Julie + Julia + Julian (post 1)

So I'm sure most know about the new film, "Julie and Julia."  If not, Julie is a "government drone by day, renegade foodie by night," a blog writer from Brooklyn who decides to start blogging about cooking through Julia Child's cookbook.  This brings in Julia Child, who even more people know, as the great American cook who learns the art of French food! The film is about these two women's lives and I try to watch it at least twice a week...I just love it! I decided to start a series of posts where I will blog about food and end with a word from my third character, Julian of Norwich.  Julian was a 14th Century Christian mystic who received visions from God and wrote them in her work called, The Showings of Julian of Norwich.  I did my senior seminar paper in my undergrad on her writings as early feminism.


So my first topic: Cornbread
I can remember eating cornbread probably before anything else.  Mom would make two or three small pones in her little cast-iron skillets and we would put butter on it right out of the oven so it would melt. I would take it in my lunch the next day, and I just don't think there is a better snack! I have gotten quite good at making cornbread already (still waiting for the success with corn muffins) and use my mom's trick of using Martha White self-rising cornmeal.  You just follow the instructions on the bag and then, (what they don't say in the recipe), before placing the mixture in the oven, add a little of your oil to ensure that it doesn't crumble.  When you take it out of the oven, don't try to take it our with a spatula; lay your serving plate down and plop the cornbread right on there upside down.  (The bottom of the cornbread often looks better than the top anyway.)  Scott and I prefer our cornbread pretty crisp on the outside but very soft and white on the inside.  This way you get a good crunch in your first bite!  Here was one of my first attempts!

Here is a link to other cornbread recipes! 

Cornbread Recipes

So, as promised, to end the food discussion, I will end with a word from Julian, her most famous: "All shall be well, all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well"