Corn Pone

* Exported from MasterCook *

Corn Pone

Recipe By : Dr. Toy Nelson
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Breads

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 cup corn meal
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup boiling water
1 tablespoon lard or fat

combine the meal and salt and, while blending gradually add water. Melt the
fat in the baking pan. After pan is greased, pour surplus into the mixture
and blend.
The mix should not be more than one inch thick in the baking pan to start
with. It will rise very little. (to make it rise like corn bread, 2 teaspoons
of baking powder would be needed) The pone will develop a rich, brown crunchy
crust. In this modern day it would take about 50-60 minutes in a 350 oven.It
was usually baked in a "step oven" on the wood stove or fried on a griddle
where a stove lid was removed.
Corn bread and corn pone was a staple in the mountaineer diet. With greens,
called "salit greens." meat and of course, cold milk from the spring house,
this was good eating and friends were always welcome.

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