Corn, California Style

Ingredients

• 2 slices bacon
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 tablespoons bacon fat
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 tablespoons chopped green pepper
• 2 cups corn (canned or fresh)
• 1 cup soft bread crumbs

Instructions

1. Cut bacon in half inch dice, cook until beginning to color. Add flour to fat, stir in milk and cook until thickened, add salt, and green pepper. Mix corn and crumbs with the sauce; put into baking dish, sprinkle bacon over top, and bake in moderate oven until bacon is crisp and golden brown in the oven for 30 minutes at 325 degrees. Servings, 6.