles within an hour of me. I live in Virginia. I will surely check to see if they have cracklin's. Thanks so much for the reply! Have an awesome evening!!

    • @georgiapines7906
      @georgiapines7906 Před 3 lety +3

      @@1CathyHendrix Thanks, Carhy. Hope you find them and enjoy your delicious cornbread!😊

    • @stevenstovall9668
      @stevenstovall9668 Před 2 lety +1

      @@1CathyHendrix Lord's brand cracklings are the best we have ever found. Usually find them at Ingles, IGA, and some Walmarts in north Georgia

  • @stex1985
    @stex1985 Před 3 lety +45

    We just called it fried corn bread and still do, my dads mother fried corn bread in bacon grease made with yellow mill ground corn, a touch of flour, salt and baking powder and butter milk. My mothers folks never fried corn bread, baked pone in the stove with store brought white self rising meal, an egg , a touch of salt, regular cows milk straight from the barn and a squirt of yellow mustard, grandmother said she had; had enough of roughing it and it was store brought meal or nothing. A good mess of purple hull peas and some mustard greens would make a fine meal with either corn bread. The pone corn bread was also used for desert, a small sliced buttered and covered with ribbon cane syrup was not to be beat! Thanks for sharing.

    • @tonibauer2405
      @tonibauer2405 Před 3 lety +2

      Oh, Lord, that dinner sounds so damn good. I used to buy and cook purple hull peas but haven’t even seen them in years. I live in Seattle now and have to buy frozen baby Lima beans to go with my black eyed peas and okra, to to have with greens. At least I can get mustards, collards, and turnips here.

    • @sheilaking9936
      @sheilaking9936 Před 3 lety +1

      Wow. That sounds delicious with butter and the ribbon cane syrup. Yum.

    • @lindamaemullins5151
      @lindamaemullins5151 Před 3 lety

      👍❤️

  • @sagehollow3349
    @sagehollow3349 Před 3 lety +32

    I used my regular cornbread recipe and put it in my waffle maker. It was so tasty! And I wanna thank you for your channel! I’ve been learning about Appalachian culture since we moved to West Virginia a year ago.

  • @keturahg399
    @keturahg399 Před 3 lety +11

    My husband’s aunt makes what she calls lacy cornbread. I think the batter is just cornmeal and water, but it’s thinner than most cornbread batters. She fries it in a skillet and pours the batter in the oil in small drizzles. Similar to the way a funnel cake would be made but they are much smaller. About the size of the palm of your hand. They are really crunchy and the last piece is often fought over at Thanksgiving 😊

    • @georgiannaneller1394
      @georgiannaneller1394 Před 3 lety +1

      Oh my goodness, this will be so delicious...thanks for giving me another way to try cornmeal. 💕

    • @rosepayne3047
      @rosepayne3047 Před rokem

      That's how my Mama made them.

  • @tlrice72
    @tlrice72 Před 3 lety +20

    This is my favorite way! Had them several times a week growing up. We just called it cornbread. The baked kind was a pone. Central Kentucky here 👋

  • @boydlogan5951
    @boydlogan5951 Před 3 lety +10

    My grandmother made fried cornbread and I still do. I didn't know it was called anything else until I was an adult and traveled. From N GA.

  • @carollizc
    @carollizc Před 3 lety +66

    Living here in Canada, we didn't see cornbread too often. Sometimes though, my mother would bake it for breakfast. A corner piece, still steaming hit from the oven, slathered with butter and honey, and a tall glass of cold milk was my absolute favourite breakfast. Still is

    • @susanscovill6817
      @susanscovill6817 Před 3 lety +2

      Here in BC my mum made them in an 8x8 cake pan.

    • @lisaanderson2900
      @lisaanderson2900 Před 3 lety

      Carol, was there sugar in your Canadian corn bread? I'm in Michigan.

    • @susanscovill6817
      @susanscovill6817 Před 3 lety

      @@lisaanderson2900 for my family on the west coast it depended on what we were having. Breakfast was usually with sugar or if corn on the cob for dinner my dad buttered one then rolled his corn in it to butter that.

    • @maryvaughn7886
      @maryvaughn7886 Před 3 lety +1

      when started reading about it for breakfast could just about taste it with that butter & honey.. good eats hon!!!

