Fresh, Sweet Corn

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Sex is good but not as good as fresh, sweet corn.

~Garrison Keillor

Fresh, sweet corn is one of those treats you look forward to in the summertime, especially if you’re a gardener.  There’s nothing quite like it!  And, at the risk of sounding like “fifty shades of farmgirl,” I just had to include Garrison Keillor’s quote emphasizing how spectacularly good it really is. 😉

In honor of fresh, sweet corn, I’m sharing one of my favorite corn recipes—corn spoon pudding.  I love it, because it’s super easy and amazingly delicious!  It’s from a wonderful cookbook titled, Potluck at Midnight Farm-–celebrating food, family, and friends on Martha’s Vineyard, by Tamara Weiss.  Corn spoon pudding is a recipe that was contributed to the cookbook by actress, Mary Steenburgen.  Steenburgen writes, “this is a recipe that I grew up with in Arkansas and have made for many kinds of people.  Also, it’s so wildly popular that folks take one bite and instantly want the recipe.”

Well, I have to agree with her.  I always keep extra copies of this recipe on hand to share, because it’s a guaranteed smash hit.  It’s the best cornbread you’ll ever eat!

 

Corn Spoon Pudding

Serves 12

*Use organic, non-GMO ingredients when possible

Ingredients:

1  (8 1/2-ounce) box corn muffin mix

7 1/2-ounces of freshly cooked whole kernel corn or canned corn

7 1/2-ounces of creamed corn or canned creamed corn

1 cup sour cream  (use sour cream with a thicker consistency for best results)

2 large eggs, beaten

1/2 cup melted unsalted butter

1/2 cup grated Swiss cheese

Method:

Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine all the ingredients except the cheese in a large mixing bowl.  Pour into a lightly greased 9 X 13-inch baking dish. Bake for 35 minutes.  Sprinkle grated Swiss cheese on top and bake 10 minutes more.  You will know it’s done when a toothpick comes out clean.

Serve warm.

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  9. at work (a retirement home) we always had community lunches and holiday celebrations in the community room. Someone made something like this once. Going through the line I put a little on my plate because I never seen it before. After I finished my first plate I headed back for that corn cake stuff. I didn’t know what it was called but it was so good. I scooped up an entire corner because I like the cooked edged, covered it in gravy and I was in heaven. There was also some green bean pot with bacon in it. I miss working there now…

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  11. This looks delicious! It seems a lot like Corn Casserole! I just got a ton of sweet corn from my in-laws’s garden, so I should totally make this!

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