Corn on the cob

[spring-peeper]

shuck

take the outer coating of leaves, etc off to expose the cob.

The faster you get it into the pot after picking, the sweeter it is



Here, we grow two types of corn - cow corn and sweet corn. The cow corn gets dried for feed, the sweet corn is for us humans.

 

[spring-peeper]

Blimey - six minutes max. You don't want it too soft and whathaveyou.

Six minutes wouldn't work here.

I'm beginning to think that our corn cobs are bigger than yours.

Ours are about 12-18 inches in length. Yours?

btw - it's not a nasty question, i just like knowing how different things are there vs here (or vis-versa)

 

[spring-peeper]

I used Story's method: a bit of oil, wrapped on foil, baked for 30 mins at Gas 5. Then served with butter.

Was tasty but a bit firmer than I was expecting.



I spent the rest of the evening with bits stuck in my teeth.

That's what toothpicks are for

btw - congrats on your 21,000 post - totally awesome!!!!

 

[purves grundy]

steam it in the holey thing you get with a rice cooker

 

[dilute micro]

Here, we grow two types of corn - cow corn and sweet corn. The cow corn gets dried for feed, the sweet corn is for us humans.

and that's where you're going wrong. What corn is cow corn? Sweet corn is good but it's too sweet for some things.

 

[Paul Russell]

Boil it for about 10 minutes is my method. 25 p each at the mo in Asda...

 

[Paul Russell]

PS.

I had to look up how to cook them recently

I couldn't believe that there was a whole web site dedicated to this

http://www.howtocookcornonthecob.com/

 

[strung out]

this is just another a2m euphemism isn't it?

 

[Xanadu]

Tip from my parents: in a little saucer, mix some chilli and salt. Cut a lemon in half, and put the cut side down into the chilli and salt mix. Squeeze the lemon over the corn.

We mainly do it for boiled mogo/cassava, but it works well for corn too.

 

[citygirl]

3 for 49p in Aldis atm!

 

[BlueSquareThing]

Six minutes wouldn't work here.

I'm beginning to think that our corn cobs are bigger than yours.

Ours are about 12-18 inches in length. Yours?

btw - it's not a nasty question, i just like knowing how different things are there vs here (or vis-versa)

Yeah I think you could be right - I don't have one handy to measure, but I reckon more like 20-25 cm generally - so, what, 9 in or so? I imagine you have more, err, girth as well...

 

[citygirl]

Six minutes wouldn't work here.

I'm beginning to think that our corn cobs are bigger than yours.

Ours are about 12-18 inches in length. Yours?

btw - it's not a nasty question, i just like knowing how different things are there vs here (or vis-versa)

wow.. how on earth do you fit them in a pan?

 

[Maggot]

It's corn on the cob time again. Have left the leaves on this time.

 

[Paul Russell]

Does this mean they are going to be 25 p again in Asda soon, like last year?

 

[Maggot]

Maybe. They are 3 for £1 in my local farm shop atm.

 

[mrs quoad]

This thread is epic win.

 

[mr steev]

Six minutes wouldn't work here.

I'm beginning to think that our corn cobs are bigger than yours.

Ours are about 12-18 inches in length. Yours?

btw - it's not a nasty question, i just like knowing how different things are there vs here (or vis-versa)

Ours generally aren't that big - I get the impression that the ones in the UK are smaller and more tender... they don't tend to be genetically modified either