corn pudding

{{Short description|Thick stewed corn dish from the Southern United States}}

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| name = Corn pudding

| image = Pudding Corn.jpg

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| alternate_name = Pudding corn, puddin' corn, hoppy glop, spoonbread

| country = United States

| region = Southern United States

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| type = Pudding

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| main_ingredient = Maize, water

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| cookbook = Pudding

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Corn pudding (also called pudding corn, puddin' corn, hoppy glop, or spoonbread){{cite book | last=Albert | first=S.W. | title=The Darling Dahlias and the Eleven O'Clock Lady | publisher=Penguin Publishing Group | series=Darling Dahlias | year=2015 | isbn=978-0-698-18564-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ws9JBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT151 | access-date=November 15, 2018 | page=pt151}} is a creamy dish prepared from stewed corn, water, any of various thickening agents, and optional additional flavoring or texturing ingredients.{{cite book | last=Westmoreland | first=S. | last2=Allen | first2=B. | title=Good Housekeeping Great American Classics Cookbook | publisher=Hearst Communications | year=2004 | isbn=978-1-58816-280-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=coA1FiirGxUC&pg=PA179 | access-date=November 15, 2018 | page=179}} It is typically used as a food staple in rural communities in the Southern United States, especially in Appalachia.{{cite web | author=Willis, Virginia | title=Baked Corn Pudding - Down-Home Comfort | publisher=Food Network | date=September 5, 2014 | url=https://www.foodnetwork.com/fn-dish/recipes/2014/09/baked-corn-pudding-down-home-comfort | access-date=November 15, 2018}}

Corn pudding has sometimes been prepared using "green corn", which refers to immature ears of corn that have not fully dried.{{cite book | last=Wade | first=M.L. | title=The Book of Corn Cookery: One Hundred and Fifty Recipes Showing how to Use this Nutritious Cereal and Live Cheaply and Well | publisher=A. C. McClurg & Company | year=1917 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6OMqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA85 | access-date=November 15, 2018 | page=85}} Green corn is not necessarily green in color. The cooking of the corn pulp when preparing the dish can serve to thicken it.{{cite book | last=Fussell | first=B.H. | title=The story of corn | publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | year=1992 | isbn=978-0-394-57805-7 | url=https://archive.org/details/storyofcorn0000fuss_t0a9 | url-access=registration | access-date=November 15, 2018 | page=[https://archive.org/details/storyofcorn0000fuss_t0a9/page/187 187]}}

Corn pudding is sometimes served as a Thanksgiving dish.{{cite book | title=The Wisconsin Agriculturist | publisher=A. Simonson | issue=v. 31 | year=1907 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CYVuclQ62LwC&pg=RA46-PA15 | access-date=November 15, 2018 | page=15}}

Corn pudding may be sweet or savory.

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