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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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My best dish in a dish #MFRWauthor

Dutch ovenI have to say, I am not a very good cook and I’ve become worse since being married. My family used lots of seasoning, so at one time I knew what I was doing with them. But Jack likes no seasoning—not spices, herbs, salt, or pepper. Nothing. He says he likes the taste of food as it is meant to be tasted. So I’ve learned to eat food the same way and that somewhat limits what one can do in the way of creativity. Consequently, my culinary acumen has suffered. I do still have a few dishes I cook and Jack eats them or he fixes a sandwich. (Okay, that’s not accurate. I fix his sandwich.) One of my favorite comfort foods is goulash, or what some call hamburger and macaroni.

My mom made this dish when I was growing up because it was cheap and we were slightly below middle class and liked cheap. It also could be stretched to last several days so we often had it near the end of the month when money was about gone. Didn’t matter to me—I loved it! And I still love it, especially now that the weather has turned colder. Now we have itBeef and macaroni--goulash to me with a slice of crusty bread and maybe a salad. Doesn’t matter—it takes me back to my childhood. Funny thing. Years ago when I first started making goulash for Jack and me, it didn’t taste the same as when Mom made it. I asked her why and after relaying how I made it, she asked when I added the secret ingredient. Once I started that, the flavors were the taste of home. See if you can spot the secret ingredient.

Goulash
Prep time: about 15 minutes
Cooking time: about 30 minutes

2 lbs hamburger (mom used a pound or less but Jack is a big meat guy)
1 large onion, chopped
1 14.5 oz can tomato sauce
1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
8 oz elbow macaroni
1 cup secret ingredient (KETCHUP)
Season with salt and pepper to your liking. Of course you know, I use none.)

1. Cook macaroni for slightly less time than package recommends. The cooked macaroni will be sitting in sauce and will absorb some of it.
2. Brown hamburger with onion in a Dutch oven
3. Add tomato sauce and diced tomatoes. Stir well and let tomatoes heat through.
4. Add macaroni to hamburger-tomato mixture and stir well.
5. Add ketchup and stir.
6. Turn down heat and let simmer for about 20 minutes.
So good right when it’s finished cooking, but even better the next day.

I hope you try this recipe and that you like it as much as Jack and I do.

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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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