Confederate Cush

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)

Steps

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

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Adapted from “Confederate Cush” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.