Ellyn's Mexican Cornbread

Cornbread 
2 eggs well beaten
1 cup yellow corn meal              
1/4 tsp. Soda
1 cup milk                          
1/2 cup bacon drippings
1 can cream style corn              
1/3 tsp. Salt
             
Beat the eggs in a bowl.  Add 1 cup of corn meal, milk, soda, salt and 
bacon drippings.  
Mix well and set aside.

Meat Mixture
1/2 lb. Ground meat                 
1 lg. Onion, chopped
1/2 lb. Yellow cheese               
4 canned jalapeno peppers, chopped
Corn meal                 
            
Sauté the meat until browned.  Drain.  Prepare the onion, peppers and 
cheese - set aside.

Grease a large iron skillet.  Heat it and then sprinkle the bottom 
lightly with a thin layer of corn meal.  Let it brown slightly.

Pour half of the corn meal batter into the skillet.  

Sprinkle with grated cheese, the meat, onion & pepper.  

Pour remaining batter over all.  Bake at 350 deg. for 45 min. to an hour.