Review: GFS Sweet Corn Bake

Posted on 21 April 2008 under Michigan Cuisine, Reviews: Products

No, you’re not having some weird feeling of deja vu.

You’re right … two days ago I blogged about Mary Jewett’s wonderful Kentucky Corn Pudding and included her recipe. It looked different than this. Scroll down a bit … see? It’s still there. Looks pretty good, doesn’t it? Lots of good kernels of corn, with just a little bit of a binder in there. Yeah, it’s pretty darn tasty, too! So much so that there wasn’t any left.

So when I spotted this Sweet Corn Bake at GFS Marketplace in Toledo this afternoon I had hopes it would be something maybe, possibly, could be close to what Mary Jewett’s Kentucky Corn Pudding is. The ingredient list was promising … corn, flour, cornmeal, some cream … sounded pretty darn good that way.

Looking at the picture on the insert on top of the tray I thought, “Well maybe it doesn’t quite look like that … maybe there’s more corn and less cornbready stuff.”

Frankly, this is one of the few times I recall where the picture on the package actually matches what comes out when you’re done.

Nope, it’s not Mary Jewett’s Kentucky Corn Pudding. Not by a long shot.

Ok so this stuff’s not bad. It’s kind of an extra-sweet cornbread with some kernels of corn in it.

But ya’ see I’m catering a Mayoral dinner in early June and the Mayor now wants Mary Jewett’s Kentucky Corn Pudding. I thought the GFS Sweet Corn Bake might fit the bill.

It doesn’t. It might fit other menus, that’s for sure.

It just won’t work for this one.

Onward and upward. Gotta get to finding that Roasted Butternut Squash Bisque she wants. Yeah, that’s next.

Read Comments

  1. 23 April 2008 @ 4:02 pm Posted by FlaNboyantEats

    Dave, won’t you you send me some roasted butternut squash bisque!?!? oh my God!
    i love that stuff!!

    and kudos for landing that Mayor gig. That’s great.

    The corn pudding looks great..i love that too, though I’m sure homemade is always better than store bough. Go Mary!!

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