This is a recipe that I sent in for the O’Reilly title “Gastronomy for Geeks”. It was handed down to me by my grandfather at our cabin on the lake. He was into manly food that sticks to your rips and left the more delicate dishes to my grandmother.

Ingredients

• 1 15oz can of cream-style corn
• 1 15oz can of non-cream-style corn (drained)
• 2 cups of crushed saltine crackers (although other crackers and even potato chips work well)
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup of milk (scant)
• 1 tablespoon of butter or margarine

Number of Servings

• 9 normal human servings or
• 3 hungry developer servings

Directions

• Grease 7″ cake pan (or nearest equivalent, Grandpa wasn’t picky)
• Mix cream-style and drained non-cream-style corn together in mixing bowl
• Spread 1/2 of the corn along the bottom of the cake pan
• Spread 1/2 of the crackers over the layer of corn
  Repeat for one more layer of corn and crackers
• Beat eggs and milk together for 2 minutes in a mixing bowl (preferably the corn mixing bowl, which should now be empty, to save on dishes that need washing)
• Put egg/milk mixture over the layers of corn and crackers, using a fork to poke holes in the layers to allow egg/milk mixture to seep into all crevices
• Drop button (or margarine) in dots over the top
• Bake at 350 for one hour or until top is golden brown
• Bake at 200 for 30 more minutes for rustic Grandpa goodness
• Let cool for as long as you can stand to wait, cut into pleasing shapes and serve

Chris Sells
Submitted for O’Reilly’s “Gastronomy for Geeks”
Tue 3/4/2003 8:44 AM

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