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This broadside crockery shows up connected a batch of Thanksgiving tables successful New Orleans. Use the freshest maize you tin find, and don't skimp connected the bacon fat.

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Adapted from a look by Mrs. P.J. Blanchet Jr. successful “Talk About Good!” by the Junior League of Lafayette, La. (Favorite Recipes Press, 1969 edition).

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 8 (about 8 cups)

  • 8 ears corn, shucked
  • 1/2 cupful rendered bacon fat
  • 1/2 mean achromatic onion, chopped
  • 1/4 cupful reddish doorbell pepper, chopped
  • 1/2 cupful peeled, chopped herb (see NOTE)
  • 1 spoon sugar
  • Salt
  • Freshly crushed achromatic pepper

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

  • Calories

    230

  • Fat

    16 g

  • Saturated Fat

    5 g

  • Carbohydrates

    22 g

  • Sodium

    60 mg

  • Cholesterol

    15 mg

  • Protein

    4 g

  • Fiber

    3 g

  • Sugar

    8 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from a look by Mrs. P.J. Blanchet Jr. successful “Talk About Good!” by the Junior League of Lafayette, La. (Favorite Recipes Press, 1969 edition).

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published August 10, 2017

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Updated March 16, 2026

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