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Corn Meal Griddles

A griddle cake made from cornmeal, butter, sugar, eggs, milk, and salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Colbrath, M. Tarbox · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Milk and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 88,785 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Corn Meal Griddles

Ingredients

Directions

Make the batter

  1. Pour boiling water slowly upon this mixture, stirring until all is moistened, then leave it to swell for half an hour.

  2. When cool enough, break into it three unbeaten eggs, adding two tablespoonfuls of cold milk.

  3. Beat these well into the dough.

  4. Test the batter on the griddle, and add a little cold milk from time to time until the batter is the right thickness to bake and turn conveniently.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake both sides a nice brown.

  2. Serve hot, and well buttered.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

276Calories
14 gProtein
13 gFat
25 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Colbrath, M. Tarbox. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Milk + eggtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together88,785 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  2. Milk + sugartop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together77,875 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Sugar + eggtop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122,807 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Milk and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 77,875 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Bind the batter and add structure and richness to the griddles.
Cornmeal (in the method)
Forms the body of the griddles, giving them their grainy texture and flavour.
Cold milk
Thins the batter to the right consistency for baking on the griddle.

The step that matters

Testing the batter on the griddle. Cold milk is added a little at a time until the batter reaches the right thickness. Too thick and the griddle cakes will not spread or turn well; too thin and they will not hold their shape.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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