SPOON BREAD Definition & Meaning

spoon bread

Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a baked dish made with cornmeal, milk, eggs, and shortening, served as an accompaniment to meat.
Dialect. any of various types of biscuits shaped by dropping batter into a baking pan from a spoon.

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An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

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Kelly Vaughan grew up eating what she knows as corn casserole, and what you may know as a corn bowl or spoon bread.

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Then the choices are smoked cod cakes, country ham, marrow with mushrooms, greens with buttermilk dressing, spoon bread and baked apple.

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Ms. Wyatt, 36, came out strong with a special Thanksgiving menu with items like classic Southern spoon bread and chicory ice cream pie.

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This souffle-like spoon bread showcases that quality beautifully.

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I can best describe the result as part cake, part pudding and part spoon bread.

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