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Holiday favorite #MFRWauthor

Corn makes corn puddingThe whole time I lived at home, my mom made corn pudding for our holiday meals. I really don’t remember having it any other time, but Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter, corn pudding was a staple on our dinner table. I loved it! Mom loved it! Dad…? Well, when he explained to Mom why he was leaving, after 28 years of marriage, he said he hated corn pudding.

I know, right? Why couldn’t he have just said, “I don’t care for corn

Corn pudding--holiday favorite
Mom, helping Dad pack. I’m pretty sure she put a container of corn pudding in that box.

pudding.”? But no, he let his dislike fester until he couldn’t stand it anymore. Of course, maybe that wasn’t the real reason he left. A man who won’t admit his dislike for a holiday recipe probably has other things he won’t confess, too. 😉

At any rate, I still love corn pudding. I don’t make it frequently, probably because unlike being corn fed (so to speak) as I was, hubby is a green veggies kind of guy.

Here is my recipe for corn pudding, a slightly different recipe than my mom used.

Corn Pudding
2 15 oz cans creamed corn
1 15 oz can whole corn (or 1-1 1/2 cups frozen corn)
16 Saltine crackers, crushed
1 Tbl melted butter
1 large egg
½ cup milk

Mix everything together and put in a well buttered baking dish.
Bake at 350 degrees until the top is browned and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Note: I normally don’t use salt and pepper when I cook. Season this as you like.

I hope you like my corn pudding. More importantly, I hope your husband does!

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Dee

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Corn Pudding—It’s Not Just for Native Americans Anymore #MFRWauthor

Well, this particular corn pudding wasn’t really for Native Americans ever, but we’re part Sioux and my mom developed the recipe, so for all I know, some nice Sioux woman from South Dakota passed on her recipe to Mom. Also, I’m from Iowa, so a corn recipe is only natural, with or without ourCorn heritage. At any rate, this is not a difficult recipe but for some reason, we only had it for holidays and other special dates like birthdays throughout my years of living at home.

True story. After twenty-eight years of marriage my dad came home one day and as part of the whole “I’d like a divorce” speech, he announced that he never liked my mom’s corn pudding. Say what? Some men have no taste. I’ve always thought it was delicious and have made it myself, again as part of special family and holiday meals. Everyone I know loves it, too. But if it turns out you don’t, I wouldn’t suggest waiting twenty-eight years to let it be known. 😉

So here’s the recipe:

2 14-oz cans of cream corn
1 cup whole kernel corn (Mom didn’t add this. I use frozen, whole kernel)
1 Tbl melted butter
1 cup milk
14-16 crushed Saltine crackers
2 eggs, beaten

Mix well. Pour into a greased casserole dish and bake for about an hour, checking for doneness with a toothpick and making sure it comes out clean. The corn should be lightly brown on top.

 

ThanksgivingI hope you love this dish! It’s got childhood written all over it, though it’s my childhood, not yours. Maybe you’ll want to adopt it, though.

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