Anyone Heard of This?

[Sweet PQ?]

Okay, I am reading this book and they mention eating cornbread crumbled up in a cool glass of buttermilk? Is this a regional favourite? And more importantly - am I missing out on something good?
Also - anyone heard of a Tennessee Brown? I am thinking it is a sandwich of some sort?
Thanks for answering!

[Molly53]

Sweet PQ? wrote:
Okay, I am reading this book and they mention eating cornbread crumbled up in a cool glass of buttermilk? Is this a regional favourite? And more importantly - am I missing out on something good?
Also - anyone heard of a Tennessee Brown? I am thinking it is a sandwich of some sort?
Thanks for answering!

Cornbread and buttermilk is an old-timey Southern/Country thing. It's got a particular name, but darned if I can remember what they call it. Some folks add chopped onions, too.

Tennessee brown is likely a variation on the Kentucky favorite, Hot Brown

[Sweet PQ?]

So Molly, have you tried this cornbread-buttermilk thing? Is it good?
I figured the t brown was like the k brown, but just wanted to make sure. Thank you.

[realbirdlady]

Never heard of adding onions. (To the mixture? Or you're saying there were onions in the corn bread already? I've heard of that.) I'm not sure it has a name. You'd think it would, because most things do, but I sure don't think I've ever heard one.

Definitely old-timey, a dying snack. From the times when what you had to eat was what you grew on your farm, and what you could make out of corn meal. And no refrigerator or freezer, either.

[Molly53]

Found the reference! It's called CUSH or CUSHCUSH in some parts...

http://blogs.chron.com/leonhale/2007/08/whew.html

[Sweet PQ?]

What you said makes sense to me Realbird, because the book I was reading was set in rural Tennessee.
Thank you & Molly, both, for answering my questions!

[realbirdlady]

Hmmm ... The cushcush I know is creole/african. It might have onions, but there is a cooking stage with grease. Kinda like refried cornbread mush.

[Dixie_Amazon]

We eat it with sweet milk too. I make extra cornbread just to make sure I will have some for breakfast.

[Sweet PQ?]

Dixie - I read somewhere online that the cornbread shouldn't have sugar in it if you are going to eat in buttermilk. Is this really true? Thank you.

[Dixie_Amazon]

I think so, it just doesn't seem to work together, YMMV. Sweet corn bread is great in regular (sweet) milk.

[Sweet PQ?]

YMMV? Is that "your method may vary"? (I am so not up on all these abbreviations). Thank you.

[Denise!]

Love cornbread and buttermilk. Haven't had it in years, but we always had it growing up in southern Missouri. My Mom would very often make fried cornbread, tear in pieces and cover with buttermilk. SO good I don't like sweet cornbread and no sweet milk on my cornbread either.

[Dixie_Amazon]

Sweet PQ? wrote:
YMMV? Is that "your method may vary"? (I am so not up on all these abbreviations). Thank you.

Sorry, Your Mileage May Vary.

[CA.TN]

I grew up in Ohio. When it was getting close to my dad's payday the pantry was getting pretty bare, but you could be sure there would still be a box or two of Jiffy cornbread on the shelf.

We baked it in an 8x8" Pyrex dish and, when still warm, place portions into cereal bowls. We'd sprinkle with sugar and then pour milk over it all. Yum!

[Caroline Cooks]

Denise! wrote:
Love cornbread and buttermilk. Haven't had it in years, but we always had it growing up in southern Missouri. My Mom would very often make fried cornbread, tear in pieces and cover with buttermilk. SO good I don't like sweet cornbread and no sweet milk on my cornbread either.

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