Recipe - Buttermilk Spoon Cornbread

1 One half cup Boiling Water
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 cup White Cornmeal
Three fourths teaspoon Salt
1 Egg
One half cup Milk
1 tablespoon Butter
1 cup Buttermilk

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Use a heavy cast iron skillet. Thoroughly
grease the skillet with bacon drippings. Prewarm the skillet in the oven
it MUST be HOT! Pour the BOILING water over the cornmeal. Mix well and cool
slightly. In a separate bowl, combine the egg, butter, buttermilk, baking
soda and salt. Beat well. Add to the cornmeal. Pour the batter into the HOT
skillet. Bake for an hour. Periodically baste the top of the bread with the
milk.

From Joel Erhlich 3/23/95. U/l to NCE by Burt Ford 1/98 untried by me, but
Joel is a master baker.

Posted to MMRecipes Digest by "Rfm" RobertMiles@usa.net on Oct 07, 98