    • @tome4285
      @tome4285 Před 3 lety +1

      How do you get corner piece from a round skillet? Just kidding…

  • @sharoncole5979
    @sharoncole5979 Před 3 lety +6

    I grew up on fried cornbread patties. My mother was a good cook and when we had fresh vegetables, or beans and especially cabbage - she would fry these delicious patties. I haven't made fried cornbread in a while. Our boys really liked them when they were growing up. I need to introduce our grandchildren to the cornbread. They like baked - but have not had fried.

  • @ItsLindaMichelle
    @ItsLindaMichelle Před 3 lety +36

    Here in Texas we call them corn cakes. I put diced up jalapeño in mine ❤️🙏

    • @merebrillante
      @merebrillante Před 3 lety +7

      I’ve had it like that here in eastern Kentucky, and I love it!

    • @DeeMoback
      @DeeMoback Před 3 lety +7

      Yup......Jalapeno and onions..... sometimes we add creamed corn ..... yup ..... loving life

    • @Forevertrue
      @Forevertrue Před 3 lety +6

      Fried corn bread is clearly a pallet for the artistic cook. My Wife and family are from Kentucky and we have it so may ways. We have lived in Texas for 42 years so now Jalapenos and onions are common fare.

    • @OldWaysGardeningandPrepping
      @OldWaysGardeningandPrepping Před 3 lety +4

      Do at times add either diced onion, bacon, shredded cheddar cheese, whole kernel corn or jalapeno in ours. 🍀

    • @ItsLindaMichelle
      @ItsLindaMichelle Před 3 lety +4

      @@OldWaysGardeningandPrepping my husband made bacon wrapped corn on the grill tonight… now I know what I’m making with the leftovers for dinner tomorrow night. Thank you ❤️🙏

  • @yuvondaseal6736
    @yuvondaseal6736 Před 3 lety +5

    Mom was from the mountains of East Tennessee called Del Rio but further into the mountains . She called it hoe cakes . I still make them especially with fried potatoes and pinto beans....these I cook all night... slowly...mashing at least at least a cup full...putting it back into the pot of beans to thicken the bean soup! Soooo good!!!

  • @peelmeone
    @peelmeone Před 3 lety +21

    We called them "corn cakes" and usually ate them in the summer so we wouldn't heat up the house by running the oven.

    • @jcrefasi1
      @jcrefasi1 Před 3 lety +2

      Same here! No AC when I was a kid. Only the rich folks had 'lectric fans!

  • @rsmith6909
    @rsmith6909 Před 3 lety +10

    We love fried cornbread and with our steamed oysters here on the coast. My favorite

  • @skipalidon
    @skipalidon Před 3 lety +5

    Seeing this makes me think of my grandma, a girl from West Point Arkansas. She made us the best fried cornbread for just about every meal. grandpa would break up some day old cornbread into a glass and pour some buttermilk over it and let it soak up. Man, that was good. We topped it off with a handful of fresh green onions and have lunch. Oh, the memories. Thank you for your video.

  • @truthserum76
    @truthserum76 Před 3 lety +47

    My grandparents called them "fritters". "Corn fritters", to be exact. They're very good & you don't have to heat up your house, as badly

    • @wvgirl7264
      @wvgirl7264 Před 3 lety +6

      That's what we call them too. My Grandad used to take a piece and put in a cup and then pour buttermilk over it and eat it with a spoon. Yuck! Lol!

    • @truthserum76
      @truthserum76 Před 3 lety

      @@wvgirl7264
      Lol I'm from WV, too!! Wayne County, to be exact. My email is actually very strangely similar to yours. Anyway, my people would crumble those or cornbread chunks or slices (depending on how it was sliced for that nights dinner) AND EAT WITH BUTTERMILK! Reg "sweet milk" if they didn't have buttermilk on hand. Like, they ate it like it was cereal lol cornbread cereal. Can you imagine? Lol. I've read of a lot of ppl eating it this way & I'm in no way knocking it or trying to be offensive to anyone who likes this. It's just not for me. 😊 have a great day, wvgirl1

    • @wvgirl7264
      @wvgirl7264 Před 3 lety +1

      @@truthserum76 yeah it never looked very appetizing to me. Lol!! But yes, a lot of people love it. I think I'll take their word for it! 😂

    • @truthserum76
      @truthserum76 Před 3 lety

      @@wvgirl7264
      Me too, lol

    • @jamesellsworth9673
      @jamesellsworth9673 Před 3 lety +1

      Growing up on a farm in Western New York State, we had corn fritters once in a while. They always had some kernel corn in them and were fried in lard in our cast iron skillet.

  • @beckywatts502
    @beckywatts502 Před 3 lety +11

    My Mama (who, thanks to your channel, I recently found out was from part of NC Appalachia region) use to fry cornbread. Oh my goodness, I'd eat until I was sick. Butter on that fried cornbread......YUMMMMM. Explaining my earlier comment, I noticed that my mothers accent and words reminded me of many of your "Appalachia Education" videos. So I searched the area where she was raised and the region is considered part of the NC Appalachia. So thank you for all the information you include in your videos!!

  • @annvanwesten2488
    @annvanwesten2488 Před 3 lety +16

    Love cornbread. I fondly remember my Mother would make hoecakes with navy beans. I never knew why they were called hoecakes until you mentioned it. Thank you. I love your videos.

  • @pamwatterson3845
    @pamwatterson3845 Před 3 lety +13

    I love them. We always called them fritters and use hot water corn bread recipes

  • @robertvance01
    @robertvance01 Před 3 lety +30

    Some good "fried taters", along with the other things you mentioned would be great for Supper.

  • @Nikua13
    @Nikua13 Před 3 lety +3

    My Dad always called them fritters. He liked them with green onions chopped into the batter. Then he would break them up in a bowl and cover it with butter milk. He said it was a real treat. The things we remember from our parents.

  • @hpate8113
    @hpate8113 Před 3 lety +12

    I love it, Makes me think of my Nana and her beans and greens and her Corn Bread.

  • @sheilabergeron935
    @sheilabergeron935 Před 3 lety +6

    We always called them fritters and I have always made them. When my twins were babies they really loved them, and still do.Appalachian cooking is the best.

  • @johnpugh327
    @johnpugh327 Před 3 lety +5

    Growing up in North Carolina as a boy ,mama only made fried cornbread. The first time I saw baked cornbread, I thought it was cake. A cake of fried cornbread and a pot of pinto beans was all we needed. Us poor people sure had it good back then. Great video.

  • @Krvking
    @Krvking Před rokem +1

    We called it fried cornbread. My mom would typically make it in the summertime to go along with her fried okra, chicken fried steak, buttered rice and gravy with sliced tomatoes and pickled cucumbers! What a great memory!

  • @mr.ponstan7522
    @mr.ponstan7522 Před 3 lety +2

    This reminds me of what my Ma makes only she uses regular flour and calls them Flitters. I remember as a kid she made them on the weekends when she had more time to make "country breakfasts". They were so good. By the way I like your channel. Thanks for all the good and informative videos.

  • @donnawall6922
    @donnawall6922 Před 3 lety +4

    MY MAMA ALWAYS COOKED CORNBREAD THIS WAY....IT'S MY FAVORITE !!

  • @scotto9591
    @scotto9591 Před 2 lety +1

    You're fried cornbread recipe is exactly what I learned when I was growing up from Mama and Grandmama. Equal parts of enriched cornmeal and buttermilk. Mix it and let it sit for a while. But the cast iron skillet into the oven with some oil. Pour in a good splash of oil into the cornmeal and buttermilk. Then, poor into the heated Skillet and let it cook until everything is brown and delicious.
    The way you refer to the authors of so many of these books is great. Thank you so much for sharing

  • @jameskniskern2261
    @jameskniskern2261 Před 3 lety +8

    corn fritters. I so enjoy eating them with Appalachian apple butter.

  • @ladyemerygizer
    @ladyemerygizer Před 3 lety +5

    I haven't had corn cakes since I was very young. I'll have to do that. Many memories popped up. We had a cast iron wood cookstove. Mom poured corn cakes right on the top. Dad loved them with molasses. Thanks.

  • @thelkabibb3774
    @thelkabibb3774 Před 3 lety +6

    My favorite kind of cornbread is fried. My whole family loves it. My grandma called it corn pone.

