Combine corn, milk, shortening, eggs, cornmeal, soda, baking powder, salt, drained chiles and cheese and mix well. Pour into greased 23 cm square pan. Bake at 200ºC 45 minutes until golden. Serve hot. The actor who played Festus in the old "Gunsmoke" TV series gave us this recipe for spoon bread, which he serves with cornmeal-coated sand dabs.