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Boiled ? Grilled ? Roasted ? Plain ? Plain with butter ? Sprinkled with ? Rubbed with ?
My ex owns a farm, one thing he grows is sweet corn for the Jolly Green Giant, and just about now fresh corn is starting to roll in for everyone to enjoy, except this year I would like to kick it up a notch and try something different. A couple of corn boil/rib/steak dinners coming up before Labour Day weekend and my September trip, and I am looking to shake them up too.
So, any one care to share their favorite ways, or secrets ?
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Just boiled with butter, salt and pepper is hard to top for me. I have substituted ranch dressing powder or cajun spice like Zatarains and some like it that way.
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We often microwave it, finding that's quicket and retains more flavor than boiling. About two minutes an ear is about right in most microwaves. If you prefer the caramelized flavor from grilling, microwaving half as long and then grilling provides quicker results without as much risk of burning.
Then whatever you like on it. I've been using some flavored olive oils lately, which are pretty good, but it's hard to beat butter.
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We soak the ears whole in water for ~1 hour prior to placing on the grill. I place on the top section of the gas grill till the husk start to dry out and blacken. This is usually 30-40 minutes on a low setting. Using the gas grill allows me to cook the steaks, ribs or what ever on the mesquite wood grill. After cooking the ears, cut the ear ~1" above the stalk and squeeze out the cooked ear silk free.
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Then whatever you like on it. I've been using some flavored olive oils lately, which are pretty good, but it's hard to beat butter.
I love butter on my corn, sweet creamery butter, lately they have been serving it at dinners and gatherings with clarified butter, and I just don't like that the creamy lush feel and taste of good old butter is missing. My Brother says next one up he's taking a pound or ten of his own !
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Enjoy the treat any way you like it.
Please don't call it a "Cob of Corn"!
Folks that never see it in on the stalk in the field must not know why farmers call it a ear.
Rant over.
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Just boiled with butter, salt and pepper is hard to top for me. I have substituted ranch dressing powder or cajun spice like Zatarains and some like it that way. hard to top that.
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Please don't call it a "Cob of Corn"!
Folks that never see it in on the stalk in the field must not know why farmers call it a ear.
Rant over.
I have lived in and around it for 34 years. I have helped plant it, take it off, and cooked it within sheer minutes of picking it. I call it corn on the cob, farmers, including my ex who is a farmer and from a farm family going back many generations call it what they want, ain't no sweat off my nose.
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We soak the ears whole in water for ~1 hour prior to placing on the grill. I place on the top section of the gas grill till the husk start to dry out and blacken. This is usually 30-40 minutes on a low setting. Using the gas grill allows me to cook the steaks, ribs or what ever on the mesquite wood grill. After cooking the ears, cut the ear ~1" above the stalk and squeeze out the cooked ear silk free. We do this. Add some Old Bay seasoning to it after it's been cooked for something a little different. SS
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Enjoy the treat any way you like it.
Please don't call it a "Cob of Corn"!
Folks that never see it in on the stalk in the field must not know why farmers call it a ear.
Rant over. I object to "roasting ears" used as a generic term - it's sort of like my old Swedish neighbor who referred to all refrigerators as "Refrigadares".
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Man, y'all gettin kind of technical with the terminology ain't you. How about this: an ear of corn, on the cob and not out of a can.
Whatever you call it, it's some good schitt with butter, salt, and pepper.
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How about Seafood Corn Chowder?
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We boil and serve with butter most often, but I love making Mexican street corn for change of pace. Biggest thing I see is people boiling sweet corn for too long. Good fresh corn only needs a couple minutes in the water. I'll even eat it right out of the garden.
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Just boiled with butter, salt and pepper is hard to top for me. ^^^^^This! We'll put a tsp of sugar in the boiling water. It's the method by which all others are compared.
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I just put mine on the gas grill,turning it occasionally till the husk turn brown.Remove the husk and silk,roll it in real butter and if you want to try something different,sprinkle it with some Chupacabra rub.that stuff is great. http://www.2gringossalsa.com/collections/rubs/products/chupacabra-rub-12oz-no-msg?variant=824732423
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How about Seafood Corn Chowder? I like a shrimp, crab and corn combo.
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Steam it in a cornkegulator Then dip it in hot water with melted butter floating on top
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We put it in foil with a tablespoon of butter inside. put on grill and turn evenly around so all sides are roasted. unfortunately this year my supplier this year did not have his normal crop. It was so wet this spring ,what didn't get flooded did not germinate correctly due to so much rain. we normally get a gaylord from him for family and friends. it amounted to 110 dozen last year.
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U guys are killing me ....fresh corn is in non existence here...I had my brother ups' some up years ago ,,,,,85bucks for 3doz
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How about Seafood Corn Chowder? I like a shrimp, crab and corn combo. Yes, Ma'am. Now you're talking. Got introduced to it at Turtle Kraal's restaurant in Key West about 25 years ago.
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