Cornbread Supper

Tonight as people left another wonderful Cornbread Supper, lightning flashed and the storm siren sounded. We keep in mind the many people in nearby states who have suffered unbearable losses when conditions like these have grown into monstrous storms and tornadoes. I checked my email after people had left, and found this message from friend Ann Beard Grundy, who grew up in Birmingham, Alabama: Do you think you could ask your network to consider helping out the storm victims in Central Alabama? My sister is an administrator at JCCEO, a major social service agency, and they are bombarded with the most basic of requests. We are speaking here of burial clothes, as families completely lost everything. Tax deductible funds will be used to purchase food, medicines, prescription glasses, etc. JCCEO Storm Victims Fund c/o Yoland Beard Reese 300 West 8th Avenue Birmingham, Alabama 35204 So yes, I'm asking my network, and asking you to share this forward on facebook and other

Two weeks in one post. Monday, May 9 required some cooling in the house, and featured a big spillover into the street. Monday, May 16 required heating, and featured people enjoying the wonders of hot red beans and sausage and spicy cornbreads. May 9: Curried Chicken Salad with yogurt, green onions, shallots. SPICY! Strata! Vegetarian Curried rice with raisins, cranberries, and almonds Rice Casserole Plain Cornbread (contains buckwheat, no gluten) vegetarian Savory Parsley-Sage-Rosemary&Thyme Corn Muffins: Vegetarian, No Gluten, KY meal, eggs, buttermilk, herbs Test Tasters: Bloomfield Farms Gluten Free Cornbread (mix) Pls rate or comment for Ouita Michel; vegetarian Garage-Grown Portobello Risotto -- Kind of Asparagus Local, Oliva Bella Oil, Salt & Pepper Rona's Yogurt Cheese Dip (local milk from Falmouth) London Ferrell Swiss Chard rolls w/beans, rice, and chorizo Wilted lettuce, bacon & eggs Pesto Cornmeal shortcakes; contain gluten and dairy Whipped

Cornbread is hot, and Cornbread Suppers seem to grow hotter as the weather warms up. Lots of people come, lots of young people circle in and about the grownups, creating a two-tier party that is deeply satisfying. So much beautiful wine and food, including these dishes, as described on little slips of paper by their providers: Vegetable Curry! Brown Rice! Cornbread. Cheese. Pork. Hot pepper. Plain, vegetarian cornbread Veggie cornbread w/many cheeses + black pepper Soda Bread Alu Gobhi Moroccan Carrots Spicy Sweet Potatoes, vegan Roasted local asparagus, Oliva Bella Oil, Salt & Pepper Edamame Mango Black Bean & Corn Salad Grape Salad Contains Nuts Broc. 'Gourmet' Chicken & Dumplings with cashews "Ragout" Chicken Noodle Soup Mac 'n Cheese 4th Street Garden Salad --> olive oil vinaigrette Cornbread - Chicago Style; Recipe HERE Tex Chocolate Buttermilk Cake Test Tasting: Yellow Cake (muffins) from Bloomfield Farms mix, with cooking

Sharon Schilling brought this tender, lightly sweet, oniony cornbread to her second Cornbread Supper in May, 2011. We immediately begged for the recipe and for information about its origin. Sharon replied that Bill Roche is a special person in her life, who "just tinkered around with my Mom's cornbread recipe, adding the yogurt one day bec we were out of buttermilk (now we only use yogurt), adding the onions bec he likes them, using local Wisenberger Mills products bec they are good.  I believe, we were on a motorcycle trip when we picked up the iron, 8-wedge skillet. I like the way it toasts all the sides. We usually serve with apple/rhubarb sauce (6 apples (at least 3 Granny Smiths) nuked until applesauce, 6-8 stalks rhubarb and 1/2 c sugar cooked on the stove until tender.)" Bill Roche’s Cornbread Dry Ingredients: 1 c each yellow cornmeal, white cornmeal, whole wheat flour  2 t baking pwdr 1 t soda 1 t salt ½ c sugar (use raw sugar) Wet Ingredients: 3 eggs