Corn-on-the-cob?

[mysteryowl]

This is such an autumn fun food.

How do you make it?

[mr_lebowski]

1. Many ways really ...

Most commonly I shuck it and boil it in salty/sugary water for about 25 mins.

Then I turn off the heat, add some butter to the water, and let it sit for a half hour or so.

Then I pull it out, put on more butter, along with salt, pepper and cayenne.

Exciting, yeah?

[DashOneBravo]

2. We boil it mostly

Then I use “I can’t believe it’s not butter”, and salt and pepper it.

[Abnredleg]

3. On the grill

I husk and oil it, and then sprinkle it with smoked paprika.

[El Supremo]

6. I leave the husk on...

after peeling the silk. It helps keep the moisture in and prevents burning. Charcoal grilled corn on the cob is so much more tasty than boiled.

[Abnredleg]

8. I use indirect heat

So it doesn’t burn.

[lillypaddle]

4. Easy peasy

wash, and without drying it off, wrap it in saran wrap and put it in the microwave. About 3 or 4 minutes per ear, then let it finish cooking in the plastic wrap for a minute or two.

[elleng]

5. Used to eat it raw after picking up @ farm stand,

when traveling in that direction more than recently; they didn't grow any this year.

More recently, 3 minutes in boiling water, and nothing more, no butter or salt.

[Bantamfancier]

13. Same here.

My method was to put the pot of water on to boil, then go jerk the corn. (Helps to have the patch just out back).
With the new super sweet varieties, no more than 3 minutes in the water. Not so much cooking it as just heating it up.
3 or 4 ears with a nice BLT sandwich is what it’s all about.

[Freddie]

7. Tried many ways, always go back to boiling

Microwave, air fryer, on grill...just seems to get more tender by boiling. Butter and salt. Might be the weather but the corn has been really good this year, even the stuff at Giant.

[pamdb]

9. corn on the cob

Corn usually comes out in late July early August, depending on where in the country it comes from.

I could LIVE on BLT's (when my tomatoes come in which is usually mid August) and corn on the cob all summer.

Because there are just the two of us, my husband cleans the corn and I rinse it in cold water, wrap it in cellophane
and do it in the microwave for 3 and a half minutes. wrap them in paper towels or towel until ready to eat. Load
it with butter and salt and pepper-he just uses salt, and go for it.

I remember visiting my uncle and cousins in Iowa one year when I was just a kid and we would go out to the
field, pick the corn and shuck it and cook it and eat it with bread and butter. Best corn in the world comes from
Iowa. I was just a skinny little kid from Michigan and my uncle was in awe of how many ears I put away.

My mom would take the corn, shuck it and freeze the kernels, and take it back to Michigan and when she would bring it out
in the middle of the winter, you knew by the smell, it was Iowa corn.

[mysteryowl]

10. "Knee high by the 4th of July" is how the saying goes here.

[SharonClark]

15. Are we twins?

[cayugafalls]

11. Sweet corn is so Yummy.

I have always boiled it and ate it straight without salt or butter if it is the real deal.

We got stands that have some great sweet corn. It is so good, I can eat a bucket full.

When we did a lot of camping back in the scouting days, we would remove the silk leaving the husk and soak for 5 minutes in water then wrap in tin foil and throw on the fire in the coals for about 5-7 minutes each.

Last nights dinner was sweet corn and bbq chicken with mashed potatoes.

[mysteryowl]

12. How many now want to eat some fresh corn-on-the-cob?

[SharonClark]

14. July and August is corn time in Iowa.

If you don’t grow it yourself or buy it at a farm stand, there are some grocery stores that advertise which farm grew their corn.

When I worked at Pioneer-Hybrid you could order corn from your desk, watch the farmer harvest it at lunchtime, and pick it up in the lobby at the end of the day. It was often a new hybrid before it went public. Delicious!

[Kali]

16. throw it on the fire until husks are pretty burned

then move it off to the side, butter salt and pepper if needed

a small section of carmelized (almost burnt) kernels means you did it right. also really good with mayo, lime, chile powder (or a commercial version like Tajin) and cotija cheese, but I'm usually too lazy.

[electric_blue68]

17. I was just going to mention...

adding chilli powder for the first time last summer! Yum.


Usually boiled, with salted butter. Occasionally raw from the Green Market.