The Surprising Truth About Creamed Corn: Does It Really Contain Dairy?

Dishdashboard ^ | 2/29/24 | Harper

[DallasBiff]

Creamed corn is a delicious side dish that’s perfect for chilly nights. But if you have dairy intolerance, you might not be so sure about eating it. So, does creamed corn contain dairy? The answer is yes! Creamed corn is made with cream, milk, and butter, which are all dairy products.

[DallasBiff]

Has the general population fallen so ignorant that it has to be explained that creamed corn has dairy products in it..

Yes I know, there are people who have a lactose intolerance, but the majority know to stay away from creamed corn.

Happy Easter.

[SaveFerris]

I don’t know, Clark

I like Creamed Corn

(not every day but... once in awhile)

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I always thought it was thickened with corn starch. Duh.

[The Free Engineer]

Canned creamed corn may just contain that and IMO is nasty. Fresh made off-the-cob creamed corn is rocking.

[alloysteel]

Unh, late in the harvest season, the ears of sweet corn used in making canned corn get infested with larva of a kind of insect that lays its eggs in the silks of the immature ear. As these larva begin to hatch, the harvest is switched from making the simple kernels in a light brine as canned corn, and the cream mix is added to the batches to be canned. Then the larva are not so noticeable, and in fact, get cooked like everything else.

[Veto!]

Great info, requires a Barf Alert.
I’d starve before I’d eat creamed corn, larva or not.

[MayflowerMadam]

I have a delicious recipe (Craig Claiborne) for jalapeno corn bread that calls for creamed corn. Now, I’m re-thinking the recipe because ... larvae.

[Retrofitted]

Considering most folks eat it out of a can, processed from faith to begorrah, it's a reasonable question to ask. I make my own off the cob so I know it's got dairy. It's Easter, so I'm making a heaping batch of corn pudding with it now.

But whatever you do, don't go looking at what's in Jiffy Cornbread Mix -- I might cry if I find out. ;)

[KarlInOhio]

I remember as a kid whenever we had some type of food drive the poor people got cans of creamed corn my parents accidentally bought instead of regular corn. It might be edible as an ingredient in some larger dish, but it was nasty, inedible slop by itself. I have no idea how they accidentally bought it so often. Could they not see the warning on the label: “Creamed”?

[HartleyMBaldwin]

You vill eat ze bugs...

(BTW, thanks for getting the plural of larva right.)

[MayflowerMadam]

Three years of Latin gave me a clue. ,😄

[HartleyMBaldwin]

I never took Latin as such, though I do speak Esperanto like a native.

[montanajoe]

Yep, but most never have ever experienced it, hell they figure it comes out of a can...

[VRW Conspirator]

Putz it in corn bread with halopeenoes.

[mass55th]

I can’t eat any corn. Haven’t been able to for years. Diverticulitis.

[VRW Conspirator]

Putz it in corn bread with halopeenoes.

I do too. Love that cornbread.

[Sacajaweau]

LIBBY’S right off the label: corn, water, sugar, modified corn starch, sea salt.

[mass55th]

I can't eat it, but I make this recipe on holidays for my two sons:

Corn Bake:  

1/4 cup flour
16 oz. can cream style corn
16 oz. can whole kernel corn, drained
1 - 3 oz. pkg. cream cheese, cubed
1/2 tsp. onion salt
2 oz. swiss cheese
1/2 cup soft bread crumbs
3 tbs. butter
 

Mix all ingredients well. pour into 9 x 13" dish. Bake uncovered for 30 minutes at 400 degrees. You can make this the day before and refrigerate, until ready to use.

Optional: Let set out for 30 minutes before serving.

[Tellurian]

Standard side dish for a signature prime rib dinner at Gulliver's Restaurant in Irvine, CA:

[Aut Pax Aut Bellum]

Well, I am glad that has been put to rest, finally.