  • @sindywilson9830
    @sindywilson9830 Před 3 lety +2

    Grew up eatin’ ‘em, still make ‘em. When we have company visit, flitters (that’s what we call them), with fried taters, fried salmon patties , fresh green beans, fresh from the garden cut up onion, tomatoes and cucumbers is the most requested meal. For breakfast the most requested is chocolate gravy with biscuit pone.

  • @Dixie_Belle
    @Dixie_Belle Před 2 lety +2

    We always called it fried cornbread. Sometimes, the older folks in the family would say corn fritters. I'm gonna make this tonight. Your video made me so hungry!

  • @jd3477
    @jd3477 Před 3 lety +1

    North Louisiana raised but poor country folks had to be creative and make do with whatever was close to hand. So many of your stories about food and growing up listening to older relatives talk about how things were done back then are very similar to how I was raised. We grew up on hot water (fried) cornbread. Boiling hot water was poured over Cornmeal, salt, with a pinch of leavening to make a thick dough. We always used cold water on our hands to shape the patties to combat the heat and keep the dough from sticking to our hands. Then fry them in a cast iron skillet in hot smoking oil. My mother loved eating her grandmother’s hot water cornbread and thought it was so neat how great grannie left a thumb print in each one she made. Cornbread baked in the oven was called skillet bread.

  • @runningonempty398
    @runningonempty398 Před 3 lety +1

    We have always called it fried corn bread. We added grated onion to ours and served it with soup, dried beans or fresh vegetables. Delicious.

  • @3251JOE
    @3251JOE Před 3 lety +1

    In my family in Maryland's Piedmont region, cornbread very rarely appeared. My Mom-mom, however, made what she called corn cakes frequently and year round. She would make her usual pancake batter out of her head, no recipe or measuring of ingredients, and add either fresh sweet corn cut from the cob or a pint jar of her canned corn. Her pancakes were always wonderful, but the addition of the corn boosted them into the stratosphere. We ate them slathered with Blue Bonnet margarine, butter being too costly, and King Syrup. The syrup was thick and had a mild molasses flavor no where near as strong as black strap. It was produced in Baltimore and is still available here, but I rarely use it because I'm diabetic (type 2) and it is now made with high fructose corn syrup which I try to avoid as much as possible. I so appreciate your videos as they rekindle memories of growing up in a world, gone forever now, but so much better than where we find ourselves today. I love sharing the similarities and differences between our regions and our personal experiences. Thank you and God bless!

  • @ronjaycock
    @ronjaycock Před 3 lety +17

    When I was a kid we called them hoe cakes. I loved it when we had hoe cakes with some peas or turnips that had been cooked with ham hock. I always put a lot of pepper sauce in my peas and greens and would dip my hoe cake in the potlikker. My mouth is watering right now thinking about it.

    • @jcrefasi1
      @jcrefasi1 Před 3 lety +6

      I had not heard the term "potlikker" since my mom passed. She loved greens cooked with "streak-a-lean". I asked my grocer if they were out of streak-a-lean and he said yes but we got "fat back". I just took it. Sure looked the same to me!

    • @kudzu_
      @kudzu_ Před 3 lety +7

      I have found my people

    • @ronjaycock
      @ronjaycock Před 3 lety +3

      @@jcrefasi1 Fat back is perfect to make potlikker :)

    • @jcrefasi1
      @jcrefasi1 Před 3 lety +2

      @@ronjaycock is it the same thing people call streak-a-lean? I normally try to avoid pork fats of any kind but there are some foods you have to use it in for it to taste like granny's cookin

    • @CelebratingAppalachia
      @CelebratingAppalachia  Před 3 lety +4

      Some people do call it streak of lean 😀

  • @seriousearthling
    @seriousearthling Před 3 lety +6

    Sadly, have never had corn bread like this - looks delicious! One more recipe for the MUST do list. Thanks!!

  • @JT-py9lv
    @JT-py9lv Před 3 lety +8

    We called them "Corn Dodgers". Mom would make a HUGE batch of them. We'd put them in our back packs and take them hunting, camping or to work.

  • @GeorgeCMcRae
    @GeorgeCMcRae Před 3 lety +6

    Corn pancakes. I love them. I got so hungry watching this.

