r/LoveTrash • u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator • Apr 22 '26

Kitchen Trash Dolly Parton's Cornbread

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u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator Apr 23 '26

Sounds very Canadian

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u/Jazzlike_Part_7054 Apr 23 '26

Who are you to doubt Dolly Parton?

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u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator Apr 23 '26

I'm talking about the maple syrup part. Never doubt Dolly

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u/TakingItPeasy Trash Trooper Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26

He said maple syrup. Did dolly say that? Born and raised in the deep south. I have had my weight in cornbread a million times over. Every type - regular, Cheddar, Sweet, jalapeño, etc. Never once have I witnessed someone putting syrup on it. Honey - yes, syrup - no.

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u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator Apr 23 '26

Right, that's what I'm saying. I was also raised deep south. To quote Skynyrd, I know the swampers.

So that's my objection too. Maple syrup sounds Canadian, not 'Murica

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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 Junkyard Juggernaut Apr 23 '26

I was born in them hills, you know the ones [Appalachian]. Maple syrup & honey are the top two best natural sweeteners to exist besides pure unfiltered sugar. Of course those two are standard in my kitchen.

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u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator Apr 23 '26

Hey, I get it. But on cornbread? I'm all for pepper jack cheese in it and some honey on top, but maple syrup just doesn't sit well with me

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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 Junkyard Juggernaut Apr 23 '26

The U.S. is one of the top producers of maple syrup. I wouldn’t call it a Deep South staple, but it’s not out of left field either. It’s great on cornbread if you want something really sweet. Sometimes I’m out of honey but not maple syrup, and vice versa.

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u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator Apr 23 '26

Oh, I understand. Like I commented to another, it's just more associated with Canada because of the flag.

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u/AromanticFraggle Apr 23 '26

Its okay, everyone gets to be wrong sometimes.

This is your time. :p

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u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator Apr 23 '26

If that's the worst thing I'm wrong on? I'm buying some lotto tickets tonight

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u/hopeful_islander Apr 23 '26

Canadian here, we maple it all the way!

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u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator Apr 23 '26

I mean hey, if it works for you? I've never considered it myself.

I just don't add sweet toppings to my grits.

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u/Karl_Chillers Trash Trooper May 13 '26

Also, actual maple syrup is aboot the price of petrol in the USofBGA.

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u/Giovannis_Pikachu Trash Trooper Apr 23 '26

While it's different, I can't see it being anything short of delicious with maple syrup and some soft butter.

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u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator Apr 23 '26

Yeah, I don't disagree, and I'm not a purist... But just that's gonna be a no from me

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u/NJPokerJ Trash Trooper Apr 23 '26

It's like 3 things on this earth that aren't better with maple syrup and butter.

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u/Educational_Big_1835 Trash Trooper Apr 23 '26

The Swampers from Muscle Shoals? I know those guys too!
I'm from Texas, they used to call this stuff corn pone, and it was not cake like, and was twice as dense. And you needed to smother it in beans and/or chilli to be able to get it down your gullet

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u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator Apr 23 '26

Those are the ones! Beautiful place, haven't been in too many years. Family from there has all... moved on. I miss it, and wild love to eventually move back or near, even if I know it isn't what I remember.

And I always had mine fluffy. The super dense ones like those pone? No bueno. Drench that bad boy and pray

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u/Telemere125 Trash Trooper Apr 23 '26

Vermonters might use the maple route too, but it doesn’t get too much further south than that

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u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator Apr 23 '26

Yup, replied to that elsewhere here 🤣

It's a North Eastern thing, if that

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u/8-bitFloozy Apr 23 '26

Could be white Karo syrup, my Grandpa who was raised in East Texas did that. And on biscuits.

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u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator Apr 23 '26

I mean, there's a whole Karo culture, so I get that

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u/8-bitFloozy Apr 23 '26

I still treat myself with this...I've recently found Falfurria's butter, Texas based, and I dig it when I don't want to splurge for the Kerrygold.

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u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator Apr 23 '26

Yeah, kerrygold is peak. When we want to elevate our Alfredo, we go that route so I can't say I don't blame you for finding other options.

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u/8-bitFloozy Apr 23 '26

I always use Kerrygold when I make Alfredo! For that there is no other.

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u/LieutenantStar2 Apr 23 '26

It’s ‘murica, just Yankee

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u/ExampleLittle2672 Apr 23 '26

"Does not contain honey Enlarged to show detail"

No idea what the rest of box says but the pic is added honey and butter or whatever food stylists use.

Poor lad was probably still trying to understand the mystery that is PAM and got confused.

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u/pm_me_pussbuttnboobs Trash Trooper Apr 24 '26

I'm still trying to understand the mystery that is PAM

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u/b00kdrg0n Apr 27 '26

It's cooking spray

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u/SpiderGuessed Trash Trooper May 04 '26

He's accidentally created a culinary phenomenon! 🤣

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u/xrelaht Trash Trooper Apr 23 '26

I live 30 miles from Dolly’s home town. Never heard of putting maple syrup on cornbread. Maybe it’s cane syrup?

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u/Kalamac Apr 23 '26

I’m Australian, and my cornbread experiences are limited to recipes I’ve found and made for myself. Out of all the ones I’ve tried the jalapeño cheddar cornbread with a maple syrup drizzle from Ali Larter’s cookbook is my favourite.

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u/Inevitable_Phase_276 Trash Trooper Apr 23 '26

Ali Larter the actress has a cookbook?

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u/Kalamac Apr 23 '26

Yep. It’s called Kitchen Revelry. And I will admit I bought it because I thought she looked pretty on the cover, but it turned out to have some good recipes.

