Michelle: I don't really have a colonial receipe, but I asked my 102 year old mother and she said her grandmother cooked these the same way she had cooked them, so maybe they will qualify. Cornbread was the most common bread used for dinner and supper. People either ground their own corn or took it down the road to a grist-mill to have it ground. About two week's supply was all they dared grind at once or it would get buggy. Some had to make corn bread with just corn meal, salt and water, but others, more affluent, could use this receipe, which my mother still makes, except no cracklins. CRACKLIN' BREAD 1 Cup cornmeal (twice ground is finer) 2 T. flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoos soda 1 egg 1 T. lard 1 Cup buttermilk 1 Cup cracklin's (Pork fat fried till the grease is out, [save it for lard], drained when lightly browned.) If using sweet milk rather than buttermilk, omit the soda and use 4 teaspoons baking powder Mix and cook in an iron skillet on top of stove or in a Dutch oven in the oven (they used the Dutch oven over the coals in fireplace). HUSH PUPPIES In the olden days, in Texas, it was just corn meal mush made by mixing corn meal and little salt into cup of cold water, then pouring that slowly into boiling water. When cooked, pour into hot greased skillet to fry and brown. There were always dogs around begging for food, so the cook would break off a bite of the fried mush, throw it to the dog and say, "Hush Puppy". (really true) If your daughter doesn't get better ones, mabe these will keep her from failing the assignment. Redell Reed in Colorado ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]