Friday, December 24, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
a dear friend today asked for a corn souffle recipe, this is what happened
it is a very good recipe.
Corn Souffle
1 (16 ounce) can whole corn
1 (16 ounce) can creamed corn
1 (8 ½ ounce) box jiffy corn muffin mix
½ cup corn oil
2 beaten eggs
1 (8 ounce) carton sour cream
3 ounces shredded cheddar cheese (or any cheese you have in the fridge)
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Corn Souffle
1 (16 ounce) can whole corn
1 (16 ounce) can creamed corn
1 (8 ½ ounce) box jiffy corn muffin mix
½ cup corn oil
2 beaten eggs
1 (8 ounce) carton sour cream
3 ounces shredded cheddar cheese (or any cheese you have in the fridge)
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Throw all this shit - except cheese - in a big bowl and mix. Then pour into baking dish or soufflé dish or dutch oven or whatever williams sonoma is calling it now that can spend a lot of time in the oven.
Bake @ 350 (what happened to the goddamned degree symbol on the computer keyboard? Fucking Lenovo communists…) for 45 minutes.
Top with cheese and bake another 10 minutes (or until you are ready to sit down. Nothing can hurt this dish, including keeping it in the oven for an extra five - or 55 - minutes.)
Fun variations:
1. As noted any kind of cheese will probably work (well, maybe not bleu). I always add something extra to the cheddar because why not live dangerously life is very short.
2. i usually toss in a fair bit of Tabasco (to the main mix) - unless my mother will be in attendance.
3. I sometimes add a third can of mixed corn (yellow and white) preferably from some politically correct (non-anglo) corn cannery. If memory serves, the recipe-given can sizes are not exact to what’s available in the Chicago region (this is from a southern cookbook where can proportions are different) so you kinda have to fudge the proportions and do math anyway. Again, life is very short and shouldn’t be wasted on math so just go ahead and add that third can. Or not. Whatever really.
Bake @ 350 (what happened to the goddamned degree symbol on the computer keyboard? Fucking Lenovo communists…) for 45 minutes.
Top with cheese and bake another 10 minutes (or until you are ready to sit down. Nothing can hurt this dish, including keeping it in the oven for an extra five - or 55 - minutes.)
Fun variations:
1. As noted any kind of cheese will probably work (well, maybe not bleu). I always add something extra to the cheddar because why not live dangerously life is very short.
2. i usually toss in a fair bit of Tabasco (to the main mix) - unless my mother will be in attendance.
3. I sometimes add a third can of mixed corn (yellow and white) preferably from some politically correct (non-anglo) corn cannery. If memory serves, the recipe-given can sizes are not exact to what’s available in the Chicago region (this is from a southern cookbook where can proportions are different) so you kinda have to fudge the proportions and do math anyway. Again, life is very short and shouldn’t be wasted on math so just go ahead and add that third can. Or not. Whatever really.
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inally, Google has six image pages of canned corn, most of them from japan. Canned corn is how humanity is going to perish.Wednesday, December 08, 2010
sorry no snark.
here's what i love most about the new republicans:
so, you are the republican party and you run a candidate (let's just say, oh, i don't know, palin) who - by all sound analysis on both left and right - costs the party the ticket (in fact, possibly the presidency in 2008). instead of going away however, the candidate and the candidate's (insane but unemployed and therefore available) base and the media keep this 'darling' in the public's eye.
the candidate gets money and attention. the base gets money and attention. the media gets attention (and money). win-win-win except for those who want some kind of actual government and political discourse.
two years later: HEY PRESTO! 'the economist' runs a piece saying the candidate has done a fab job re-making herself and is a savvy business-person and is now a politician to be feared on both left and right.
perhaps this pattern will ultimately hurt the right most and perhaps barry's long-game really does have an achievable end-game but i am very fearful we will be stuck with more sarahs, xtines and joes. and eventually they'll win.
and no my beloved lefties many of you on the left coast, barry is not a republican.
so, you are the republican party and you run a candidate (let's just say, oh, i don't know, palin) who - by all sound analysis on both left and right - costs the party the ticket (in fact, possibly the presidency in 2008). instead of going away however, the candidate and the candidate's (insane but unemployed and therefore available) base and the media keep this 'darling' in the public's eye.
the candidate gets money and attention. the base gets money and attention. the media gets attention (and money). win-win-win except for those who want some kind of actual government and political discourse.
two years later: HEY PRESTO! 'the economist' runs a piece saying the candidate has done a fab job re-making herself and is a savvy business-person and is now a politician to be feared on both left and right.
perhaps this pattern will ultimately hurt the right most and perhaps barry's long-game really does have an achievable end-game but i am very fearful we will be stuck with more sarahs, xtines and joes. and eventually they'll win.
and no my beloved lefties many of you on the left coast, barry is not a republican.
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