Orange Cream Gelatin Dessert is an easy dessert that you can make from a few items in the pantry and freezer at any time of the year. It works well for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Mother's Day, bridal or baby showers, etc. It is sweet and rich, yet somehow also seems light and refreshing. It is a rather nostalgic dessert as it reminds me a little of an orange push-up ice cream treat from my childhood. Plus, it is a molded gelatin dessert, which always reminds me of the past. As with other gelatin and fruit dishes, someone might call this a "Jello salad" in the United States. However, this recipe uses an entire quart of orange sherbert in addition to gelatin, so I can not bring myself … Continue Reading about Orange Cream Gelatin Dessert
Grandma’s Corn Fritters
Later this week we will celebrate this post with a cake, but I lacked some basic ingredients needed to bake one today. Why? This is the 100th post on this little, but growing, food blog 🙂
I tried to decide how to celebrate this notable blog world occasion and finally decided on a celebratory cake only to find no milk or eggs in the house 🙁 Therefore, I decided to share a recipe that is in keeping with the heart of this blog: a recipe that my grandmother made and some of my family thought was lost.
My uncle really wanted corn fritters like his mother used to make. Although my aunt apparently tried to make him some, they were deep fried, not the griddle cooked fritters of my grandmother.
When he told me that it was one thing he really would like to have like his mom made, I remembered seeing a recipe somewhere in my collection that was for some type of griddle cooked corn batter. It did not take me long to find it. I realized it was very likely the recipe my grandmother used.
I shared the recipe with my aunt, who promptly cooked them for my uncle. The next day, I received a call saying that it had been the recipe. He had eaten four of them with a huge smile on his face.
Recipe: Grandma’s Corn Fritters
Ingredients
- 2 c. “fritter” corn, drained (I used canned corn)
- 1 c. milk
- 1 c. all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 2 egg whites, beaten stiff but not dry
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients except egg whites.
- Fold egg whites into mixture.
- Fry on hot griddle turning over when bubbles appear in the center as with pancakes.
- Makes approx. 18 using 1/4 c. batter.
- Serve warm with maple syrup, apple butter, powdered sugar, or other topping of your choice
Quick Notes
I used whole kernel canned corn.
Leftover cooked corn on the cob could be cut off and used.
This recipe exemplifies why I started this blog. Saving a simple, pancake-like family recipe from being totally lost and in the process brightening some people’s day, including mine.
It seems fitting for the 100th blog. I am glad we ran out of milk and eggs 😉
Comments
Thank you!!
Your most welcome.
Ok, is this a maternal or paternal Gramdmother who made the fritters? I don’t think I’ve ever had corn fritters and I wasn’t expecting to see them served with syrup? Looks good though!
Maternal. I should have said. Dad was an only child, thus with only one uncle left I did not think of it. The uncle eats them without any topping apparently. When I fixed them, we ate them with maple syrup.
I just have to try these! I bookmarked the recipe and will make these maybe one day this week or next. They look wonderful!!! I think I’ll just put butter on mine instead of syrup or honey though. I can’t wait to taste them! 🙂
Butter would be great on these 🙂
Congrats, Paula! 100 posts already?!? You’re zipping along! As for the fritters … isn’t it awesome when you find a recipe that you thought lost? Your fritters look wonderful … we have ours with maple syrup too!
Thanks, Susan! Yes, I was a little surprised when I realized I was fast approaching the 100th post mark. It really doesn’t seem like it could be 100 posts and 8 months of food blogging already! I really do enjoy it.
I also found out that I really enjoy corn fritters as well. It does seem like beloved family recipes are in the eye of the beholder and at the mercy of those who go before us to some degree, thus they can be lost. Isn’t it great when they are kept for the subsequent generations?