spoon bread

spoon bread
1. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a baked dish made with cornmeal, milk, eggs, and shortening, served as an accompaniment to meat.
2. Dial. any of various types of biscuits shaped by dropping batter into a baking pan from a spoon.
[1905-10, Amer.]

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