Corn “Oysters”

Name: Corn “Oysters”
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients: ½ tsp. baking powder; ¾ tsp. salt; 3 egg whites, stiffly beaten; ¼ tsp. pepper; 3 egg yolks, well beaten; 6 ears select corn (fresh-picked or frozen-thawed); ¼ c. flour

Preparation info

Makes
4
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Farm Journal’s Country Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1972

About

Corn puffs up like oysters in cooking

Ingredients

6 ears select corn (fresh-picked or frozen-thawed)
3 egg yolks, well beaten
¼ c.

Side dish
Vegetarian

Method

Slash down each row of kernels with a sharp knife, then cut from cob. (Easier than grating and just as effective for getting every bit of milky kernel.) Add egg yolks; blend.
Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and pepper. Stir into corn-egg mixture; blend. Gently fold in egg whites.
Drop by spoonfuls onto hot, well-greased griddle. Fry until nicel