AUNT BETTY'S COUNTRY CREAM-STYLE CORN

Aunt Betty's Country Cream-Style Corn image

Provided by Bobbi Jo Lathan @RightSmart

Number Of Ingredients 6

20 - ears of fresh yellow field corn
1/4 cup(s) evaporated milk
1/3 cup(s) butter
1/4 teaspoon(s) salt
1/4 teaspoon(s) ground pepper
COUNTRY CREAM-STYLE CORN

Steps:

OK...now this recipe will take a little work, but believe you me it's worth it! First off, you better put on an apron 'cause it'll get a little messy!But, if you cain't git messy in the kitchen, what's the point! Put a big bowl in your sink and a grater inside your bowl. Take your fresh ears of shucked corn and gently grate the corn on the smallest holes of your grater. Keep turnin' the corn - you don't want to get the hull part in the bowl. So, once you've "popped" all the kernels by turning and grating, then gently take the cob and softly scrape what you missed with a dull knife. Squeeze the remaining juice from the cob (like you were milking a cow) into the bowl and throw away the cob. Now, twenty ears'll only make about a pint of cream-style corn. Put that corn into a pot, add the evaporated milk, salt and pepper to taste and let it start to bubble. While whisking it, add butter and cook for about 15 minutes. Now, some folks only cook it for 5 minutes cause' they like it really fresh. My rule is that it should be thick and "plop" on the plate when served (at least that's how I like mine!). Every time I serve this up, people take one bite and their eyes get real big and they say, "Wow! What is this!?? It's delicious!" Believe me, once you serve Aunt Betty's Cream-style Corn you'll have to put a lock on your screen door when you're cookin'! NOTE: Instead of evaporated milk, you can substitute water to make it more "ploppy."