Corn Salad

[Baking_Bud]

CORN SALAD

14 oz. can shoepeg corn, drained > can add more per your tastes. I do!
2 very firm tomatoes, chopped (or 1 box cherry tomatoes, diced)
1 bell pepper, seeded & diced into bite size pieces
1 cucumber, peeled, sliced
1 purple onion, diced into small chunks

Combine separately:

1/2 C. sour cream
4 Tbsp. mayonnaise
2 Tbsp. white vinegar
2 tsps. sugar
1/2 tsp. celery seed
1/2 tsp. dry mustard
1/2 tsp. black pepper
2 tsp. salt

Mix all together. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Serves 3-4. Easy recipe to double and triple for a larger group!

[Robyn2]

Baking Bud, What is shoepeg corn?

~~R

[Baking_Bud]

Hi Robyn!,

Shoepeg corn is white in color, as opposed to the usual yellow enriched look to the main ones I am sure most of us usually buy. I find in recipes like this, it doesn't carry as strong of a taste as regular corn, so takes on the characteristic tastes of the dish more. Went out on the web to see if anyone better described it, and this is one note that I found:

Has anyone ever grown shoepeg or "Country Gentleman" corn? It's an heirloom w/irregular kernal formation, all hodge-podge, not in rows, but supposedly great for roasting. I'm trying it this year, but am not sure whether or not it'll ripen here in the Northwest. Sure looks good, but ears haven't yet fully formed.

Anyway, that is the difference as I know it. I sometimes will use both types of corn in say a corn pudding, just to shake up the blah look of it. You truly can use either in this recipe, just that the standard yellow type will bring along his own great taste too!

WAY BACK I put on my pickled cucumber recipe to share with everyone, and it is a GREAT one to serve with family dinners. Just like the corn marinade, it 'shakes up' the tastebuds from the usual flavors. That is the one that I will take to school luncheons, etc., and ALL always want the recipe. One of my son's teachers got the last in the bowl, and he was walking around trying to get every last bite! They really are tasty! (Now I want some of those too, along with that mashed potato recipe I am searching for!)

Have you decided what you will have for your Thanksgiving dinner? Do you have to host it, or travel and take stuff? Always My Best to You, Baking Bud