Corn on the Cob
Jun 11, 2021 13:07:44 #
As I said, there is almost no clean up and no husking involved. Microwave the unhusked ears, cut a bit off the fat end, grab the husk by the small end and shake. The ear will come free with no silk and you'll be left holding the husk with silk within ready for the trash. No cleanup.
This video shows how. I usually do 4 min/ear up to 4 ears and use my bare hands without problem. Goes a lot faster than the video shows.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9AlPLcG73L8
This video shows how. I usually do 4 min/ear up to 4 ears and use my bare hands without problem. Goes a lot faster than the video shows.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9AlPLcG73L8
Jun 11, 2021 13:24:37 #
RowdyRay
Loc: MN
neillaubenthal wrote:
Yep…far and away the best method. Pull the husk down and strip the silk out then pill husks back up…30 minute soak in water and 8 minutes on each of 4 sides on the grill…then wrap in foil while you do the steak.
Wife makes butter with some combination of roasted garlic, salt, white pepper, lime juice, hot sauce, cilantro pesto, Italian basil pesto, and Parmesan cheese…depends on what we want that day.
Wife makes butter with some combination of roasted garlic, salt, white pepper, lime juice, hot sauce, cilantro pesto, Italian basil pesto, and Parmesan cheese…depends on what we want that day.
That's what I do except no soaking. Smear them with margarine, sprinkle with seasoning and pull the husks back up. Ready to eat when they come off.
Use your imagination. A favorite rub, garlic pepper, steak seasoning.......you'll find a favorite. Mrs. Dash makes a couple that are great too.
Jun 11, 2021 13:27:52 #
Jun 11, 2021 14:19:03 #
I have cooked corn on the cob every way that has been mentioned here, but the best I ever did (and still do) is to get my water boiling and drop the ears in (already shucked and silked of course) and immediately move it off the stove. Let it sit for about 10 minutes. It's sooooo good. I mean what's a little shucking and silking...and boiling a little water???
Jun 11, 2021 14:23:12 #
ad8rr
Loc: Jackson, Michigan
It is also amazing in the Instant Pot or other pressure cooking device. 3 minutes under pressure give amazing flavor - very intensified. Husk and de-silk, put 1/2 cup of water in the pot, place corn in a steamer basket or on a rack, and cook. Delicious!
Jun 11, 2021 14:37:44 #
B1rdr
Loc: Northern Virginia
I always enjoyed Mohawk Valley (New York State) more than any other corn on the market. Sure wish I could get back there to get some one of these days. And, by the way, it was boiled when I was a kid before the invention of microwaves.
Jun 11, 2021 14:42:35 #
SteveFranz
Loc: Durham, NC
Dik wrote:
3 minutes in microwave, as picked. Then cut off big end at largest diameter (you will lose a couple of rows). Then squeeze the corn out of the husk by pinching the top of the ear. Comes out clean with no strings!
That's great advice. It's the only way I cook corn now - squeeze it out just like a giant tube of toothpaste. My only difference I use 4 minutes on one ear, 8 minutes for two ears.
Jun 11, 2021 15:22:54 #
brucebc
Loc: Tooele, Utah
Dik wrote:
3 minutes in microwave, as picked. Then cut off big end at largest diameter (you will lose a couple of rows). Then squeeze the corn out of the husk by pinching the top of the ear. Comes out clean with no strings!
That is how we do it too>
Jun 11, 2021 15:24:50 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Lots of different way listed here and they all work and sound good. Everyone has their favorite way.Corn on the cob was on sale for five for $1.00, so... (show quote)
I grow my own every year but we also buy in the store.
We always leave all of the husk on.
Place it in a brown paper shopping bag, roll it up and nuke it for 3-4 minutes an ear.
The silk will pull right out. pull all of the husk back over the stem so you can use it as a handle.
My grandmother used to roast it.
She would gently pull all of the husk back just far enough to remove the silk.
Paint the corn with butter, spiral wrap a slice or two of bacon around it and then close the husk back up and onto the fire.
Best I ever had.
Jun 11, 2021 16:30:17 #
captivecookie
Loc: Washington state
RiJoRi wrote:
I tried grilling corn, but it refused to answer my questions! 🤔 🙄 😅 🤣
(Is that corny, or what?)
--Rich
(Is that corny, or what?)
--Rich
Lollollol
Jun 11, 2021 20:06:39 #
SteveFranz wrote:
That's great advice. It's the only way I cook corn now - squeeze it out just like a giant tube of toothpaste. My only difference I use 4 minutes on one ear, 8 minutes for two ears.
👍👍👍👍👍
Jun 11, 2021 20:38:27 #
I tried growing corn a couple years when I first started farming. Failed miserably. The corn tasted fine but I was never able to get the harvest to space out evenly. We would get a block to ripen but the next one wouldn’t be ready in time or three blocks would bunch up so we had not enough or too much. I finally found someone who did a good job of growing corn and we just bought wholesale from him (although he occasionally had the same problem).
We would go to the field around 6am and pick up the corn. They would sort it and pack it in the field. The rejects got tossed into a pile. Worms were a reason for rejection but they were easy to remove so I got breakfast in the field. Raw. Delicious. And couldn’t be fresher.
We would go to the field around 6am and pick up the corn. They would sort it and pack it in the field. The rejects got tossed into a pile. Worms were a reason for rejection but they were easy to remove so I got breakfast in the field. Raw. Delicious. And couldn’t be fresher.
Jun 11, 2021 21:03:04 #
Silver Queen is a brand name of a corn variety. It is an old variety and was so popular that the name became generic. I doubt that the original variety is grown much now and many other varieties of white corn just used the name.
Sweet corn used to have a short life for sweetness. Modern varieties have been changed, mostly for the better. New genetics have allowed corn to stay sweet for longer times, which makes it possible to ship corn for long distances.
Sugar enhanced (se) genes allow corn to stay sweet for 3-5 days instead of maybe 6 hours. Supersweet (ss) genes will keep corn sweet for more than a week (but the kernels tend to be firmer [not tougher] and se/ss varieties can’t be grown within a half mile of each other without producing toughness). More recently some hybrid varieties have taken the best qualities of se/ss varieties without the drawbacks.
This is why I suspect Silver Queen is no longer the original variety when you buy Silver Queen corn. The new stuff is better.
Sweet corn used to have a short life for sweetness. Modern varieties have been changed, mostly for the better. New genetics have allowed corn to stay sweet for longer times, which makes it possible to ship corn for long distances.
Sugar enhanced (se) genes allow corn to stay sweet for 3-5 days instead of maybe 6 hours. Supersweet (ss) genes will keep corn sweet for more than a week (but the kernels tend to be firmer [not tougher] and se/ss varieties can’t be grown within a half mile of each other without producing toughness). More recently some hybrid varieties have taken the best qualities of se/ss varieties without the drawbacks.
This is why I suspect Silver Queen is no longer the original variety when you buy Silver Queen corn. The new stuff is better.
Jun 12, 2021 00:09:50 #
Tom467
Loc: North Central Florida
I grow Silver Queen corn in my garden and for fresh corn on the cob I pick it then run to the house and pop it into the microwave . I run to the house with the corn because as soon as you pick the corn the sugars start converting to starch. Silver Queen is so sweet I sometime eat it raw when I am working in the garden. Another advantage to cooking the corn in the microwave is almost all silk comes off with the shuck.
Tom
Tom
Jun 12, 2021 07:33:59 #
badapple wrote:
Wow! That sounds like a winner. Will try when our corn comes in.
I've tried the two-minute suggestion, and it's fine.
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