    • @paulw2117
      @paulw2117 Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah. I want some cornbread now.

  • @califtom
    @califtom Před 3 lety +11

    omg that looks good. I’m going to try to cook some

  • @KatInTheNorth
    @KatInTheNorth Před 3 lety +10

    That’s a great idea with frying the cornbread (like a pancake). I’ve never tried that before. I’m going to have to give it a try. Thank you! Have a great night 🤗

  • @lbb0404
    @lbb0404 Před 3 lety +10

    Have a roast and steaming some broccoli right now. I think some fried cornbread will go perfectly. Thank you for the video!

  • @wabisabi6983
    @wabisabi6983 Před 3 lety +11

    That was so interesting. I’ve never had it fixed this way. I’m definitely going to make some fried corn bread. Thank you!

    • @tonibauer2405
      @tonibauer2405 Před 3 lety

      Oh,it is so good.

    • @kathya739
      @kathya739 Před 3 lety

      You'll love it! A fee years ago I was introduced to a south African classic "cornmeal" dish, called Mielie pap(corn porridge). Very good.

  • @selenahadlow9700
    @selenahadlow9700 Před 3 lety +4

    Oh that looks so good.gotta make some.love the stories.Blessing's on you!!!!

  • @peacefulwife5199
    @peacefulwife5199 Před 3 lety +7

    My Momma told me that Johnny Cake was a Confederate food. Always made with....ahem, white cornmeal. The northerners used yellow cornmeal and wouldn't be caught dead using white. She said we don't make wimpy cornbread. That's Johnny Cake !!
    Funny how stories change and shift. I could smell the deliciousness of your fried cornbread. I'm good with a slather of real butter, thank you.❤

  • @tinaburch1615
    @tinaburch1615 Před 3 lety +5

    Looks delicious girl love fried cornbread 💞

  • @jbj27406
    @jbj27406 Před 3 lety +2

    I'm pretty sure that corn meal "mix" implies that it has flour in it, not that it's necessarily self-rising. You can buy self-rising corn meal that is not "mix", it's just self-rising corn meal. But I am thinking that you do want corn meal "mix" for this recipe so that you do get some flour in it. That way the batter is smoother and works better for frying. By the way, I only use white corn meal and corn meal mix, and like you, buttermilk only. I don't care for yellow corn meal at all. And no "sweet" milk. Like you said, my grandmother just used water with it and they were perfect. I love pepper jellies too, but I think it's hard to beat molasses on a piece of buttered cornbread, baked or fried. Thank you for all you do in saving this valuable piece of Americana.

  • @greekpeach69
    @greekpeach69 Před 3 lety +5

    My maternal grandmother & my aunts all made this. I absolutely loved it, but my mother could never make it. Now I know thanks to your video! ❤️

  • @nmelkhunter1
    @nmelkhunter1 Před 3 lety +1

    My paternal grandmother’s parents were from Arkansas and moved to Cloudcroft, New Mexico so my great grandfather could work as a superintendent on the rail line to the town. My grandmother met my grandfather, a wrangler on a large cattle ranch, on a trip to Corona, NM. They were later married and she became a cook on the same ranch. The story in my family is the cow hands loved her cooking and fried cornbread was a favorite at breakfast. So, Southern cooking extended all the way to the ranches on the high deserts of New Mexico!

  • @Fg4e
    @Fg4e Před 3 lety +1

    We always called them Johny cakes, if they were made like pancakes. My favorite way is made like bread in a 9x9 pan. Take a square while it's hot and pour milk on it and sprinkle it with sugar and cinnamon. Had that a lot for breakfast in the winter. Soo good!

  • @The08roadking
    @The08roadking Před 3 lety +4

    Thats my favorite cornbread.. just like my mamaw used to make. Im from franklin NC. I thought everybody cooked like this until i left home. You cant get mountain food anywhere but the mountains.

    • @carlatate7678
      @carlatate7678 Před 2 lety

      Not true, we eat fried cornbread in the Mississippi River delta. :)

  • @12clr12
    @12clr12 Před 3 lety +6

    I take silver queen, cut it off the cob, dry it in a food dehydator, then grind it and you have the best cornmeal on earth! It's a lot of work but well worth the effort ! Try it sometime and you wont believe how good it is ! It'll make your tongue slap your brains out !

