I'm new to the Mudcat and if this thread is any indication of what's to come, I am glad to have found my way here.

Stilly River- We use left over mashed potatoes to bind together our salmon patties. If there are any left-over. My husband makes the best mashed potatoes. Not a brag, simply a statement of fact.

For those of you who enjoy the history and regional aspects of cooking, I suggest _Smokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread, & Scuppernong Wine_ by Joseph E. Dabney, published by Cumberland House (1998). It won the Jame Beard/Kitchen Aid Cook Book of the Year award. It's excellent reading if you never try a receipe, and the receipes are good.

We had cornbread last night. Yellow cornmeal, a little sugar, mother-in-laws iron skillet(round).