During our short stay back in the Midwest, we grew very fond of Chevy's. Ok, really... Chevy's wasn't amazing or anything... BUT... they had a super yummy corn pudding-like side dish. Every time I would have Mexican, I would think about that corn pudding. Sooo... I did what anyone these days does. I googled... and voilà magic ;)
I've been making this yumminess for the past four years... but not until a year ago did I start making it plastic-free!! Ummm... maybe you remember that I said I was going to share the recipe back on day 1 of Plastic-Free Food week last September?!? Sorry for being a slacker!!
Sweet Corn Tomalito
Recipe from St. Louis Post Dispatch (circa 1997)
1/2 c organic butter at room temperature
1/2 c Masa (for tamales)
1/2 c + 2TBSP sugar
4 c fresh corn removed from cobs (4-6 ears of corn depending on size), divided
3/4 c water
3/4 c cornmeal
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 c milk (I use homemade almond milk to make this plastic-free, but really any kind of milk will work.)
Oven directions: Place roasting pan in the oven. Fill it with water to a depth of about 1". Preheat oven to 350˚F.
Using an electric mixer, beat butter, masa and sugar together until light and fluffy. Spread in a glass dish with 2" sides. (Use a 2 qt round with a lid or an 8" square with aluminum foil.)
Blend 2 cups of the corn and water in a blender until smooth. Transfer to a bowl (I use the same bowl that I mixed the butter mixture in) and add remaining 2 cups of corn, cornmeal, salt & milk. Mix well, then spread on top of the butter mixture.
Cover with lid (or tightly with aluminum foil). Place the dish into the water-bath. After 15 minutes, stir... then stir again after 45 minutes. Continue to cook for an additional 15 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center of the tomalito comes out clean. Keep tightly covered until ready to serve.
To serve, use an ice cream scooop :)
Approximately 16 (ice cream scoop sized) servings.
TIP: If you don't have a roasting pan (or large enough pan to make a water bath)... you can steam this on the stove-top using the double-boiler method :)
It appears that I've come to your blog at exactly the right time, Danielle. I'm all about tasty (plastic free) food :)
ReplyDeleteI've been following your blog since first seeing it on FF5000. Your film, and what you're doing, is so inspiring :)
I'm horrified when I see what gets left behind on your beautiful Wrightsville Beach. With you in mind, I went down to my local beach (Crescent Beach) and did a 1 hour clean-up of my own. I'm very happy to report that I found nowhere near as many cigarette butts & misc. litter as you do. Darryl and I have committed to doing what we can to make our local beach a cleaner place. Next time, I will take a photo to send for your "Community Counts" page :)
I was concerned about your family being right in the eye of the hurricane. I'm so happy to know you're all safe and sound and making Tomalito's :)
Take good care, and keep up your awesome crusade, my friend :)
~Ally
xox
ALLY!!! Awww... thanks!!! :) I'm SO glad you came to my blog...definitely the EXACT right time!! Have been missing the comments and conversations at FF5000... this feels good :)
ReplyDeleteI'm super excited that you and Darryl cleaned up your local beach (where is Crescent Beach?) and have committed to helping make it cleaner... so AWESOME!! Of course, I would absolutely love for you to contribute sometime... :D
Definitely lucky we weren't in the eye of the storm and what we did get wasn't too bad... lost some power and in our yard we only had one med. tree branch fall :) Hmmm...I see there's another Hurricane swirling out there now... she looks to be heading straight towards us!! YIKES!
Thank you so much for coming here and commenting... it's nice to know you're still out there! (Really miss the FF5000 community... minus the haters and stalkers) ;) if you're on FB... look me up... me, Rose and Kim(my) are there :)
xoxo ~
Danielle
Hey Danielle!
ReplyDeleteIt's GREAT to chat with you again :)
Crescent & White Rock Beach are located in South Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Both are very close to the American border (with Washington State). I actually spend quite a bit of time in Rose's neck of the woods :)
I am on FB! Just the other day, I saw Marcelle (from Brazil) comment on one of J's Instagram pixs. She referred to us as "FF5000 Orphans", and we sent each other a big hug across the miles :) Is your FB page the one I see linked on the front page of your blog? Or do you and the girls have a more "personal" page?
