The FORGOTTEN Legacy of Black Folks and Corn Bread

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Did you know cornbread is one of America's oldest culinary treasures? Native Americans were the first to unlock the potential of corn, turning it into meal for bread, cakes, and porridge, but how did it become a soul food staple for African Americans?
Dive into this delicious history of Corn Bread with us!
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@adnacraigo6590 3 ай бұрын

I am an old southern white guy and I love cornbread. Regular and crackling. I can't eat beans without it.

@thetruequeen6747 3 ай бұрын

I remember as a little girl my mom making crackling bread it was like a meal in itself. She probably fried chicken and cooked some kinds of greens to go with it. I am 67 now and I have never made crackling bread but I love make my homemade cornbread and I usually make it twice a month. Delicious

@CodyCole80 3 ай бұрын

I can’t eat greens/cabbage without it. 😂

@adnacraigo6590 3 ай бұрын

@@thetruequeen6747 I don't know where you live but in upstate South Carolina you can buy a small package of cracklings in the meat department of most grocery stores that is just the right size to add to a frying pan of corn bread batter.

@Bandzshooter 3 ай бұрын

I just knew there was going to be a comment like this anything a video has to do with black people here goes ypu Caucasian demons trying to make it about y’all nbgaf

@padussia 3 ай бұрын

It's really a southern thing.

@6time686 3 ай бұрын

I could eat cornbread everyday!

@kizstokes9522 3 ай бұрын

Same here...

@annecollins1741 3 ай бұрын

I love cornbread with a plate of pinto beans. That's what you call good eating,lol. Don't forget the collard greens and Louisiana hot sauce.

@beatricemccoy2288 3 ай бұрын

Yep

@HrstoryLives4240 3 ай бұрын

That's my dinner today...Cornbread and Pinto Beans.

@padussia 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely 💯 😋😋

@staffordbrent971 3 ай бұрын

My late Mother used to FRY Her Cornbread..and I love Cornbread baked in an Iron Cast Skillet..😅

@Sapphire586 3 ай бұрын

Southern sista here lost my mother a year ago(a few days from the actual date) & like yours, she used a cast iron skillet.

@staffordbrent971 3 ай бұрын

@@Sapphire586 2 years going on 3 Years this May when I lost mine...May They rest in Power as Our Ancestors..🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿❤️❤️

@zeroturn7091 3 ай бұрын

My grandma used to fry hers in a cast iron skillet. She measured in heaps and Dixie cups. I wanted to introduce onions and jalapeños, but I still can’t get the base recipe right.

@user-bj3zz4ul7z 3 ай бұрын

Old white guy, that's how my ma fixed it. I hail from ceadar mt

@HelloKitty-sq2jo 3 ай бұрын

I love me some good ol cornbread that taste like cake

@6time686 3 ай бұрын

Yesssss!

@SuperpowersUniversity 3 ай бұрын

like a cake not turned (bible verse) also God's people are Gathered from the 4 CORNers 4 Corners = Your head ( Biblically ) 2 Ears ( Ears of Corn ) 2 Eyes ( CORNea ) Knowledge is Power Become a Super Hero

@kimberlyjackson8343 3 ай бұрын

😋 yummy you are making me hungry for some cornbread

@Sapphire586 3 ай бұрын

To each his own though, Southern sista here &can't stand sweet cake-like cornbread aka Jiffy. Everybody loved my mother's cornbread, she either used buttermilk or milk that had soured, NEVER NEVER did she use one drop of sugar. Still, I love the differences in our rich cultural history, so sista girl enjoy your sweet cornbread !!!!!

@CodyCole80 3 ай бұрын

😏 I can eat it sweet, but I prefer it plain, especially when I’m eating it with peas or greens.

@savannahhoward1564 3 ай бұрын

I love cornbread, fried in the skillet. Hot water cornbread.

@padussia 3 ай бұрын

😋😋🥺

@karenh. 3 ай бұрын

Love cornbread ❤️

@kingbeeris8814 3 ай бұрын

Definitely love some cornbread

@DaTruthTeller504 3 ай бұрын

I love the way that we make our Black-LaLwizyànan sweet cornbread down here in Louisiana.❤🔱🖤

@SuperpowersUniversity 3 ай бұрын

More 411 Truth teller Cajun = Caucasian i'm from Alexandria. also Gods people are Gathered from the 4 CORNers. 4 Corners = Your head ( Biblically ) 2 Ears ( Ears of Corn ) 2 Eyes ( CORNea ) Knowledge is Power Become a Super Hero

@sharinaross1865 3 ай бұрын

Are you originally from there or ya ppl from there?

