Creamed Corn Recipe

[Clipper]

Found this recipe on Facebook and we made it last night. It was delicious. I think when Kathy was "seasoning it to taste" as the recipe recommends, she also added a little more sugar and an extra tablespoon of real butter for a total of three tbsp. of butter. She also substituted whole milk for the fat free milk. It came out rich, creamy and delicious. I love home made creamed corn. It is nothing like the canned stuff. We always make creamed corn at least once or twice when fresh corn is in season. Corn is like strawberries in this house. When it is on the farm stands, we eat it almost daily until it goes out of season and always prepare and freeze some for later use.


MeeMaw's Creamed Corn
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Serves 6

Creamy corn that is rich, delicious and full of flavor

Prep Time - 10 min
Cook Time - 30 min
Total Time - 45 min

Ingredients
20 oz frozen corn
1 cup heavy cream
1 tsp salt
2 tsp pepper
2 Tbsp sugar
2 tbsp. butter
1/4 cup fat free milk
2 tbsp. flour

Instructions
1.Remove corn from freezer and let sit out for 10-15 minutes, or until thawed
2.In a large saucepan add thawed corn, cream, salt, pepper, sugar & butter
3.In a small bowl whisk together milk and flour, until smooth and stir into corn mixture
4.Cook over medium heat, stirring often to keep the cream from burning, for 25-30 minutes, or until corn is cooked through and mixture is thickened
5.Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary
6.Serve & ENJOY!!
7.**You can make a double recipe and freeze some if you would like

[kit]

I made the creamed corn recipe last night and like Kathy, I made a couple of changes.

The recipe calls for what I think is an excessive amount of pepper so I cut it in half. Also, not wanting black flecks in the corn, I used white pepper (I do this in my macaroni-n-cheese, too).

Also, I doubled the amount of milk. The dish got quite thick towards the end of cooking and the extra milk kept it reasonable.

But the bottom line is... it's simple and delicious. Thanks for posting it, Clipper.

[Clipper]

I am a heavy pepper user. I like spicy foods. Kathy also uses white pepper in her mac and cheese. I use white pepper at the table occasionally because it comes in a much finer grind that black pepper usually does. I have a pepper grinder set for a coarse grind for my salads, another for a medium grind and then the white pepper in it's original little shaker bottle from the spice aisle at the market. Then for chicken dishes we have lemon pepper, and for my rubs for meats I always keep some cayenne around. I like it on pizza also instead of crushed red pepper.

I know that when we had it last, Kathy had the same problem with it getting a little thicker than she wanted and like you, she also thinned it a little with an extra quarter cup of milk.

It sure beats the canned stuff doesn't it Kit? I could make a meal out of it, simply eating it out of a big bowl like soup.

We have "fresh" sweet corn in the stores right now,( I use the term "fresh" loosely) but it is a little pricey. Kroger's has it priced at 40 cents an ear. We will be waiting for it to come down. Last year it came down to a quarter and ear and they even had garbage cans next to the corn so you could husk it in the store and leave THEM with the mess, haha.

Right now we are enjoying fresh local strawberries. The farm stand across town has jumbo sized berries for $2 a quart. I bought 4 quarts yesterday and Kathy put them in ziploc bags with sugar and we froze all but a quart. I just polished off a shortcake on a homemade biscuit. So much for the diet for today. haha. I did okay until she broke out the berries and whipped cream. I had a bowl of cereal this morning, a salad for lunch, and a chicken salad sandwich on rye and a small Ceasar's salad for supper, but those berries and a biscuit were calling my name and I couldn't ignore their call, haha. I will go and buy a crate tomorrow morning. They are fresh picked each day. A crate is 18 quarts. That should be enough to hold us for the summer. We miss being able to pick our own at Lenahans on the Clark Mills road. It is a shame that they closed the farm down.