  • @rockjohnson2879
    @rockjohnson2879 Před 3 lety +4

    Just watching you cook and speak of Appalachia heart warming.

  • @DavidKing-bm3sh
    @DavidKing-bm3sh Před 3 lety +1

    Growing up in a small valley, between, Pine and Black mountain, mountain cooking was all I knew.. My Aunt, who lived in a one room cabin, and cooked on a open fire place would make these for me. Along with fried cabbage, and fried chicken... My family has a long history in south east Kentucky...they were the first to settle on what is now line fork, and leather wood, Kentucky...
    Corn bread was certainly a very important staple of their diet.

  • @teresaeubanks2643
    @teresaeubanks2643 Před 2 lety +1

    I love fried cornbread ! I put chopped onion in mine because that is how my Grandma made it - my Grandma made a pan of bread and some type of fresh greens everyday - if she made spaghetti, she also had a pan of bread and fresh greens - my Grandma made her own cornmeal mix - she had a glass five gallon jug under her sink ready to go ! Her house smelled like greens and cornbread everyday!

  • @ladyliberty417
    @ladyliberty417 Před 3 lety +4

    I am a fan❣️
    That looks great, I wish I had some right now!! I am learning which foods are most integral to Southern Appalachia and it’s history, cornbread surely is one!

  • @gregscumberlachiakitchen

    I love making fried cornbread. Me mamaw made it all the time. She’s Appalachian as well. She was born in Bell County Kentucky. I’ll have to do a video on her cornbreads. Love that you are sharing all these memories with us and keeping the old Appalachian ways alive. God Bless.

  • @Kwl4Real
    @Kwl4Real Před 3 lety +3

    My mama always cooked cornbread in the oven and taught me that way. My mother-in-law fried it and it was so crispy and good. I’ve tried but never been able to get it to come out like hers.

  • @Fire_And_Iron
    @Fire_And_Iron Před 3 lety +8

    My Grandpa made them all the time for the two of us before we’d go squirrel hunting or fishing... always fried in bacon grease.

  • @marvyoung3874
    @marvyoung3874 Před 2 lety +1

    Tipper, once again you bring back a flood of memories. Mommy used to make them the way you do and we loved them. We also had Cracklin's too but she put them in the cast iron skillet and made a pone on cornbread. I loved them with butter and homemade syrup over them. I remember her also making what she called Fritters but they were made with flour instead of mixing cornbread with it. She'd fry them up and they were as light as could be and oh so good. I've tried duplicating them through the years but have failed in getting her results. I was a young boy and we just didn't hang out in kitchen with Mommy to learn her recipes, and rue to this day that I didn't, she was such a good cook. Our home was on Irish Creek but we pronounced it Arsh Creek. It was a little ways from Blaine, Ky. We say we came from Louisa but if you lived within 20 miles from Louisa, that's where you where from. I don't know whether or not my failure at making the flour Fritters was due to my taste buds not being those of a 10 to 12 year old or my failing memory. I'll be 74 in a week or two and would Love to have another of Mommy's Corn Fritters or especially one of her Flour ones before I go. If you have a recipe for the flour fritters I would Love to see it. Good work on your Video's, wife and I both Love to watch them together.

  • @aleensi.3409
    @aleensi.3409 Před 3 lety +1

    When I was a little girl.. I remember eating cornbread most anytime and hot water cornbread is my favorite.. but I've had corn cakes and fried cornbread like yours, too . Hot water cornbread is a little lighter in texture than what you made in your skillet It seems. it is all so good though.. delightful memories in the kitchen. Thank you for you bringing memories of home and family to mind.

  • @paulw2117
    @paulw2117 Před 3 lety +1

    We always called it corn bread and my mother would cook it often. She also cooked fried potatoes quite a bit and beans and taters as she would call it. My grandad used to break the cornbread up and soak it in buttermilk and eat it that way. I never liked it like that, but I used to dip it in honey or butter and that was pretty good.

