On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 15:39:16 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
> wrote:

>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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>> >
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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

The bacon grease that I had was not highly smoked . It was a meh in
the corn as far as I was concerned. I used 1/2 & 1/2 and no water.
Janet US