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"What’s Cooking on the B&O "

General Discussion
#1

We had the Corn Bread Pie for our Memorial Day Meal. It was a memory of the National Limited leaving St. Louis and dinner being served as it passed through Carlyle heading east. That mainline is just two blocks from our house and the trains still roll by, but they are almost always freights now. It was a nice memory of the past.

Corn Bread Pie is one of the best-known B&O recipes, but it was only served on one menu, that of the B&O Dinners. However it was not only published in What’s Cooking on the B&O and in B&O Magazine, but also in a little card offered to dining car guests.

You can check out some of the recipes in the LSC Articles.

http://www.largescalecentral.com/articles/view.php?id=64

#2

Ric,

Interesting!

Could I ask a favour? How about listing all the ingredients in a vertical format (one line for each ingredient), that way it would be easier to decipher. Thanks!

#3

Hans-Joerg,

Here is the recipe, but from a different site…

Corn Bread Pie
“The Baltimore & Ohio claimed that passengers would continue past their station stops in order to have a second helping of this specialty corn creation. It was one of the most popular items with both men and women.”

1 lb Ground beef

1 lg Onion; chopped

1 cn Tomato soup; condensed

2 c Water

1 ts Salt

3/4 ts Pepper

1 tb Chili powder

1/2 c Green pepper; diced

1 c Whole kernel corn; (fresh frozen, or canned), drained

TOPPING

3/4 c Corn meal

1 tb Sugar

1 tb Flour

1/2 ts Salt

1 1/2 ts Baking powder

1 Egg; beaten

1/2 c Milk

1 tb Fat; melted

Combine the beef and onion in a large skillet and brown over medium heat. Add the soup, water, seasonings, green pepper and corn, stirring to mix well. Simmer for 15 minutes. Grease the casserole and fill no more than 3/4 full with the meat mixture to leave room for the corn bread topping.

TOPPING:
Sift the dry ingredients together. Add the beaten egg and milk. Stir lightly and fold in the melted fat. Pour the corn bread topping over the meat mixture and bake for 18-20 minutes. The topping disappears into the meat mixture, only to rise during baking to form a flavorful layer of corn bread.

AUTHOR: Chyrel

#4

Thanks Bob,

Much easier to read. :wink:

#5

Sounds good, I’ll have to try that sometime!

#6

HJ,

I think it looks cleaner, now.

#7

And easy to make too … we’ll be trying that one!

Matthew( OV)

#8
Ric Golding said:
HJ,

I think it looks cleaner, now.


Thanks Ric!

I’ll spring that one as a surprise on SWMBO one day.

“What’s for supper?”

“Pie, dear, pie”

“PIIIIIIEEEEEEE???”

“Yes dear, Corn Bread pie”

BTW back East (in my former life) I’d pick up Cornbread every so often from an Italian bakery. Real “stick to your ribs” stuff, haven’t found that in the Valley, yet.

If the CB Pie is a “thumbs up” then I’ll bake some of the CB stuff myself, no lack of recipes.

#9

You guys don’t eat cornbread? Wow, I was basically raised on the stuff. I never thought about it being regional.

#10
Ric Golding said:
You guys don't eat cornbread? Wow, I was basically raised on the stuff. I never thought about it being regional.
Oh we do, we do. But only if we can get it. ;) :) :D
#11

You can buy cornbread in the stores…?? I was raised in the South on the stuff but I never saw it in the store. All ours was home made. My preference is to corn muffins. They are great with a pot of home made stew or veggie soup.

#12
Warren Mumpower said:
You can buy cornbread in the stores..?? I was raised in the South on the stuff but I never saw it in the store. All ours was home made. My preference is to corn muffins. They are great with a pot of home made stew or veggie soup.
Warren,

I’ve never tasted Southern CB, but the Italian variety is quite to my liking.

On those muffins, how about red-hot Chili to go with it. Add some beer at the party and there will be no dispute over “Who let that one rip!?!” (to pick up Bart’s theme :wink: ) :lol: :lol:

#13

Hans-Joerg,

The only way to have corn bread is with “Ham & Beans”!!
Also when right out of the oven, slice, butter & Karo syrup!!