Yes, I miss all our convo's over at FF5000. Jason took his blog down, just as Darryl and I were heading to Whistler to see him! We viewed that show as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it really was! Sooo glad we went. A concert like that is rare. Mr. A-Z was happy & healthy, and put on a show that no one will soon forget. We got there very early, to secure a good spot. We plunked ourselves down on the lawn, and just enjoyed the mountain ambience while waiting for the main event. J's sound people were out testing the equipment around 1 PM. It was a cookin' hot day, so I headed off to get cold drinks. I see Darryl frantically waving for me to hurry back. When I get there, lo and behold, J & Toca are now on stage! At 4:30PM, with hardly anyone there, in the glorious afternoon sun, there they were ..we were 10 feet away, and they were singing their talented little hearts out. They did a new song called "This Movie is Rated Ours". FANTASTIC :) It was almost surreal...when I think back, I can't believe it actually happened :)
And, would you believe, I met another FF5000 poster who recognized Darryl and I from the tiny pic you see on your blog! It was "Mrazwordplay", with her husband & 12 year old daughter. We were all front row, and became fast friends over the course of those few hours. We've been in touch ever since :) Nicole's husband shot some of the most incredible video I've ever seen. It's on youtube. I would post the link for you, but I can't access YT from work!
Oh, and there was also a certain "Professor" present, but let's just say, he and I didn't chat :)
~Ally
xox
I should clarify...at 4:30 PM, J & Toca came out to do their *own* personal soundcheck. I don't think anyone expected the man himself to appear mid-day :)
ReplyDeleteThe actual show started at 7:30 PM, and at that time, there was about 5000 cheering fans packed into the Whistler Olympic Plaza :)
~Ally
xox
WOW!! That would have been Ah-mazing!! When Jack Johnson toured last year, we got there early and he did a small set for about 50-100 (I'm horrible at guesstimating) people... it was so rad to be able to see a smaller scale show... so I can only imagine how rad it was to watch/listen to the soundcheck :) We're going to see J in VA on Sept 25... I'll make sure we get there early ;)
ReplyDeleteI was bummed that J took down FF5000... but can understand why. Really funny about Marcelle and how in the world did you recognize the hater?? ooo ... I just looked up mrazwordplay's videos on youtube!! Nice!! Now I can get a preview for his Sept show :D Off to play dolls...
oops... almost forgot... yes, that's my FB page for this blog... this is my personal page... friend me... :)
http://www.facebook.com/danielle.richardet
Lucky you, having the show on Sept. 25th to look forward to...it's gonna be a great one:)
ReplyDeleteAs the soundcheck was happening, I honestly kept thinking of Rose and all the other fans, who would have *loved* to have been there to witness it. Pure musical bliss :)
I think a lot of the regular posters were very upset when J took his blog down. If only he'd left the comments section up...we could have chatted amongst ourselves :)
J is a writer to his very core...he'll be back :)
As for the "Prof", he has NO problem showing his face all over the internet. Before J's blog went down, he alluded to the fact that he may go to the Whistler concert. Darryl and I were chatting away, when I noticed an older man in a hat (and it sure as hell wasn't Toca or J :) "lurking" off to the side, intently watching us. ("mrazwordplay" recognized me immediately, so maybe he did, too?) At that point, I said to Darryl, "that's the dude who posts all the weird crap on J's blog"...no sooner was that out of my mouth, than he was walking right towards us. I can tell you that he had a very strange aura. Almost sinister. He approached Darryl and I, and said: "I think I recognize some of you from the Vancouver concert..." Sure you do, bud. Darryl held me a little closer, shot him a look, and then quietly said, "I don't think so...". After that curt exchange, he skulked away. Not wanting J to have any "issues" during the show, I took it upon myself to mention the Prof to the Whistler security team. All's well that ends well...there were no issues :)
I will definitely send you that friend request. I don't use FB a whole lot, but maybe I will more now :)
Tell our Rose to pop by, say hello, and send me a friend request, too. I have a joke she may like *wink* :)
Have yourself a GREAT weekend, Danielle. And since you mentioned there may be another hurricane headed your way, please stay safe :)
~Ally
xox
Good job Ally! So happy we are all finding each other again.
ReplyDeleteHey Girlies! OMG it feels good to post on a blog again! Ally, so glad you got to go! My keyboard is al f'd up so I am having a hard time typing.bare with me! anyway so god to see your profile pic again!
ReplyDeleteI will type more later.stupid keyboard!
Rose,
ReplyDeleteThis one's for you :)
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One night, Jason, Toca and Tricia were all sitting in a pub in Whistler...Toca was bored, so he glanced over at J and said:
"I'll give you $100, if you let me smash ten beer bottles on your head."
Jason thought for a while and finally agreed (peer pressure :)
Toca smashed the first bottle on J's head, then the second, and so on...but he stopped after smashing nine bottles...
"So, when are you going to smash the tenth bottle?," J asked.
"I'm not a total idiot," Toca replied, "then I would have to give you that $100."
~Ally :)
xox