Springfield Burns Supper

[Hamish]

Looks as if you guys had a great evening.

I have never heard of it so, before I forget, I must Google 'Cornbread'!

Take care,
Ham.

[macwilkin]

Looks as if you guys had a great evening.

I have never heard of it so, before I forget, I must Google 'Cornbread'!

Take care,
Ham.

Ham,

This article will help explain about Ozarks cooking:

http://thelibrary.org/lochist/period...tch/ow303c.htm

Champ wrote the "Address to a Cornbread" as a Ozarks take on the Address to a Haggis. He was inspired by another parody, "Address to a Sausage", which a friend of mine in Queensland, Australia sent me. The Aussie Scots recite it at their Burns Supper.

Cheers,

Todd

[davedove]

Ham,

This article will help explain about Ozarks cooking:

http://thelibrary.org/lochist/period...tch/ow303c.htm

That's a great article, Todd. I suppose, based on that article, that my culinary upbringing in Illinois was a bit more Yankee than the Ozarks. For instance, I never had cornbread in a skillet until later in life. But then, my Mom's side of the family is over half German.

The article didn't, however, go into the disagreements (feuds) about cornbread: white vs. yellow cornmeal, sweet vs. not sweet, etc.