The Great Cornbread Cookoff was a bust. Zilch, zero, a nothing. And for one of the few times in my life, I'm speechless. Well, apparently we lost the women of our town a week or so ago when it was announced that The Star would have a Great Cornbread Cookoff.
Cornbread is as Southern as lard gravy and banana pudding.
Great Cornbread-bakers are seldom known nor receive recognition outside immediate family. It was felt such a contest would bestow overdue recognition to the hands that feed the South. Since there's nothing as awful as lousy cornbread, it was also felt the contest would improve cornbread everywhere. Losers, in anonymity, could copy the recipes of the winners and therefore become even more dear to their families. So much for what we thought.