On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 2:02:25 PM UTC-5, Mayo wrote:
> On 9/9/2014 12:36 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
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> > Today we pulled the corn stalks from the garden. As a result, I have
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> > a bunch of runty cobs of corn (the bees and the wind didn't do a good
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> > job pollinating)
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> > I was going to try Fried Corn. I've seen it often on cooking shows
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> > but as I looked at the recipes, none appealed to me. I checked out
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> > Corn recipes at the Food Network and have decided on the Neeley's
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> > Southern Creamed Corn.
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> > Southern Creamed Corn
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> > Recipe courtesy of Patrick and Gina Neely
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> > Ingredients
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> > " 8 ears corn, husked
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> > " 2 tablespoons sugar
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> > " 1 tablespoons all-purpose flour
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> > " Salt and freshly ground black pepper
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> > " 1 cup heavy cream
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> > " 1/2 cup cold water
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> > " 2 tablespoons bacon grease
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> > " 1 tablespoons butter
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> > Directions
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> > In a large bowl, cut the tip off cob. Cut the kernels from cob with a
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> > small paring knife. Using the back of the blade, scrape against the
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> > cob to press out the milky liquid.
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> > Whisk together sugar, flour, and salt and pepper, to taste. Combine
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> > with corn. Add the heavy cream and water. Mix.
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> > In a large skillet over medium heat, heat bacon grease. Add corn
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> > mixture and turn heat down to medium-low, stirring until it becomes
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> > creamy, about 30 minutes.
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> > Add the butter right before serving.
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> > This time of year with all garden produce finishing up, I have a
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> > fridge full of veggies. Meal planning is not done around a protein
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> > but rather which vegetable either takes the most room in the fridge or
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> > which vegetable needs to go. Tonight's fare will be Tilapia, parsley
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> > buttered potatoes, sour cream cucumbers and creamed corn. If I only
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> > had some plums I'd make a plum kuchen for afters to have with ice
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> > cream. The silly young people across the street moved into the house
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> > with a lovely established garden and various fruit trees. Everything
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> > just drops to the ground and goes to waste. Rats!
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> > Janet US
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> This might be a dandy time to offer to help them pick that fruit and
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> distribute to local food banks.
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> They likely have never had fruit trees before and are clueless. A good
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> talk on borers, which pesticides not to use and when, and such might
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> brighten their thoughts. Some times folks are just overwhelmed by things
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> like growing fruit and as a result do nothing.
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> Your meal sounds delectable, and the Neely's recipe is as good as any
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> I've used.
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> I like to substitute 1/ and 1/2 for heavy cream, but that's a dietary
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> choice.
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That would work, but you'd need to increase the flour to compensate.
With as sweet as corn is these days, adding sugar is certainly not
needed. Also, if using heavy cream, you don't need flour or cornstarch
at all.

The bacon grease sounds interesting. I fried both potatoes and eggs in
the grease from frying the bacon for tonight's meal. I also made salsa
in the blender from 8 de-seeded red jalapenos, about 3 cups of cherry
tomatoes, and one slightly under-ripe avocado.
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--Bryan