Hi Tom & Sue, <My grandmother said no self-respecting southern <cook would put sugar in corn bread. My grandmother put a little molasses in the corn bread. Maybe that is where they got the sugar idea on the corn meal packs. Course, I think my grandmother thought molasses was a healer for everything. Rebecca Sonoma Co., CA Researching in NC-VA-WV: BAILEY*BLACKBURN*BLANKENSHIP*BROOKS BROWN*CEYPHERS*CLANCY*COPENHAVER*COX FERRELL*GOODE*HARDY*LILLY*LOCKE*MALLERY MEADOR*MENDENHALL*MOODY*MOSIER*NAPIER PITTMAN*RAGLAND*ROLLER*SHUPE*SLEMP*SMITH STEELE*TUCKER*WHISMAN