finely chop the onion add to frying pan with the oil and gently fry, remove from pan and set aside,

cut up the bacon/gammon into bite size pieces and add to the frying pan which you removed the onion from again gently fry and set aside with the onion but in separate bowls,

peel and wash the potatoes and cut them up into small cubes add to a large saucepan along with the water and stock cube, the water should just cover the potatoes, place lid on the pan bring to the boil and then reduce to simmer so the potatoes are just about tender,

add the sweet corn and onion wait a couple of minutes to warm up the sweetcorn then turn off the heat,

then you need to spoon about half the mixture into a large bowl then blend it until smooth, return back to the pan which you removed it from, then mix all together,

add the bacon you set aside, season to taste give one last stir, then serve it up with crusty bread.