I thought I was buying Mexican Corn Bread. I saw “jalpeno” on a box, but then I picked up the wrong box. It wasn’t Mexican at all. It was Dave’s Famous Corn Bread Mix, but I made it anyway.
Eating this cornbread is like pulling into a barbeque joint down in Rocky Mount, piling your plate with BBQ, Collards, Black Eyed Peas and buttering up a piece of sweet corn bread. It was perfect.
I grew up on corn bread. We had it most every meal. Mama Ida usually fried it in a little fat back grease. Any we didn’t eat for a main meal was polished off at lunch.
But this corn bread is sweet, almost cake-like. It is what you would expect at most any southern BBQ restaurant.
It is sinfully easy to make. Add 1 egg, a third cup of water and a third cup of milk to the package of mix. Stir it up a bit and bake in a 425 oven. You can make it in an 8×8 pan, or you can make muffins, which I did. It is good and really easy.
Famous Dave’s had a number of BBQ restaurants, but closed many when Covid hit the scene, but they still manufacture sauces, pickles, seasonings, and corn bread mixes. I found my corn bread mix (by accident) at Wal-Mart
If you like sweet, southern cornbread, pick up a box, put a pork shoulder in the smoke pit and eat in style – southern style.