cornbread

Everyday

A sweet or savoury bread made from cornmeal (ground maize), often baked in a pan or skillet; it is a traditional food of the southern United States. tree →

In the lessons

In food and culture lessons about the USA, cornbread is eaten with chilli, barbecue, beans and at Thanksgiving. In history, it comes from Native American ways of cooking maize, which European settlers learned. Phrases: «a slice of cornbread», «skillet cornbread», «cornbread muffins».

Examples

• We had chilli with a big square of cornbread. tree →
• Grandma in Texas bakes cornbread in a black iron skillet. tree →
• Cornbread is made from yellow cornmeal. tree →
• Native Americans cooked bread from maize long before cornbread recipes were written down. tree →
• The cornbread was a bit crumbly but delicious with butter. tree →
• At Thanksgiving, my aunt makes cornbread stuffing. tree →

Note

Usually uncountable (some cornbread, a piece of cornbread). In American English «corn» means maize; in British English «corn» can mean any grain (like wheat), which is a common confusion. Sometimes written as two words, «corn bread».