Corn Fritters

Sometimes called “corn oysters” in Southern coastal states, since they can resemble fried oysters, corn fritters have been a staple all over the South for at least two hundred years. I once watched some folks in Mississippi make an entire lunch of nothing but corn fritters and spinach salad. Even more telling, I’ve served the fritters with eggs and bacon for breakfast more than once when confronted with sacks of Silver Queen corn fresh from the field that I knew would lose its sweetness if