Betty’s Version of Boone Tavern Spoonbread Recipe
In this video, Betty demonstrates how to make the spoonbread that Boone Tavern Restaurant (in Berea, KY) is famous for. The recipe comes from the cookbook Look No Further, written by Richard T. Hougen, manager of the Boone Tavern Restaurant from 1935 1975.
Ingredients:
3 cups milk
1 ¼ cups cornmeal
3 eggs
2 tablespoons butter
1 ¾ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
Stir meal into rapidly boiling milk. Cook until very thick, stirring constantly. Remove from fire and allow to cool. The mixture will be cold and very stiff. Add well beaten eggs, salt, baking powder and melted butter. Beat with electric beater for 15 minutes. Pour into well greased casserole. Bake for 30 minutes at 375 degrees. Serve from casserole by spoonfuls. This is the spoon bread for which Boone Tavern is so famous. Be sure to use white cornmeal for the true southern bread.
Duration : 0:9:40
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Spoon bread is ” …
Spoon bread is “heavenly!” That dish should feed about 8 people–so, just have 1/8 of it at a time (unless you skip something else!) The watermelon rind pickles are syrupy sweet. They are delicious; I can’t compare them to anything–nothing else tastes quite like them! Thanks for your lovely comment!
–Betty
I’m fairly certain …
I’m fairly certain that I’d hav e to miss out one entire meal if I ate that dish of spoon bread. . .but it actually looks worth it!
Mmmmmm. . .I’ve never ever had it, but I have read about it, and it sounds simply heavenly!
I’ve never had the watermelon pickles either. Are they a sweet pickle? I’m intrigued.
Yummy! Betty, I …
Yummy! Betty, I don’t know what I’d do without your channel!
BOAH!
–Betty
BOAH!
–Betty
Hi Betty,
look at …
Hi Betty,
look at this!!
i just made my first southern style cornbread a few days ago and i thought that was it, but now you
chime in with this great recipe! BOAH! (a german WOW!)
I’m sorry to repeat myself but i have not found one of youre recipes yet that didn’t appeal to me!
BOAH!!
Joe
They may be–but …
They may be–but they are also a delicacy in the Deep South!
–Betty
I thought …
I thought watermelon rinds were scandanavian
*Very* unintended! …
*Very* unintended!
–Betty
I have had …
I have had cornbread with milk–and it’s good, but nowhere near the taste of hot spoonbread with butter! I hope you get a chance to try it!
–Betty
Spoonbread is so …
Spoonbread is so natural to me, that it’s hard for me to believe that so many people have never eaten it! I think you will like it! Thanks for your sweet comment!
–Betty
You are welcome for …
You are welcome for the recipe! Yes, my mouth is okay–not a good ending for my video, though! I hope you get to try the recipe! Thanks for viewing and commenting!
–Betty
LOL! I hope your …
LOL! I hope your mouth is okay Betty! This is a great recipe — thanks!
Looks delicious!! …
Looks delicious!! Like I said, spoonbread is new to me and since it looks soooo yummy I will certainly have to give this recipe a go. Thanks Betty =))
I never had …
I never had spoonbread before. My grandmother was from South Carolina and she never mentioned it. I love hot corn bread with milk poured over it like cereal. Is this the same taste as cornbread with milk?
Cute Blooper!!!
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Cute Blooper!!!
Thanks, Jimmy! No, …
Thanks, Jimmy! No, I stopped just in time–not a good ending to my video! I truly loved your recitation of “Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright.” I hope you have more poems, speeches, etc. that you will be uploading! Have a great day!
–Betty
That looks …
That looks delicious, Betty. I hope you didn’t burn your tongue at the end there.
I think you’ll like …
I think you’ll like it! (It’s not sweet, though.) Thanks for your comment!
–Betty
Thanks for your …
Thanks for your sweet comment! I hope you get a chance to try spoonbread–we all love it!
–Betty
I live in the South …
I live in the South (Florida) and have surprisingly never heard of Spoonbread before. I am most definently going to have to try it. It looks delicious! Thanks again Betty for another wonderfull and yummy looking recipe =] Oh and P.S. I love how you tell us about the history of different places and dishes, like this one and when you went to the original Kentucky Fried Chicken. It’s fascinating to learn about the history of some the foods we eat.
oh cool it looks …
oh cool it looks like flan I gotta try that
I know spoonbread …
I know spoonbread is a Southern (US) thing–but it’s one of the things we love the most!
~~Big hugs~~
–Betty
Thanks for the good …
Thanks for the good wishes! I hope the recipe looks good!
–Betty
Hi! If you video …
Hi! If you video is too long, YouTube won’t accept it–10 minutes is supposed to be the maximum length, but I have gotten by with almost 11 minutes. Also, if your internet connection is very slow, your computer may time out before your video uploads. You would need to save your file on disk and go to another computer. I hope this helps!
–Betty
I’m glad you are …
I’m glad you are familiar with spoonbread–I think a lot of people are a little nervous about trying it! Thanks for commenting!
–Betty