Since it is peach season, we decided to travel to Georgia. The oficial state fruit is peaches. According to Wikipedia, peaches were introduced to Georgia by Franciscan Monks as an alternative to cotton. Most people consider peaches from Georgia some of the best tasting there are. What better way to enjoy them than the classic southern dessert, peach cobbler!
Most people consider a cobbler to be a combination of pie, cake and/or biscuits. Our recipe is more like a pie/cake combination with cake batter poured over fruit and baked. We like this recipe as it is pretty simple and in the summer (aka peach season), it is helpful to have something that doesn’t take too much time to prepare when it can be so hot outside.
It seems that cobblers in general originate in the New England region at the time of British Colonization. Their ease in preparation and flexibility in ingredients might well have appealed to the cooks of the day. In the US, there are many variations of this type of dish, both savory and sweet. Whether it is called a cobbler, grunt, slump, buckle or Betty, they are all delicious. I think there is some serious research to be had to find out the origins of all these names, but I will leave that for another day