“Cornbread ain’t done in the middle” (stupid)

“Bread/Cornbread ain’t done in the middle” (a person is stupid) is a saying that has been printed on several images. Authorshup is unknown.
     
“Her bread ain’t done in the middle” was posted on the newsgroup 3do.bad-attitude on March 25, 2001. “Elevator dont go to the top. bread aint done in the middle” was posted on Twitter on January 12, 2010.
 
“My brain is an empty vessel these days, my cornbread is not done in the middle and my wiring is still not up to code” was printed in The Daily News (Jacksonville, NC) on September 19, 2010. “Have you ever listened to some folks for a minute and thought…‘their cornbread ain’t done in the middle’?” was posted on Twitter on April 18, 2017.
   
         
Google Groups: 3do.bad-attitude
What is this world coming to.       
Sib
3/25/01
her bread ain’t done in the middle.
     
Google Groups: 3do.bad-attitude
Women!!??
sib
5/24/02
an’ she ain’t even blonde!
send her back to the oven, she ain’t done in the middle, yet.
   
Twitter
Ari Howard
@IcebergSlim03
Replying to @drenchedinGLAM
@alienamedROXY elevator dont go to the top. bread aint done in the middle
12:20 AM - 12 Jan 2010
 
19 September 2010, The Daily News (Jacksonville, NC), Carolyn Alford column, pg. ?:
My brain is an empty vessel these days, my cornbread is not done in the middle and my wiring is still not up to code.
     
Twitter
Jeremy Jermainé
@JeremyHosey
So… The cornbread isn’t done in the middle… :/
4:23 PM - 6 Feb 2011
 
Twitter
Nicole Petronio
@RAWRzitsNicole
his corn bread isn’t done in the middle
4:32 PM - 16 Nov 2011
 
Twitter
C. Auguste Dupin
@MZGunter
Replying to @RodneyKendell1
@RKNJ310 As my grandma would say: her cornbread isn’t done in the middle.
10:05 PM - 12 Dec 2011
   
Twitter
Kilroy’s Delaware
@KilroysDelaware
Obama’s cornbread not done in the middle http://wp.me/pz20Z-4lF
8:58 PM - 27 Jan 2012
       
Twitter
Lord XIII
@TheGamingKhan
Funny comment I just read: “You should check your corn bread because it ain’t done in the middle.” #tcot
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/12/sebelius-violated-hatch-act-and-may-be-fired-obama-administration-lawyers-find/#ixzz26Jw71rjH
12:25 AM - 13 Sep 2012
 
Twitter
allaboutTee
@Twitorrie
When old folks say “his/her cornbread not done in the middle” > elevator don’t rise to the top floor > lights are on but nobody shopping >
11:36 AM - 14 Sep 2012
   
Twitter
Andrea Coe
@andreamcoe
“Have you ever listened to some folks for a minute and thought…‘their cornbread ain’t done in the middle’?”
9:17 PM - 18 Apr 2017
     
Twitter
Robyn
@rockyrobyn123
@TuckerCarlson   love this! Have ye ever listened to some folk for a minute and thought….. Their cornbread ain’t done in the middle!
1:32 PM - 27 Apr 2017
     
10 May 2017, Spokesman Review (Spokane, WA), “Grandma Would’ve Approved of Gray Horse Bet” by Dave Oliveria, pg. C2:
Coeur d’Alene School Trustee Tom Hearn has a new favorite saying via a sister-in-law who lives in the South: “Have ye ever listened to some folks for a minute and thought: Their cornbread ain’t done in the middle.”
 
Twitter
Kennedy ☺️
@knoelle0221
“You ever looked at somebody and realized that their cornbread ain’t done in the middle.” -Chris 2k18 😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
8:05 PM - 19 Jun 2018