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Amen, but I prefer high butterfat butter to vegetable oils: http://www.ansonmills.com/recipes/464 http://www.ansonmills.com/recipes/464 A serious argument [0]
by shawn-butler 12y ago
Amen, but I prefer high butterfat butter to vegetable oils: http://www.ansonmills.com/recipes/464 http://www.ansonmills.com/recipes/464
A serious argument [0] can be made that sugar crept in due to the switch from stone milling to steel rollers circa 1900 which greatly affected the flavor of corn meal due to the amount of the kernel being lost but also the heat generated.
Kind of a double whammy... the heat robs it of flavor which is made up for by adding sugar and also decreases the nutrient value of the meal by milling out the germ.
[0]: http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/08/why-southern-cornbread-shouldnt-have-sugar.html http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/08/why-southern-cornbread-sh...
- patronagezero 12y agoWell, you just blew my mind with that last link. I'll have to give that recipe a try as well, I'm pretty sure it'll be worth it. Thanks!
- NovaS1X 12y agoGreat read. Thanks for the article.
- knieveltech 12y agoIf you haven't already try lard.
- mapt 12y agoBut understand that typically, American grocery store lard (the sort that comes in shelf-stable buckets) uses partially hydrogenated oils containing trans fats; After destroying the lard industry in a slanderous PR war early last century ("It's digestible!"), eventually the vegetable shortening / margarine industry (Crisco et al) decided they needed something to sell to very poor people and people following an insistent recipe, so they applied their hydrogenation tech to porkfat feedstocks, creating a product that did not need to be refrigerated. According to current nutritional doctrine, you should not buy unrefrigerated pork fat products because of trans fats, even if pork fat itself is no longer vilified.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 12y agoLard renders it non-vegetarian, which can be a significant change.
- knieveltech 12y agoAnd the eggs don't?
- GFK_of_xmaspast 12y agoNo, eggs make it non-vegan.
- HeyLaughingBoy 12y agoTry the fresh meat aisle. Usually found in 1-5 lb refrigerated blocks near the pork & beef around these parts.
- tormeh 12y agoHuh. Wouldn't it be possible to achieve the same result with a steel mill if its surface was irregular? Sounds cheaper than stone. Won't correct the unripe corn harvest, though.
- tormeh 12y agoHuh. Wouldn't it be possible to achieve the same result with a steel mill if its surface was irregular? Sounds cheaper than stone. Won't correct the unripe corn harvest, though.