@DaTruthTeller504 3 ай бұрын

@@sharinaross1865I'm rooted here in Louisiana. Why you asked?

@sharinaross1865 3 ай бұрын

@@DaTruthTeller504 never seen it spelled that.

@DaTruthTeller504 3 ай бұрын

@@sharinaross1865 In our LaLwizyàna Kréolé language, we spell Louisiana as LaLwizyàna.

@earnellduhart8847 3 ай бұрын

A good cornbread recipe would have been a nice addition 😋 at the end.

@Daron7181 3 ай бұрын

Black folks leveled up Indigenous corn meal/bread like Italians leveled up the Chinese noodle. Damn, now I want me some.

@justtrust426 3 ай бұрын

Ok, I was good with everything except when Jiffy was entered into the conversation lol. My mom would not allow Jiffy in the house what she would call " that cake mix" lol.😄 My mom was born in 1927 and those women back then grind their own meal. It took years before she would use self rising cornmeal she got older and had to adapt. Still, to me there is nothing like a warm slice of cornbread out of the oven or fried cornbread with fish it brings back so many good memories for me. I still have my mom's cast iron skillet she had before I was even born. Great information thanks so much for sharing. Hold dear to family and those recipes because people don't last forever. 🥲

@JosephKeenanisme 3 ай бұрын

Jiffy is "cheater", just like a boxed cake. When you want it quick and dirty and don't care about having the homemade taste it does the trick. The price makes it good if you're wanting to do one of the casseroles, but cornbread on it's own nothing beats doing it up from scratch.

@thetruequeen6747 3 ай бұрын

Mine either 😂😂🤣 women cooked back then making everything from scratch and I do mean everything.

@JosephKeenanisme 3 ай бұрын

@@thetruequeen6747 you're not a food snob when you kick butt at homemade stuff :). I forget who I gave my caca del pollos recipe to who complained that it was "too much for just the two of us". For me i like prepping out a lot more than what I need and putting some in the fridge and the majority in the freezer. That way when you get home from work all the prep work is already done so all you have to do it cook. As quick and easy as a meal from a box but a whole lot more tasty. Most of this younger generation doesn't know what a good homemade meal taste like. I don;t stay away from fast food because it's bad for my health, I stay away from it because it taste like what my cats leave in the box :) I may be a old fart white guy but I got my my Italian grandma's cooking gene (all the grandkids with the curly like her's got the cooking gene). :)

@Sapphire586 3 ай бұрын

Spot On!!!!!!!

@justtrust426 3 ай бұрын

@@frizmagnet2246 lol And that is why I don't use seasoning salt. I want to know the amount of each seasoning. I have not discovered too many tasty short cuts although I do buy butter in the store. Still, there is nothing like fresh churned butter, fresh homemade bread, and home made buttermilk biscuits. Ok, I am sounding more like my mom lol

@krono5el 3 ай бұрын

Most of the worlds favorite foods are native to the Americas. those ancient Americans were doing it big time.

@padussia 3 ай бұрын

Hey y'all, buttermilk and mayonnaise makes 😋the cornbread delicious.

@sherrylowe8819 3 ай бұрын

Love cornbread so good

@tedgottinger121 3 ай бұрын

Black folks? Man, EVERYBODY loves cornbread.

@BangEmUp1994 2 ай бұрын

Coen bread and pig tails my favorite

@a_ya_la 3 ай бұрын

I only liked my Momma cornbread. She use to put crackling in hers. The best. Now I can go without

@MichaelThePlaya50 3 ай бұрын

With greens,beans, cabbage, gumbo,soup,chili beans,etc l got to have cornbread

@larryhollins459 Ай бұрын

If we didn't have anything else we had beans and corn bread, I'm 62 it was a treat to have meat every once and a while.

@SuperpowersUniversity 3 ай бұрын

Gathered from the 4 CORNers 4 Corners = Your head ( Biblically ) 2 Ears ( Ears of Corn ) 2 Eyes ( CORNea ) Knowledge is Power Become a Super Hero

@stephencooper3583 3 ай бұрын

Aw man... that pic at the beginning looks like the kind my mom used to make. 😀 I used to love the corner pieces. Good times.

@briliant8 3 ай бұрын

Love me some cornbread. Got a pan on the stove right now.

