- 4 cups canned tomatoes, undrained
- 4 cups calmed cream style corn
- 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 1/4 inch slices fat salt pork, diced
- 1 medium onion, peeled and diced
- 3 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 6 cups hot milk
- pinch of pepper
Fry salt pork in heavy kettle until golden brown, add onion and continue cooking for 5 minutes more. Boil potatoes until tender in just enough water to cover, adding the teaspoon of salt.
Do not drain, but add salt pork and onion, with the fat from the frying pan. Then add corn and tomatoes. Heat very hot and add soda. When frothing subsides, add hot milk.
Season with pepper and a little more salt if desired. Will serve 6.