Corn on the Cob Anyone?

[JB4310]

Maybe we need a thread titled, "How do you butter your corn?":laughing:

I always use a fork to spread the butter because the butter squishes up in the tines and doesn't slide off like it does with a knife. While I'm doing that, my wife takes a 1/4 lb of butter and puts it out on a butter dish and rolls her corn in it. I have to admit, that's an effective method, but I don't think I waste as much butter.

Got to get one of these.
Corn Butterer

I do love corn on the cob with lots of butter and a little salt. One of the only foods I put salt on, never tried it with pepper.

Thanks Bird, I want to try it but we are way out of season, not sure if we can even get it now in the big grocery stores.

How does it taste out of the nuke oven? is it as good as boiled?

JB

 

[whistlepig]

As far as buttering corn I nuke a stick in the microwave for 15 seconds, pick it up in my right hand, and then schmeer it on the corn. This is not a pretty sight and I'm sure you won't see this done on TV. But it is highly effective. Its kind of like eating barbequed ribs. If you don't have some barbeque sauce on both ear lobes when your are done eating the ribs you may have missed something in your culinary experience.

 

[Western]

Down right neat Bird!!

I have opened up husk put in butter then closed it up to cook over a fire , in the oven or coals, I may try that with this method and see if it still works out.

As far as buttering the cob, as far as I can remember, we butter up a nice slice of bread, then run the bread over the cob, butters nice and heats the bread.:thumbsup:

 

[tallyho8]

We always just peel the paper back on a stick of butter and rub the stick on the hot corn cob. Didn't know there were other ways. :licking:

 

[Fixemall]

Melted butter floats on top of water, just throw a stick in a pan of boiling water and then set it out, dip your corn in and it comes out buttered perfectly.

 

[charlz]

As a kid we always kept a stick of butter on a plate in the fridge for corn, gets a nice half circle melted in it after a while which coats the ears perfectly. Now we just use spray butter which works well as long as you pay attention to your aim

 

[North West Farmer]

Bird, that made my day. Called my wife, when she saw your demonstration she wanted it put on a C.D. so we won't forget it. Good sweet corn on the cob is just about her favorite food .

That got me big points. Sure hope it works that well for us as it did for you.

Eternally grateful,

Nick, North West Farmer

 

[jimmyj]

Well I'll be horn-swoggled! I love microwave corn and this will be easy as pie! Thanks.

As for butter, we also keep a special corn butter in the fridge and we just roll the corn on top of it. Yum!

 

[Bird]

you mean like these... my wife got a set. work great

http://www.cooksite.com/IBS/SimpleCat/product/ASP/product-id/36842720.html


but she paid way less for them. Got them from a gourmet store in town a few years back

That's exactly what I want; just would rather not pay that much for them.

 

[NativeSon]

Great stuff Bird......I've never seen that before.

Bird, you have a wealth of knowledge on many, many subjects.

Charlie

 

[Bird]

Got to get one of these.
Corn Butterer

I do love corn on the cob with lots of butter and a little salt. One of the only foods I put salt on, never tried it with pepper.

Thanks Bird, I want to try it but we are way out of season, not sure if we can even get it now in the big grocery stores.

How does it taste out of the nuke oven? is it as good as boiled?

JB

JB, while looking for the special dishes for corn on the cob, I saw that corn butterer on Amazon.com.

And yesterday afternoon, I was in Bed Bath & Beyond and bought this set of 4 dishes for corn on the cob. I don't know whether they are safe for the microwave (only long enough to melt better, of course) or not, but they have one great feature; they were cheap.:laughing:

 

[newbury]

A friend sent me an e-mail with this link, something I'd never heard of, so I had to try it yesterday to see if it works. It actually does work.

Shucking Corn--Clean Ears Everytime - YouTube

About time for a revival of this thread.

 

[JDgreen227]

About time for a revival of this thread.

