Mabry Mill spoonbread

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvM_nGIjmmgZw0joazSCspGLtzkZZkdKni54r_yioGZAqO9LM7MQ6efyGhrBwcewBH1N0_a_3mFCxyuMjr3QUpDkpwB6FTtcXiZrd0Id3azGIpq1Z7P7ysOjFlP9jWBUsbrJ46kt-JAmmL/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvM_nGIjmmgZw0joazSCspGLtzkZZkdKni54r_yioGZAqO9LM7MQ6efyGhrBwcewBH1N0_a_3mFCxyuMjr3QUpDkpwB6FTtcXiZrd0Id3azGIpq1Z7P7ysOjFlP9jWBUsbrJ46kt-JAmmL/s640/1.jpg" width="577" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">While visiting Mabry Mill along the Blue Ridge Parkway last week, SWAC Husband bought a bag of their corn meal. That means making something with it, right? So I pulled out my <i>Virginia Hospitality</i> cookbook given to me by my mom in 1978, and looked up the spoonbread recipe to make that Southern favorite for dinner. Yum!</div><br /><b>Spoon Bread</b><br /><br />1 1/2 cups corn meal<br />1 teaspoon sugar<br />1 1/3 teaspoons salt<br />1 1/2 cups boiling water<br />1/4 cup butter<br />5 eggs<br />2 cups milk<br />1 Tablespoon baking powder<br /><br />Preheat oven to 350. Mix corn meal, salt, and sugar together. Scald with boiling water. Add melted butter. Beat eggs; add milk. Combine mixtures. Add baking powder. Pour into oiled 9x13 baking pan and bake 30-40 minutes. Makes about 10 servings.<br /><br /><i>Virginia Hospitality,</i> page 172.<br /><br />Photo by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />October 1, 2013

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While visiting Mabry Mill along the Blue Ridge Parkway last week, SWAC Husband bought a bag of their corn meal. That means making something with it, right? So I pulled out my Virginia Hospitality cookbook given to me by my mom in 1978, and looked up …

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