  • @bvdragonlady
    @bvdragonlady Před 3 lety +6

    Yummy…I love it mama & my Granny made them often…I’ve made them but it’s been a long time….
    Brenda

  • @markebass
    @markebass Před rokem +1

    In Robeson County, NC people eat collard sandwiches which are two pieces of cornbread with collards in the middle. Sometimes people add chow chow or bacon and likely vinegar.

  • @patmurphy8736
    @patmurphy8736 Před rokem

    I love fried cornbread, always have. It's so wonderful hearing you talk about the days gone by, really brings back good memories. Thank you for sharing the time with us and the stories.

  • @timmanning3041
    @timmanning3041 Před rokem

    Growing up on a workin’ ranch in the south fried cornbread was served almost daily. Cornbread and cat head biscuits takes me back to my younger years.
    Thank you for sharing your receipt and keep the Appalachian way of life strong.

  • @HistoryHoundDetecting
    @HistoryHoundDetecting Před 3 lety +1

    I’ve always called it corn pone...or hot water cornbread. Loved the history!

  • @annaduvall4106
    @annaduvall4106 Před 3 lety +1

    We always just call them corn cakes, always fried in bacon grease, and always yummy! We usually only had them for breakfast, only time we had them other than at breakfast is when the oven went out and we were all hungry for cornbread! Good memories of learning to make the batter and once we knew how, mama would call us in to make the cornbread from then on, once I learned how as the youngest, I got called on more often than not, and as I was mixing the batter I told mama that I didn’t mind making it, but I thought hers tasted better, she and daddy both said mine was just as good, but then noted that I wasn’t eating the cornbread anytime my brothers or I made it, it’s because mamas was better!

  • @sbishop16
    @sbishop16 Před 3 lety +2

    I Love this supper! My Mom called these “Corn Cakes”. My Grandmother just called them fried corn bread. My Father-in-Law would fry one big “corn pone” on top the stove. 🥰😋

  • @mairzydotes3548
    @mairzydotes3548 Před 3 lety +1

    I just love those that are sharing their experiences. Their stories are such a treasure of US culture and history. It’s so heartwarming. ❤️

  • @Needlewich
    @Needlewich Před rokem

    I ate fried cornbread many a day for supper with beans and lettuce & onions and for breakfast with syrup! My Mommy made the best! Oh how I miss those days! Thank you, Tipper, for bringing back those memories! God bless & love to all the Pressley fam! 💕🤗🙏🏻

  • @Sheetshaker7
    @Sheetshaker7 Před 3 lety +1

    I love fried cornbread! Growing up here in southeast Virginia as a boy and northeast North Carolina we always called them Johnny cakes or just fried cornbread. I always made them when I was having fried fish! I always picked on them and ate as I was making them. Cornbread and biscuits here in the sunny south was always a staple. I enjoy your videos and they take me back cause a lot of what you show is very similar to what we done growing up. Right down to the terminology! Keep it all alive!

  • @shareenj.2602
    @shareenj.2602 Před rokem

    I wasn't a big fan of cornbread, but when Mom made fried corn bread I absolutely proved it. God Bless

  • @marylawman8603
    @marylawman8603 Před 3 lety +5

    These look yummy! I haven't had them in years. We called them corn fritters or sometimes johnny cakes. Now I need to make me some! Tfs 💜

  • @Lisa1111
    @Lisa1111 Před 3 lety

    You made my mouth water! Thank you Tipper ❤️

  • @Rowen170
    @Rowen170 Před 3 lety +1

    Ok , So I'm just scrolling through my CZcams, and on the thumbnail picture I see a cast iron skillet, cornbread, Appalachian so I immediately play video.
    And I immediately noticed it was "THE PRESSLEY GIRL'S" mom. I love those girls. The whole family is so talented.
    So glad I found this channel. Love the Appalachian way of life.
    New subscriber

    • @CelebratingAppalachia
      @CelebratingAppalachia  Před 3 lety +1

      Yay! Glad you found us and so glad you enjoy The Pressley Girls 😀 As you might guess I think they're pretty special 😀

  • @brendahebert6684
    @brendahebert6684 Před 3 lety +10

    I like finely chopped onions in mine.

  • @bethstaggs2369
    @bethstaggs2369 Před rokem +1

    All your videos are like going home. Thank you for sharing!

  • @scottblack3381
    @scottblack3381 Před 3 lety +3

    We call them fritters and I love mine with molasses! Y'all enjoy your day and thanks for sharing!

