Baking soda works with the acid in the buttermilk to make the cornbread rise. A little more trouble but the taste is better. Make buttermilk biscuits like his too.

Yup, same principle as the vinegar soda volcanoes we all made in elementary school.

In a southern household there is one cast iron skillet that shall not be washed. That is the cornbread skillet, perfectly seasoned. Just wipe it out when done. At most rinse under water and dry well.

May God have mercy on anyone that causes the cornbread to stick.

I'm going to show Warrior's last post to my wife who has been flirting with divorce for abusing the golden cast iron skillet rule! Ain't fun to have to re-season those suckers.

Try a heaping spoon of mayo if you have no eggs that day.