…Cornbread, Grits & Rice…
Cornbread ingredients… a requirement of life…
Warm the oven to 450°
3 heaping scoops of Tenda-Bake green label self-rising cornmeal or 2 1/2 cups if you don’t have access to GMOT’s scoop…
1 egg
2 golf ball sized balls of Crisco shortening
Add buttermilk and mix by hand to the proper consistency… Proper consistency = not too soupy and not to thick…
Spray a #8 Griswold skillet with Pam cooking spray and bake for 25 minutes…
…Grits…
Another Southern requirement… here’s a mighty convenient way to cook grits…
Fill a 4 cup mixing cup with 2 cups of water…
Add 4 heaping tbls of grits… heaping is all that a tablespoon will hold…
Add 1/2 tsp. of salt…
Cook in the microwave oven on high for 12 minutes…
Add butter, stir briskly and serve…
…Rice…
Ingredients…
1 cup rice
1/2 tsp salt
4 cups water in the 8 cup mixing cup…
Cook for 25 minutes on high…
Wash in a colander with hot water and let drain for dryer rice…
Add butter if desired...