When I was young and sometimes went camping my favorite dish was corn
bread. In those days, we always began proceedings by building a mud
oven. Now I believe portable ovens are convenient and cheap. In any
event, following is my recipe:
2 cups of flour
3 cups of cornmeal
4 heaping teaspoonsful of baking powder
2 eggs well beaten
1 teaspoonful of salt
1 tablespoonful of granulated sugar
1 generous pint of milk
2 tablespoonsful of melted crisco or lard
Do not scald the cornmeal.
Mix the meal with flour, baking powder, salt and sugar, beat the eggs
until they are light, add the milk and eggs to the other ingredients.
Beat the whole until it is smooth and light—about one minute. Finally
adding the melted crisco or lard; pack into shallow, greased pan and
bake in a hot oven for twenty-five minutes.