Depending on how easily you can get maize meal back home.... I think we can hook you up with some recipes. 
Of course we could also hook you up with some recipes for succotash, using the "three sisters" Maize, Beans, and Squash. Get a little venison in there and mm that's good eating.
edit: Good news! It seems that you can get some of the primary ingredients at Tesco... if you can stand to shop there. You'd be using "polenta" as an ingredient for a close substitute for what we call corn meal.
Here's a link to an already-converted-to-metric recipe... fair warning, it's been modified by Jamie Oliver. Paula Deen's recipe might be more authentic, though.
Ingredients
6 cups peanut oil
1 1/2 cups self-rising cornmeal
1/2 cup self-rising flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 small onion, chopped
1 cup buttermilk
1 egg, lightly beaten
Directions
Using a deep pot, preheat oil for frying to 350 degrees F.
Using a mixing bowl, stir together the cornmeal, flour, baking soda,
and salt. Stir in the onion. In a small bowl, stir together the
buttermilk and egg. Pour the buttermilk mixture into the dry ingredients
and mix until blended. Drop the batter, 1 teaspoon at a time, into the
oil. Dip the spoon in a glass of water after each hushpuppy is dropped
in the oil. Fry until golden brown, turning the hushpuppies during the
cooking process.
Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paul ... index.html
Give me a bit to convert to metric for you at some point, but the "self-rising cornmeal" can be substituted with regular cornmeal, baking powder and salt.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
Of course we could also hook you up with some recipes for succotash, using the "three sisters" Maize, Beans, and Squash. Get a little venison in there and mm that's good eating.
edit: Good news! It seems that you can get some of the primary ingredients at Tesco... if you can stand to shop there. You'd be using "polenta" as an ingredient for a close substitute for what we call corn meal.
Here's a link to an already-converted-to-metric recipe... fair warning, it's been modified by Jamie Oliver. Paula Deen's recipe might be more authentic, though.
Ingredients
6 cups peanut oil
1 1/2 cups self-rising cornmeal
1/2 cup self-rising flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 small onion, chopped
1 cup buttermilk
1 egg, lightly beaten
Directions
Using a deep pot, preheat oil for frying to 350 degrees F.
Using a mixing bowl, stir together the cornmeal, flour, baking soda,
and salt. Stir in the onion. In a small bowl, stir together the
buttermilk and egg. Pour the buttermilk mixture into the dry ingredients
and mix until blended. Drop the batter, 1 teaspoon at a time, into the
oil. Dip the spoon in a glass of water after each hushpuppy is dropped
in the oil. Fry until golden brown, turning the hushpuppies during the
cooking process.
Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paul ... index.html
Give me a bit to convert to metric for you at some point, but the "self-rising cornmeal" can be substituted with regular cornmeal, baking powder and salt.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll