People who've been on here awhile, know my husband loves bland. For his birthday dinner the other day he wanted his favorite meal-pinto beans (no seasoning, no garlic, no meat), buttered potatoes, cornbread, and buttermilk. I had ordered cornmeal from two different stores locally but had to go with brands I don't usually buy because apparently there is a cornmeal shortage. I opened the expensive brand and it smelled like something had died in it, so nope. The other one delivered was full of tiny black pieces and not the occasional black speck from where the hull attaches. :/ No cornbread, I made biscuits instead.
Yesterday I stopped by a store with a strict mask policy, one of the few I've come across and found self-rising cornmeal. Turns out it has flour in it, too. I'm a bit of a cornbread snob (must be made in a cast iron skillet), I'm a stickler about not wanting sweet cornbread, but desperate times...
Long story, longer, I used it to make him some cornbread tonight. It came out fluffier than we are used to but at least it wasn't sweet. Hubby was happy and that's all that matters. :)
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