Not to be confused with cornbread pancakes and waffles ... For a savory version, layer some crisp buttermilk fried chicken over corn waffles, or serve corn pancakes smothered in sausage gravy.

And then there’s the fried cornbread, or hushpuppies. My grandma’s cornbread is pancake like, cooked in her cast-iron skillet with crunchy, lacy edges. It wasn’t necessarily a special ...