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Confederate Cush

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Confederate cush is a dish that became popular among the armies of the South during the American Civil War, since it used ingredients that many Southerners had on hand.

Ingredients

  • Fat bacon, chopped
  • Cubed cooked beef
  • Cornmeal mush
  • 1 qt water
  • 1 clove garlic (optional) (optional)

Instructions

  1. 1
    Put bacon into a hot iron skillet, and fry the grease out of it.
  2. 2
    Add the beef, then slowly add 4 cups of water. Bring to a boil.
  3. 3
    Add cornmeal mush and stir until dry.
  4. 4
    Remove skillet from fire, and let cool.
  5. 5
    Serve warm, like hash.
Method
Frying
Cuisine
Southern

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Confederate_Cush