Cotton: The Long and Short of It
Mammy's little baby loves shot'nin', short'nin', Mammy's little baby loves short'nin' bread... If those lyrics don't immediately bring the song to mind, you can here a version here . It's one of the first songs I learned to play on the piano many, many moons ago. Most people believe this to be a song sung by slaves on the plantation, but it was actually first published with the lyrics I mention above in 1915. It is considered to be a folk song. James Whitcomb Riley is credited with creating an even earlier version in 1900. Shortening Bread is a wonderful mixture of cornmeal, flour, hot water, eggs, baking powder, milk and shortening and instead of baking it you serve it fried. Shortening is used to make various types of pastry and used for frying foods. One of my favorite uses that I try to stay away from as much as possible is frosting such as the type of frosting on wedding cakes. Oh my! What a wicked little pleasure that stuff is.... D...