Comments on: Turnip Greens and Corn Pone http://www.lanascooking.com/2009/12/04/turnip-greens-and-corn-pone/ A southern cook shares her kitchen one recipe at a time. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:55:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lana http://www.lanascooking.com/2009/12/04/turnip-greens-and-corn-pone/#comment-22238 Lana Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:59:29 +0000 http://www.lanascooking.com/?p=1995#comment-22238 Hi Lorri - there are so many different kinds of cornbread. Some of them use water and some use buttermilk. I usually use buttermilk in the ones that are thicker and more cake-like. Water is one of the things that make pone bread (or hoe cakes) turn out flatter. About the sugar in the greens...I have never in my life put sugar in greens and they don't taste bitter to me. Bacon grease I keep in the fridge for sometimes as much as six months. Just smell it to make sure it doesn't have a rancid odor before you use it. Hi Lorri – there are so many different kinds of cornbread. Some of them use water and some use buttermilk. I usually use buttermilk in the ones that are thicker and more cake-like. Water is one of the things that make pone bread (or hoe cakes) turn out flatter. About the sugar in the greens…I have never in my life put sugar in greens and they don’t taste bitter to me. Bacon grease I keep in the fridge for sometimes as much as six months. Just smell it to make sure it doesn’t have a rancid odor before you use it.

]]> By: Lorri http://www.lanascooking.com/2009/12/04/turnip-greens-and-corn-pone/#comment-22236 Lorri Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:42:15 +0000 http://www.lanascooking.com/?p=1995#comment-22236 Can I replace the water with buttermilk, I was always remembering my memaw In Mississippi using buttermilk.. And without a dab of sugar will the greens be bitter... I too keep bacon grease in the freezer, how long will it keep if I just keep it in the fridge? Can I replace the water with buttermilk, I was always remembering my memaw In Mississippi using buttermilk.. And without a dab of sugar will the greens be bitter… I too keep bacon grease in the freezer, how long will it keep if I just keep it in the fridge?

]]> By: Lana http://www.lanascooking.com/2009/12/04/turnip-greens-and-corn-pone/#comment-2220 Lana Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:47:40 +0000 http://www.lanascooking.com/?p=1995#comment-2220 No, you don't have to turn it but you should be sure and spoon some of the hot oil over the top when you put it in the oven. I cook it that way to avoid some of the mess the stovetop cooking makes :-) No, you don’t have to turn it but you should be sure and spoon some of the hot oil over the top when you put it in the oven. I cook it that way to avoid some of the mess the stovetop cooking makes :-)

]]> By: Becky http://www.lanascooking.com/2009/12/04/turnip-greens-and-corn-pone/#comment-2218 Becky Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:01:21 +0000 http://www.lanascooking.com/?p=1995#comment-2218 Yum! I grew up on this stuff. I have never made corn pone that way, though. Mom taught us to fry it in the cast iron skillet on top of the stove. (We call if fried corn bread.) Do you have to turn it? Yum! I grew up on this stuff. I have never made corn pone that way, though. Mom taught us to fry it in the cast iron skillet on top of the stove. (We call if fried corn bread.) Do you have to turn it?

]]> By: Miss P http://www.lanascooking.com/2009/12/04/turnip-greens-and-corn-pone/#comment-2144 Miss P Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:57:18 +0000 http://www.lanascooking.com/?p=1995#comment-2144 Yep, that's about as good as it gets. You know, the old folks always said that greens taste sweeter if they are picked after the first frost. If I had any planted, they would be pretty tasty after last night. When there's a bit of cool in the air, nothing can match turnip greens, corn pone, and roasted sweet potatoes. Yum!!! Miss P Yep, that’s about as good as it gets. You know, the old folks always said that greens taste sweeter if they are picked after the first frost. If I had any planted, they would be pretty tasty after last night. When there’s a bit of cool in the air, nothing can match turnip greens, corn pone, and roasted sweet potatoes. Yum!!!

Miss P

]]> By: Lana http://www.lanascooking.com/2009/12/04/turnip-greens-and-corn-pone/#comment-2101 Lana Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:17:08 +0000 http://www.lanascooking.com/?p=1995#comment-2101 Absolutely! I keep a little jar of bacon grease in the refrigerator all the time. I don't use it as often as I used to, but it's always there...just in case. And, yes, it was dinner, not lunch! And later that evening was supper. Absolutely! I keep a little jar of bacon grease in the refrigerator all the time. I don’t use it as often as I used to, but it’s always there…just in case. And, yes, it was dinner, not lunch! And later that evening was supper.

]]> By: Gooch http://www.lanascooking.com/2009/12/04/turnip-greens-and-corn-pone/#comment-2100 Gooch Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:19:56 +0000 http://www.lanascooking.com/?p=1995#comment-2100 Lana, I smiled reading your turnip recipe. EVERY good Southern cook keeps bacon grease on hand. When I lived in CA, everyone thought I was nuts...the questions was always WHY do you keep bacon grease??? Definitely a Southern thang! The corn pones recipe reminds me of of Sunday dinner at my Grandmothers. YUM!!! And it was dinner, NOT lunch! :-) Lana,
I smiled reading your turnip recipe. EVERY good Southern cook keeps bacon grease on hand. When I lived in CA, everyone thought I was nuts…the questions was always WHY do you keep bacon grease??? Definitely a Southern thang!

The corn pones recipe reminds me of of Sunday dinner at my Grandmothers. YUM!!! And it was dinner, NOT lunch! :-)

]]> By: redkathy http://www.lanascooking.com/2009/12/04/turnip-greens-and-corn-pone/#comment-2093 redkathy Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:32:47 +0000 http://www.lanascooking.com/?p=1995#comment-2093 Oh this is making me hungry! I love greens, all kinds of greens. I married a southern boy and being from an Italian family, well the greens were right in there! Never made pones, so I'm putting your recipe on my must try list! Thanks for sharing it Nana Lana. Oh this is making me hungry! I love greens, all kinds of greens. I married a southern boy and being from an Italian family, well the greens were right in there! Never made pones, so I’m putting your recipe on my must try list! Thanks for sharing it Nana Lana.

]]> By: Drick http://www.lanascooking.com/2009/12/04/turnip-greens-and-corn-pone/#comment-2091 Drick Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:19:23 +0000 http://www.lanascooking.com/?p=1995#comment-2091 Nana Nana - that is my kind of eating ... a bit healthier than mine Istill use a smoked ham hock), chicken broth a tad of sugar.... Nana Nana – that is my kind of eating … a bit healthier than mine Istill use a smoked ham hock), chicken broth a tad of sugar….

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