Corn fritters

[Tangerine LaBamba]

I loved them as a kid. My mother made great corn fritters. We ate them as a side dish, just plain. Maybe a little salt. But, boy, they were yummy.

I've never fixed them, but I've dug up a slew of recipes. They're easy, but I was just wondering if anyone has any favorite recipes for these little beauties, or any hints about making them.

[Warpy]

1. Make them with whole corn and sugar to serve

with a little powdered sugar and maple syrup for breakfast.

Make them with red peppers and scallion to serve with chipotle laced sour cream for supper.

They're incredibly versatile little buggers.

[troubleinwinter]

2. OH NO!!!!!!

My grandmother used to make them!!! I have wanted to make them for YEARS!!!!! We had them with maple syrup.

Seems to me she fried them in deep oil, and I just don't want to use a bucket of oil. But I suppose one could use maybe 1/2" in a pan?

Though we had them sweet with syrup, but that picture makes me think they'd be great with some Ortegas, some chili on the side.

MMMMMmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[grasswire]

3. those look like a patty

They look yummy, and slightly savory.

The recipe I've used for years uses both creamed corn and frozen corn and a bit of nutmeg and turns out more round and puffy.

[soleiri]

4. Are you reading my mind?

I've been thinking about corn fritters for days!
yummmm.

[troubleinwinter]

5. "I've dug up a slew of recipes."

Do ya think you have dug up a good ol' one? POST IT HERE >>>>

[Tangerine LaBamba]

6. So far,

this is the best collection, but I've not tried any yet.

http://tinyurl.com/cgn77r

One thing I've noticed in some corn fritter recipes is that some call for separating the egg(s), then beating the whites until they peak and then adding them to the rest of the ingedients.

I don't ever recall my Mom doing this, so I'm looking at the simplest recipes that just add the egg(s).

I do know that she never deep-fried them, not at all. They were fixed like latkes, in just enough vegetable oil to keep them from sticking.

Eating them with maple syrup is new for me, but it certainly sounds good, doesn't it?

Maybe tomorrow......................

[spindrifter]

7. My mom did the separated eggs and

fried the corn fritters in a scant amount of oil--like latkes. We never deep-fried anything--too much oil wasted.

[troubleinwinter]

8. I have always had three rules in my cooking.

-I will NOT whip egg whites
-I will NOT knead bread
-I will NOT whip cream

I have never broken my own rules, and never will. So I won't be needing that recipe with the "peaks"!

I don't think my grandmother did that. Seems to me it must have been similar to a pancake batter. When I say "deep oil", I think maybe she just had 1/2" or so in the pan. They didn't look like patties, but FRITTERS.. all weird shaped! They weren't very big, I'd guess a TBSP of batter. I'd think they could float in that much & get turned. Maybe the picture (patty-like) used less oil, as we tend to today.

Speaking of corn, I took a loaf of Ain5 rye dill to my dad yesterday. He gave me some soup he'd made (in trade?!). He said he'd made a mistake and opened a can of creamed corn instead of regular & threw it in anyway. Oh MY! What a happy accident! Sweetness, body, thickening in an accidental flash.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

9. Your rules are mine

Because, as I see it, I'm just not cut out to do certain things.

But, I found out that my Cuisinart is very good at whipping cream. Just throw heavy cream in there, pulse the hell out of it, and you got some seriously first-rate whipped cream.

I do not, however, regard that as me whipping cream, so my vows are unsullied.

Corn in anything makes it better. Like onions and sour cream. And bacon.

[troubleinwinter]

10. You forgot GARLIC, the main vegetable.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

11. Aaaaaaaaaargh!!!

All my Italian ancestors are spinning in their graves. I'm probably already cursed.

How could I?

It's not too late - I might be able to head off the curse if I hurry and wrap a necklace of garlic cloves around my neck before midnight. It's always worked when the vampires are out and about. I've never been bothered by even one vampire.

Thank you.