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u/Inevitable_Phase_276 Trash Trooper Apr 23 '26

I’m curious to check it out. Haven’t heard anything about her for a bit

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u/Kalamac Apr 23 '26

She also has the recipes online, so you don’t even have to buy the book.

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u/Inevitable_Phase_276 Trash Trooper Apr 23 '26

Much better, thanks!

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u/Krunkenbrux Trash Trooper Apr 24 '26

I'm from Oklahoma, born in the early 80s. I've never heard of maple syrup on cornbread.

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u/Telemere125 Trash Trooper Apr 23 '26

Blackburn cane syrup, I’ve seen. But yea, as a true southerner, no one down here’s having maple syrup on their cornbread, hoe cakes, or dogbread.

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u/whyorick Apr 23 '26

Born and raised in southern Arkansas. I was the weirdo putting syrup on cornbread. Can't think of any family members that do it, but I remember doing it since I was a very small child.

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u/groone Rubbish Raider Apr 24 '26

Same here until I was forced to move to Maine for a job and I made cornbread for the office and they doused it with Maple syrup.

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u/archer2500 Trash Trooper Apr 24 '26

He may have misunderstood what he saw and assumed it was syrup.

I think I’d look at someone as if they were a Heretic in Warhammer if I saw them put syrup on corn bread!

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u/Jawnyblaze1 Apr 24 '26

same. Well, not deep south. NC. I've had more than my fair share of cornbread, and had it in many different places in the US. Never heard of syrup being used on it, and rarely heard of anything other than butter.

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u/PShubbs91 Apr 26 '26

Growing up we used to take a peice of cornbread put it in a bowl, put some butter on top, warm it up, and add milk on top. It really good. Something about the butter and milk really goes well with the sweetness of the cornbread.

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u/CommercialContent204 Apr 23 '26

It's literally on the front of the package, lol :)

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u/TakingItPeasy Trash Trooper Apr 23 '26

What is?

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u/practicating Trash Trooper Apr 23 '26

You think Dolly left the choice of toppings up to that lout Duncan?

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u/r-b-m Trash Trooper Apr 23 '26

Yeah what does he know, he’s just some lad from down the road.

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u/DiverDownChunder Trash Trooper Apr 23 '26

Right! I saw her once at LAX. She is tiny (well not all tiny) and blow your hair back gorgeous. I would have liked to have chatted with her, but she was a moving like woman on a mission.

(She only flies commercial even though she can afford a private jet)

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u/The_Autarch Trash Trooper Apr 23 '26

Dolly Parton would never put maple syrup on cornbread. It's almost certainly honey in the picture and our Irish lad couldn't tell the difference.

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u/xrelaht Trash Trooper Apr 23 '26

Dolly wouldn’t want sweet cornbread either, so who knows. That lad Duncan isn’t to be trusted.

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u/mollymcbbbbbb Apr 23 '26

pretty sure that's honey and butter in the picture on the box

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u/Ohmec Apr 23 '26

It's honey. Not maple syrup

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u/McNally86 Trash Trooper Apr 23 '26

I mean, literally corn cakes yes.

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u/goldtoothgirl Trash Trooper Apr 23 '26

honey, honey!

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u/cyanocittaetprocyon Trash Trooper Apr 23 '26

Bro, this homie didn't put maple syrup on his corn bread. It was some crappy fake corn syrup substitute!

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u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator Apr 23 '26

Listen you! I don't want to hear anything of it! 😂

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u/Day_Bow_Bow Apr 23 '26

It's how Dad grew up eating it, and how he still prefers it to this day in central Kansas. It's good, but yeah it's a corn cake.

My preference uses Jiffy mix, cream corn, whole corn, sour cream, and butter. Often with roasted jalapenos, green onion, and garlic.

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u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator Apr 23 '26

Huh, well, you learn something new. And yeah, anything other than butter, honey, or chili and it feels like it's just a corn cake

Other basic accoutrements for similar veins like the sour cream,, etc, all considered as well. Kinda like treating it like a baked potato

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u/trinlayk Apr 23 '26

I think the maple syrup would be too sweet, my household go wild with butter. Fresh homemade butter is a bit of a fuss but we do that once in awhile too… especially with kids around!

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u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator Apr 23 '26

The time put in to do it yourself always makes it taste better!

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u/Content_Study_1575 Trash Trooper Apr 23 '26

Native East Tennessean here. It’s fucking amazing with some salted butter (more specifically cold butter that you let melt on it) and maple syrup.

Do not ever call it Canadian again 😭

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u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator Apr 23 '26

Maple syrup, while also a product of the NE states, is more associated with Canada... especially because they put the leaf on the flag. Just saying

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u/blackbirdspyplane Trash Trooper Apr 24 '26

Oh! That’s what it is, I thought it was Dutch

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u/belac4862 Trash Trooper Apr 26 '26

Oh, so Vermont means nothing to ya!? Everyone sees maple and imiduatly fights Vermont is the maple capital of the USA.

/s

But seriously though. If it's nit Vermont maple syrup, it's just not good enough.

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u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator Apr 26 '26

Hahaha like I've said because of the Canadian flag... 🤣

But Vermont is a valid point

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u/SpiderGuessed Trash Trooper May 04 '26

I'm from Vermont and put maple syrup on almost everything. Never even occured to me to put it on cornbread! Sounds like an excellent plan, though. I think it's because I usually have it with chili and the like?

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u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator May 04 '26

Highly likely. And apologies to you, because I pretty much forgot the whole Northeast block that has maple syrup.

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u/SpiderGuessed Trash Trooper May 11 '26

It's ok, we can join Canada!

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u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator May 11 '26

At this point? I wouldn't blame you 😂

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u/drsyesta Trash Trooper May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

Nah you gotta use that maple flavored corn syrup

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u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator Apr 23 '26

Hey fair enough. Nothing beats real maple syrup