Hot water corn bread made for many years by natives, long before European colonization. It was often dipped or covered with fresh honey. Hot water corn bread Hot water cornbread is a Native American food item and is unique to the South. European explorers learned to make cornmeal into cornbread from the indigenous people. Hot water cornbread is a mixture of cornmeal and water cooked in a skillet with cooking oil (traditionally animal fat, such as lard, was used). The cornmeal is mixed with boiling water to make a batter. It is then placed in small portions in the hot oil, in the skillet
Alternative giving situation for all involved: he gets nothing, his friends spent a considerable amount of money on the alternative gift, the African family would not likely appreciate having "another mouth to feed," and the goat being taken away from its natural environment to an unfamiliar place unsuited for it. Alternative giving Alternative giving is a form of gift giving in which the giver makes a donation to a charitable organization on the gift recipient’s behalf, rather than giving them an item. The idea of giving something to one person by paying another was applied by Benjamin Franklin as a "trick [...]