Mealie and Sugar-Bean Soup

Green (or white) mealies are a hot commodity in the Nene household, probably because we mostly only ever get to eat them when we go to Durban; they aren’t as readily available in George, it seems. Green mealies are completely different to the yellow sweet corn with which we are familiar – the kernels of green mealies are much bigger, the flesh is denser and the flavour is more savoury and not quite as sweet. We eat them straight off the cob either cooked on an open fire until charred and cr