@luthelbrooker3144 3 ай бұрын

Yummy 😋

@sharinaross1865 3 ай бұрын

I love cornbread with chili and a pot of greens. I dont bake it cornbread often. Love your storytelling by the way. Thank you.

@eddiewilson8119 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this story with us and I truly appreciate this channel ❤❤❤❤🎉!

@marciamccrorey5516 3 ай бұрын

hello i really enjoed this history moment i cook cornbread just about every sunday love it and blessed to now know the history behind its creation thank you

@maliahjoy2959 2 ай бұрын

When i was in college we had fried chicken Wednesdays. They served fc, mac n cheese, collards, and cornbread. I only the black ppl at the dining hall on Wednesdays. Lol.

@demonddoes2198 3 ай бұрын

Thank you and keep up your great and necessary work

@imsowspecial31 3 ай бұрын

Love this! I just wish 1 thing. I wish you had mentioned Cornbread dressing. ❤

@BigShirley_MsGigi_FP 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing I LOVE 💕 #cornbread that’s the first dish I learned how to cook was Hot water Cornbread

@crystaljones6433 Ай бұрын

Another awesome information! Thank you!

@clarkkent5115 3 ай бұрын

Ain’t nobody touching my cornbread

@ross5194 3 ай бұрын

Nice video really enjoyed it. Thanks Bro

@THEDEN887 3 ай бұрын

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@donatonamusic 3 ай бұрын

This was an excellent presentation of rarely explored staple in American history.

@Brians-ts5vr 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful and engaging

@user-bj3zz4ul7z 3 ай бұрын

Yes ma'am !

@carollewis2174 2 ай бұрын

I love cornbread

@loriaeddie4166 3 ай бұрын

I actually really don’t care for corn bread my mom cooked it a lot but the texture was something I didn’t care for. Don’t get me wrong it’s was love in the house

@rbgboxing4442 29 күн бұрын

Who cares this is a history lesson

@padussia 3 ай бұрын

I don't know if it's a mind thing, but I feel that I could not eat collard greens, butter, beans, or beef stew without cornbread.😮

@glennallen2605 3 ай бұрын

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@emilianacarbonero4728 26 күн бұрын

SALUDOS 🙃🙂👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙋🏽‍♀️✍🏽📄

@akeemthegreat1700 3 ай бұрын

Please stop referring us as African American , we are Black Americans the True indigenous Americans

@rheddhawkmariea5875 3 ай бұрын

Yes! We are the original Indians of Turtle Island. The Mongolians became the Native Americans AFTER we marched and our civil rights -- something we NEVER needed just like we NEVER should've became apart of the UNITED STATES which was only for the foreigners!

@rheddhawkmariea5875 3 ай бұрын

1619 was the first Africans that came to America? Uh-oh! 😮 You honestly don't know what you're talking about.😢

@akeemthegreat1700 3 ай бұрын

@@rheddhawkmariea5875 my Bloodline is older than the word Africa please educate yourself and Trace your Lineage with paper not a spit Kit

@SwolllenGoat 3 ай бұрын

lol afrocentric garbage is a helluva drug..................

@SwolllenGoat 3 ай бұрын

@@rheddhawkmariea5875 another failure of the education system proudly displaying their ignorance........

@emilianacarbonero4728 26 күн бұрын

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@here_we_go_again2571 3 ай бұрын

You don't have to be Black to love cornbread!

@virgopisces6698 3 ай бұрын

Black folks

@rbiznezz2 2 ай бұрын

1493 or 1491?

@chrisnotyou 3 ай бұрын

You gonna eat your cooorn bread?

@guylewis7418 3 ай бұрын

Touch my corn bread and there’s gonna be consequences and repercussions!

@NathanielBrooks-xo5lr 3 ай бұрын

You should do one on why black men date white women

@JosephKeenanisme 3 ай бұрын

Love your content and always end up being hungry, and more educated after watching. Actually baking some cornbread right now. There'd be a lot less misunderstanding between different people if we'd just sit down and share meals with each other. I've gotten pulled over by cops in black neighborhoods a few times. Being a white guy I'll be the first one to admit that white people can't do soul food or BBQ half as good as black people. It's the same Chinese or Mexican food (Taco Bell is not Mexican food), you might be able to get it close but you can never get it to be the way that grandma made (aka 11 on a scale of 1 to 10).

@virgopisces6698 3 ай бұрын

Afrcan people with dark skin