Creamed Corn:

3 Tablespoons butter
3 Tablespoons flour
1 1/2 cups of milk or heavy cream
3 cups of corn kernels
salt to taste
white pepper to taste

Melt butter in a saucepan. Add flour and stir well. Do not burn.  Add liquid and stir well.  Add rest of ingredients.  Simmer about 3 minutes.  Place 1/2 of the mixture in a blender and pulse once of twice to break up the corn but not mash it.  Add back to mixture. Stir and serve.

Note: if the corn is not "new corn" and is not sweet, add 2 Tablespoons of sugar.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi