Easy Side Dish

For most guys, an easy side dish is a bag of potato chips.

Step1: Open bag
Step2: Pour bag into big bowl
Eat and enjoy

However, there may be times when you want to impress someone without going to too much effort.

I'm not talking about impressing the gang that came over to watch the game.  I'm talking about the type of impressing meant to show you have a bit of culture underneath your 49ers T-shirt.

So here is our goal:  Must be easy.  Must be unique.  Must taste great.

Here is what you need:

• 2 peeled Granny Smith Apples.  The green ones that have a bit of tang to them
• 4 to 6 ounces of smoked Gouda cheese or some other mild white cheese that has brown edges (this indicates smoked - or at least I think it does).
• 1 can of whole kernel corn.  Be careful not to buy the creamed corn.  I can't tell you how many times I've made that mistake.
• 1 large, heaping tablespoon (the bigger of the two spoons) of sour cream.

Put the corn into the bowl.  Cut up the cheese and the apples so they are in chucks about the size of a kernel of corn.  Add them to the bowl.  Add the sour cream and stir.  You may need a little more sour cream to suit your taste.  It's best to start on the low end because sour cream is really hard to take off if you put too much in to begin with.

Eat and enjoy.