corn bread

[pinkkitty]

i've always been keen to try this since i first heard of it after reading To Kill A Mockingbird. A friend has recently bought me a box of American corn bread mix (just add eggs and milk) from Selfridges and i'm dying to try it, but i'm not really sure what to eat it with. Does anyone know how this is usually served?The picture on the box just shows it with butter on top.
I have found some recipies to make it from scratch, but i'm going to give the mix a go first. None of the recipies suggest what to serve it with either.

Thanks!

[albaqwerty]

I think it's served with stews to mop the gravy up. Enjoy!

[Seafarer1966]

One of my all time favourite films To Kill a Mockingbird. The female author of the book, Harper Lee, was best friends with Truman Capote. Worth getting the DVD...Capote....from the rental shop if you see it on the shelf. Funny and tragic film.

Corn bread figured in The Green Mile also. Tom Hanks (as great as ever) played a prison guard suffering terribly with prostate problems. A prison inmate uses healing powers to cure him. Hanks goes home and...er....makes his wife very happy all night. His wife is in the best of moods in the morning and bakes some corn bread to give the inmate.

I feel hungry now!

[cab]

We had this served on the West Coast with ribs and stuff in a restaurent.

[mccfluff]

lots of ideas here

http://www.seriouseats.com/talk/2007/11/what-do-you-eat-with-cornbread.html

and here although the site does your head in a bit but there are a few links to recipes
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-cornbread.htm

[pastafreak]

My mum..an Italian..used to make cornbread for us as my dad was from South Carolina. Yummy stuff-best eaten warm from the oven,as it does not keep all that well. Great with pork chops and gravey,southern fried chicken or Black-eyed peas and rice. Real comfort food.

[pastafreak]

Scroll down the page..lots of recipes here....

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=cornbread&ns102=1&fulltext=Search+Cookbook

[Booldawg]

Not sure if you can get Jiffy Cornbread mix in the UK. Its quick easy and tasty. Goes with just about anything. I think you can buy it online (at a price!)

[pinkkitty]

Thanks everyone for your replies. The Mix i have is "Aunt Jemima's" i think. still haven't tried, it, but now i have some ideas i'm going to give it a go.