Creamed Corn

Ingredients

• 1 package fresh corn or 4 ears corn (cut from cob)
• Fatback (sliced thin)
• Water (enough to barely cover corn)
• 1/3 cup milk
• 2 tbsp flour
• Salt & pepper, to taste

Instructions

1. Place corn in a pot and barely cover with water.
2. In the meantime, slice fatback into thin pieces and cook in an iron skillet until rendered.
3. Pour fatback grease over the corn.
4. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Cook corn about 5 minutes, until kernels become “poppy.”
6. Mix together milk and flour, adding salt and pepper.
7. Pour milk mixture into the cooked corn.
8. Cook 2–3 minutes, until creamy.