Just viewed the video, we have almost always nuked corn in the microwave to cook it, but have never seen that method of shucking it. Is it REALLY that much work to shuck corn? Have never thought so.

Personally, while I love fresh sweet corn I have never liked eating it off the cob. Gnawing is fine for dogs who have a bone....but I don't enjoy corn that way.

 

[newbury]

Just viewed the video, we have almost always nuked corn in the microwave to cook it, but have never seen that method of shucking it. Is it REALLY that much work to shuck corn? Have never thought so.

Personally, while I love fresh sweet corn I have never liked eating it off the cob. Gnawing is fine for dogs who have a bone....but I don't enjoy corn that way.

I always preferred eating it off the cob. This may be due to the fact that my grandfather, father, and I had a ritual of seeing who could eat the most and leave the cleanest cobs.

Properly picked and cooked sweet corn virtually pops off the cob, no "gnawing" involved.
But even properly picked sweet corn requires effort and attention to detail to remove the silk. I've never been able to shuck it with 1 cut and three shakes.

Of course there are people that would just as soon eat store bought canned corn also.

 

[Bird]

Personally, while I love fresh sweet corn I have never liked eating it off the cob. Gnawing is fine for dogs who have a bone....but I don't enjoy corn that way.

But my West Virginia born wife does. And she does gnaw it off, leaving a ragged cob.:laughing:

grandfather, father, and I had a ritual of seeing who could eat the most and leave the cleanest cobs. Properly picked and cooked sweet corn virtually pops off the cob, no "gnawing" involved

Never made a contest of it, but sounds as if you do it like I do, pop off whole kernels, and yep, it does leave a clean cob.:laughing:

Incidentally, is there going to be some kind of corn shortage this year? I first noticed Walmart had corn for $0.25 an ear, then one Walmart had it for $0.20 for awhile, and then it started up. We bought a few for $0.30 an ear, and the last time I was in Walmart, it was $0.40 an ear.

 

[JDgreen227]

Heck, Bird....there is never a real shortage but people drive up the price because they think there will be one. Local Meijers ad this week advertises 12 ears of Florida bicolor corn for $2. Much too early for any local corn to be available.

 

[Bird]

Heck, Bird....there is never a real shortage but people drive up the price because they think there will be one. Local Meijers ad this week advertises 12 ears of Florida bicolor corn for $2. Much too early for any local corn to be available.

I guess it was closer to July 4th last year, but we bought corn at $0.10 an ear.

 

[bbrown4804]

I got the Farm Bureau news report today and they were reporting the USDA saying, "...that corn production for this crop year is projected at a record high of 14,790 million bushels, 20% better than last years crop." They went on to say that the increased yield should ease the price. Now granted, they are talking feed corn, but I think it would stand to reason that eating corn could behave similarly. I sure hope it does at least, I just love getting fresh Olathe sweet corn when it hits the stores.

 

[JDgreen227]

I got the Farm Bureau news report today and they were reporting the USDA saying, "...that corn production for this crop year is projected at a record high of 14,790 million bushels, 20% better than last years crop." They went on to say that the increased yield should ease the price. Now granted, they are talking feed corn, but I think it would stand to reason that eating corn could behave similarly. I sure hope it does at least, I just love getting fresh Olathe sweet corn when it hits the stores.

I do wonder how much of the feed corn crop will be used to produce fuel and what will happen to the prices for both corn and fuel as a result of the increased production. Your post makes me wonder about the cost to grow both types of corn.

 

[Bird]

I got the Farm Bureau news report today and they were reporting the USDA saying, "...that corn production for this crop year is projected at a record high of 14,790 million bushels, 20% better than last years crop." They went on to say that the increased yield should ease the price. Now granted, they are talking feed corn, but I think it would stand to reason that eating corn could behave similarly. I sure hope it does at least, I just love getting fresh Olathe sweet corn when it hits the stores.

That's good news . . . unless you're a farmer raising that corn.