December 19, 2007
Four Foods on Friday
I’ve been watching reruns of the last season of Top Chef all day. I’ve also flipped the channels a few times to watch some of the holiday specials on The Food Network. I should install some tv stands and a second tv in my office so I can watch both shows at once. Or maybe that’s not such a good idea. My appetites have been over-stimulated by the food shows and I’ve been nibbling all day. I have heartburn. I was just thinking that I needed to make a light supper when an email popped up from Val reminding me that I need to make my post for Four Foods on Friday. Now I’m seriously thinking I should have ice cream with candy bar sprinkles and a cup of hot chocolate for my evening meal instead. Can we blame it on Val if I spend a sleepless night rolling around on my bed in agony?
On with the quesitions!
#1. Hot chocolate. With marshmallows or without?
Definitely with - but if none are available I won’t turn down a sweet, chocolaty cup!
#2. What is your favorite ice cream?
I love the gourmet flavors that are available these days, especially the ones with chocolate brownies or coffee, but the one I buy most often is French Vanilla. It’s delicious and so versitile. It’s great all by itself, but also goes so well so many things: with root beer for a float, with a brownie and fudge sauce, over a slice of hot pumpkin pie, with homemade cookies fresh from the oven … the possibilities are endless!
#3. What is your favorite candy bar?
Sometimes I feel like a nut, sometimes I don’t, but I’m always ready for coconut and chocolate! I like both Almond Joy and Mounds. Zero Bars would be in the running too, but I can’t get them in Hawaii. 
#4. Name something you make with creamed corn in it, and how you make it.
Corn fritters! You can use creamed or whole kernal corn, but here’s how to use the creamed stuff:
1 cup of sifted flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/4 teaspoon of paprika or black pepper (I use both!)
1 can of creamed corn
2 eggs, beaten
Sift the dry ingredients. Stir in the corn and eggs and mix well. Drop by large spoonsful into hot oil, deep enough to cover. The fritters will quickly pop to the surface. Flip them gently when the underside is golden brown. Continue cooking until browned all over. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towel. Makes six or eight fritters. Great side dish with ham, or serve for breakfast or a snack with a maple syrup drizzle. Yum!
Val will blog about each of the Four Foods participants on Friday, so joining in is good for a little linky love. Participants also earn entries into Val’s first-ever contest on Fun, Crafts and Recipes, so get yourself over there and join the fun. You could win a fun cookbook when the contest closes at the end of December. 
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Posted by skeet @ 6:02 pm • Food and beverage, Meme
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December 20th, 2007 at 12:22 pm, Whim Says:
Creamed corn is sooo nasty!
December 20th, 2007 at 5:16 pm, valmg Says:
Awwww, thanks Skeet!
December 20th, 2007 at 7:07 pm, skeet Says:
I like creamed corn, Whim, but I’m very picky about texture in foods, so I can understand if some folks don’t like it.
December 21st, 2007 at 5:51 pm, Fun, Crafts and Recipes | What I learned from Four Foods on Friday #9 Says:
[…] considers marshmallows in hot chocolate the same way I do. She’s also shared her recipe for corn fritters, which I have decided I want to try. I think they sound yummy. I read that Skeet’s car is named Hokulele. I wonder what that means […]