  • @Carballoca
    @Carballoca Před 3 lety +1

    I haven’t had this since I was a kid my mom used to make theses and called them Johnny cakes. She also made a chunky tomato gravy to go over them. Which I didn’t care for so I just had mine with just butter.🥰

  • @rgbpdb
    @rgbpdb Před 3 lety

    When I was a kid, 70 years ago, in nw Pa we called them corn meal pancakes. What sweet memories of a long ago time.

  • @caroleboren1963
    @caroleboren1963 Před rokem +1

    I grew up with it being fried. First time I had it baked, I was like "what's this? I thought you said we were having cornbread.". The memories.

  • @conniebyrd3232
    @conniebyrd3232 Před 3 lety +4

    I love cornbread, and i have heard of a lot of those but never had anything other than a whole cake of cornbread or a corn muffin. That fried cornbread sure looks good thou and i am going to try it. Thanks for sharing!

  • @bobthomas4514
    @bobthomas4514 Před rokem

    When I was growing up when Momma or Nanny fixed cormbread it was fried. Cornbread baked in a pan was called Pan Bread and Corn Fritters had fresh or frozen corn added to the batter.

  • @streams7777
    @streams7777 Před 3 lety

    I’m so thrilled you made this video. I was looking for a good fried cornbread recipe just last week.

  • @babetteaustin5586
    @babetteaustin5586 Před 2 lety

    Cornbread and culture. ❤️ Loved it! Thank you.

  • @anthonyf.9170
    @anthonyf.9170 Před 2 lety

    Tipper, love your recipes and stories. Real America. Thank you and God bless.

  • @carlatate7678
    @carlatate7678 Před 2 lety

    I grew up in Arkansas and my mother used to make fried cornbread when it was too hot to heat the oven. I loved it and we had it very often. We never called it anything but 'fried cornbread'. My mother fried it in Crisco in a black iron skillet. It was served with everything. My mother made cornbread (baked in a skillet) or fried cornbread nearly every night. On the table, there would be a type of cornbread and a plate with a stack of white 'loaf bread' from a packet (usually Bunny Bread). She would serve everything in big bowls and we'd pass them around. Iced tea. I never knew anyone ate any other way than this until I grew up and found out that this was kind of old fashioned even in the 70s. I was lucky!

  • @peggytaylor3960
    @peggytaylor3960 Před 2 lety

    I love your cooking lessons ,so good

  • @jlp7184
    @jlp7184 Před rokem

    This lady is deep south. She is kitchen skilled on terms/techniques/names/ methods you can cook this cornbread. I learned a lot here

  • @RedKittieKat
    @RedKittieKat Před 3 lety +2

    I love anything corn ... especially Corn Bread. I love baking it in the skillet and I like to make myself a Johnny Cake for breakfast every now and again. I love it with Maple syrup and butter. I'm a Northerner (Upstate NY) I've always known Pancakes as flour made and Johnny Cakes or Corn Cakes as Cornmeal made. The only major difference is we don't use much Buttermilk around here. At least my family never did. It's not easy to find in stores either. We just use regular milk, eggs and a little baking powder.

  • @amycountiss1356
    @amycountiss1356 Před 3 lety +1

    I love this channel! My grandmother use to make fried cornbread often. And I've heard my grandfather refer to it as johnny cakes! Thank you for sharing!!

  • @cherylrakes976
    @cherylrakes976 Před 11 měsíci

    This looks so good Tipper

  • @chrisgliatto4656
    @chrisgliatto4656 Před 3 lety +1

    Love corn bread! I also make corn meal mush with cheese in it,let it set up and cut it into pieces which I cook again on the grill with a brushing of olive oil.I call this Polenta,one of the things brought from Italy by grandparents.I fry it too.

    • @judithburke1539
      @judithburke1539 Před 3 lety

      My mom would make cornmeal mush with cooked sausage or bacon and put it into a loaf pan. At breakfast time, she would turn it out, slice it about a half inch thick, then dip it in some flour before frying it until crispy on the outside. The flour kept the larger pieces of corn from popping all over the place. Some syrup or jam or jelly, even molasses went with it a treat! Maple syrup too!