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spoon bread
noun
- Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a baked dish made with cornmeal, milk, eggs, and shortening, served as an accompaniment to meat.
- Dialect. any of various types of biscuits shaped by dropping batter into a baking pan from a spoon.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of spoon bread1
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
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Example Sentences
Custardy pumpkin spoon bread dances on the line between sweet and savory.
From Washington Post
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