spoon bread

American  

noun

1. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a baked dish made with cornmeal, milk, eggs, and shortening, served as an accompaniment to meat.

2. Dialect. any of various types of biscuits shaped by dropping batter into a baking pan from a spoon.

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Etymology

Origin of spoon bread

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Example Sentences

Kelly Vaughan grew up eating what she knows as corn casserole, and what you may know as a corn bowl or spoon bread.

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2022

Then the choices are smoked cod cakes, country ham, marrow with mushrooms, greens with buttermilk dressing, spoon bread and baked apple.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2021

Ms. Wyatt, 36, came out strong with a special Thanksgiving menu with items like classic Southern spoon bread and chicory ice cream pie.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2020

I copied the theory of his menus—which always included a surprise fourth item like those crab apples or carrot pudding or spoon bread.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 6, 2006

I made white bread, brown bread, corn bread, and spoon bread.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly