NO.COOK.CORN,

[elleng]

straight.off.the.farm,into.my.mouth!
Grocery.corn.touting.'local'has.been.BAD,but.neighbor.encouraged.me.to.stop.at.nearby.roadside.stands.so.I.did.
GREAT!

[uppityperson]

1. w.t.f.is.it.with.periods.except.to.annoy?

[elleng]

2. w.t.f.do.you.suggest.it.would.be.to.annoy?

Ever.had.a.problem.with.technology?

Likethisbetter?w.t.f.doyousuggestitwouldbetoannoy?
Everhadaproblemwithtechnology?

[uppityperson]

3. On Du, you just never know. I hope you get the replacement soon.

[elleng]

4. Thanks,I.hope.so.too!

[japple]

5. Back to the topic at hand: what's this about no.cook.corn?

[elleng]

6. I.stopped.at.a.little.farm.market.today,

at.a.friend's.suggestion,bought.3.ears,tried.one.before.unpacking.the.car,finished.it,ate.a.second,and.am.thinking.of.eating.the.3d.soon,all.without.benefit.of.cooking!

They.were.picked.early.afternoon.today,and.are.wonderful!yellow/white.combo.

[japple]

7. It sounds wonderful. My neighbor grows a yellow/white combo called "Bodacious"

and it is sugar-sweet. When I am serving it for a large family group, I double-cut it from the cob (cut kernels off with a very sharp knife, then run the back of the knife blade down the length of the cob to get the rest of the corn out) and add it to a sauce pan with butter. When it is warm, I salt it and serve it. No boiling, and it is sweet, crunchy and DELICIOUS!!

Sorry you had to re-type all that just to 'splain it to me, and I hope you get your phone fixed soon.

[grasswire]

9. I don't boil corn any more either.

When cooking it on the cob, I put it into cold water, and bring it just to almost boileing. Turn off the pan and just let it soak for ten minutes.

[elleng]

12. When.I.do/did.cook.it,

about.2.minutes.in.water.that.had.reached.boiling.

[grasswire]

8. the neighborhood kids and I ate raw corn when we were barely

....in kindergarten. Mr. Duffy had a real nice field of sweet corn and we took advantage regularly..

Been nibbling at raw corn ever since. Yesterday I had half an ear of bi-color for a snac, from the farmers market and picked same morning.

[japple]

10. Grasswire, you must be part raccoon!!!! I've seen those little buggers

reaching up and grabbing an ear of corn off the stalk and pulling it down, eating it right off the cob out in the field.

[TreasonousBastard]

11. Lots of fresh corn around here, but the freshest I ever had...

was a retired guy who farmed for a hobby. You knocked on his door and asked what was good today, and he scrambled down in the field.

"Just started this variety this year and it's come in this week."

In about 10 minutes the corn was shucked and in the pot just to be heated a little. It was like candy. In those days we would go down off the front porch into the bay and get a bushel or so of clams, and someone was always fishing... Good times, good eats.

The cats loved it, too. One of them would climb up on the stove (it would be off at the time) and fish an ear out of the pot to drag around the house and nibble on. Then they'd fight over it.

[grasswire]

13. I had a cat that LOVED corn silk.

The minute any ears of corn came into the house from the market, Chester would be in the bag and would demand that some shuck be pulled back and some silk pulled for him to eat.

It was weird. But he was a darling, darling kitteh.

[japple]

14. I had a cat that loved the corn "milk." After the corn had been cut from the

cob, we would have to give her a piece of the cob to suck. She would lick it clean, and suck all of the juice out of it. She would carry it around the house like a prized toy!

[Phentex]

15. My kids used to do this with their grandfather...

they'd go pick corn and eat it right then and there. I have never tried it.

[littlewolf]

16. alot of time we will not boil corn but will put in the micro

covered in plastic wrap with a corner up for steam. 3 ears 8 mins (i think)
will check my notes later. but it is very crisp and very good, and is quick
and doesn't create a lot of heat.