Every summer around this time, my mom starts scouring the farmers’ markets for ears of fresh, tender, yummy corn and we fry it up, add some slices of fresh juicy tomato on the side, and feast like queens. This will be our first fried corn of the season, and I am so excited.
I honestly think that if I were on death row, I’d ask for fried corn as my last meal.
(Maybe with salmon croquettes and tomatoes, maybe with homemade biscuits and tomatoes. It would depend on my mood. ;))
Well, Ginger, it’s simple; we just shuck the corn, scrape the kernels from the cob, throw them in a pan with bacon grease, sugar, salt, and pepper, and cook 'em till they’re tender.
I know that doesn’t tell you much, but if you’d like more of a recipe to follow, I’m sure the internet abounds with them. Some people add onions, peppers, cream, actual bacon, you name it.
And if you’re a vegetarian and can’t do the bacon grease, I’m sure butter would work nicely.
Get to fryin’, sister! Let me know how it turns out!
Fried corn…yummmm! Gonna have me some this weekend. I am being feted Saturday, being as my b’day is coming up next week. Fried corn is on the menu baby! MMMM… deep fried in peanut oil. I can’t wait!
[sub]I’m really hankerin’ for some fried dill pickles too, but don’t think I’m gonna get em. (sigh)[/sub]
In the BBQ restaurants around here, corn is deep-fried on the cob. It’s wonderful!!! I’ve done it myself, but I don’thave a deep fryer, so it wasn’t as good. Just put ears of corn in hot oil (I used corn oil) until the kernels are lightly browned. <drool>
I used to live in Illinois, where they are justly proud of the corn grown there. One evening, we had a big bag of fresh picked Illinois super sweet (like silver queen, but even sweeter), and I proposed to my next door neighbors that we fry up some corn. They were aghast: “Is there NOTHING you southerners won’t fry??” “Trust me,” I said.
They watched in horror as I cut the kernels off the cob and threw them into a cast iron skillet with bacon grease and a little cream, and fried it up.
Needless to say, their tune changed once they tasted it! My neighbor said he thought it was the best corn he’d ever had in his life.
That’s right. You don’t just fry corn - you fry it up!
Sure it does. After your husband gets his fried corn induced heart attack tonight and expires, you’ll be wallowing in all that money coming from my retirement fund and life insurance policies.
Heck yeah, we get Bluebell, Homebrew! I don’t think that my grandmother would have moved back up here from Texas (where she’d lived since I was 9) if that hadn’t been the case!
Unfortunately, my mom doesn’t share the love, and so often goofs and gets BlueBunny, thinking that’s the kind I like.
I once took a tour of the Blue Bunny ice cream factory, located in LeMars, Iowa. They even have an ice cream museum and gift shop. It wasn’t quite the kick touring Elvis’ birthplace/museum/gift shop/wedding chapel in Tupelo, MS was, but still if you are ever in LeMars be sure and take the tour.
And, NO I didn’t go to LeMars, Iowa just to do that. I was there for work. The Blue Bunny ice cream factory/museum/gift shop was just an added bonus.
BTW, if you’re gonna deep fry corn on the cob, it’s best to use peanut oil. It’s better in a deep fryer and the peanut oil heats faster and apparently keeps a constant temperature a little better than standard veggie oil. Like FairyChatMom said, tho, it is wunnerful and drool worthy.
auntie em, you’ve inspired me. I looked up fried corn on the internet and found a plethora of recipes (including a yummy looking one involving maple syrup). I’m going to host a Fried dinner. I’ll invite my friends and serve fried green tomatoes for an appetizer. The main course will be fried chicken (or chicken fried something), french fries, and fried zucchini. For dessert there will be fried ice cream (yes, you can fry ice cream). We’ll all be sick afterward, but it should be one hell of a meal. I’ll provide Tums.