#14

You can keep the Karo syrup, but cornbread with ham and beans…Yum…!!

#15
Warren Mumpower said:
You can keep the Karo syrup, but cornbread with ham and beans......Yum......!!
Well, Karo Syrup is supposed to help with constipation. :lol: :lol: At least with babies! Hmmmmmmmmm .... that has me thinking .... put it on the Christmas list for ............???? ;) :) :D
#16

So you guys have bought cornbread in a grocery store or bakery? For us, it has always been homemade or maybe served in a restaurant. If it is sweet, to us it is called corn bread muffins.

Great northern beans and hamhocks, big pot on the stove cooking all day, served over split cornbread with real butter and fresh diced onions, served with a big glop (that’s more than a normal serving) of cold slaw (Mom’s dressing recipe) placed right in the middle of the whole plate full. Big cold glass of whole milk, not pasturized or homogenized, and out of the source within the last 8 hours with some of the cream spooned of the top, but not all of it. Now that’s eatin. Its good for you and will get you through a day’s work. On the farm, the big meal is always served at “Dinner Time” (around noon).

First remember eating that and learned how to eat it from my great-grandparents and then my grandparents, my kids learned to eat it the same way and the little ones have already had their first servings. Even the dogs go crazy over cornbread. Do you know about hush puppies? And I don’t mean the shoes.

If any of you guys can’t get cornmeal, we can send a care package. But even the Injuns knew how to grind corn.

#17

No, No!
Fresh honey! :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

HJ,
Have you ever had the old English steak and kidney pie? Bein’s me mum was Brit, we had that all the time, along with English batter puddin’.
jb

#18
John Bouck said:
No, No! Fresh honey! :) :)

HJ,
Have you ever had the old English steak and kidney pie? Bein’s me mum was Brit, we had that all the time, along with English batter puddin’.
jb


John,

I keep a safe distance when it comes to British food. Not my cup o’ tea!

#19
Ric Golding said:
So you guys have bought cornbread in a grocery store or bakery? For us, it has always been homemade or maybe served in a restaurant. If it is sweet, to us it is called corn bread muffins.

Great northern beans and hamhocks, big pot on the stove cooking all day, served over split cornbread with real butter and fresh diced onions, served with a big glop (that’s more than a normal serving) of cold slaw (Mom’s dressing recipe) placed right in the middle of the whole plate full. Big cold glass of whole milk, not pasturized or homogenized, and out of the source within the last 8 hours with some of the cream spooned of the top, but not all of it. Now that’s eatin. Its good for you and will get you through a day’s work. On the farm, the big meal is always served at “Dinner Time” (around noon).

First remember eating that and learned how to eat it from my great-grandparents and then my grandparents, my kids learned to eat it the same way and the little ones have already had their first servings. Even the dogs go crazy over cornbread. Do you know about hush puppies? And I don’t mean the shoes.

If any of you guys can’t get cornmeal, we can send a care package. But even the Injuns knew how to grind corn.


No problem getting corn meal, it’s required for “polenta” and a host of other yummy things. :wink: :slight_smile:

#20
Ric Golding said:
So you guys have bought cornbread in a grocery store or bakery? For us, it has always been homemade or maybe served in a restaurant. If it is sweet, to us it is called corn bread muffins.

Great northern beans and hamhocks, big pot on the stove cooking all day, served over split cornbread with real butter and fresh diced onions, served with a big glop (that’s more than a normal serving) of cold slaw (Mom’s dressing recipe) placed right in the middle of the whole plate full. Big cold glass of whole milk, not pasturized or homogenized, and out of the source within the last 8 hours with some of the cream spooned of the top, but not all of it. Now that’s eatin. Its good for you and will get you through a day’s work. On the farm, the big meal is always served at “Dinner Time” (around noon).

First remember eating that and learned how to eat it from my great-grandparents and then my grandparents, my kids learned to eat it the same way and the little ones have already had their first servings. Even the dogs go crazy over cornbread. Do you know about hush puppies? And I don’t mean the shoes.

If any of you guys can’t get cornmeal, we can send a care package. But even the Injuns knew how to grind corn.


Will Jan be bringin any of this B&O diner special to the invasion?..:wink: