Stopped at a local Amish farm stand piled high with first sweet corn of the season. The variety is know as butter and cream. Soon as I returned home it was shucked and lightly boiled. What a treat, super juicy and tender slathered with salted butter and devoured right from the cob. Life is good.
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We grow silver queen and a couple others I cannot think of right now......we have only been growing it for over two decades.
Anyways, our early crop was done a couple weeks ago, some others getting ready now and some about a week off.
We actually do not eat TOO much of it, but we do eat our fair share.
Its amazing how many ways you can fix corn when you have tons of it.
We sell at a stand, feed our animals and give a lot away.
We grow so much just to keep the soil healthy for rotating other crops for animal feed.
We grow silver queen and a couple others I cannot think of right now......we have only been growing it for over two decades.
Anyways, our early crop was done a couple weeks ago, some others getting ready now and some about a week off.
We actually do not eat TOO much of it, but we do eat our fair share.
Its amazing how many ways you can fix corn when you have tons of it.
We sell at a stand, feed our animals and give a lot away.
We grow so much just to keep the soil healthy for rotating other crops for animal feed.
If I was a billionaire and could eat Iberico ham, Alba truffles, Beluga caviar, Kobe beef, the finest shellfish, and so forth in any quantity at any time, prepped by a world-class personal chef 24/7, I would STILL eat perfect-condition & prepped corn with a regularity that would become a source of amusement to those who were aware of it.
Growing up in Malaysia, we didnt have sweet corn - just maize.
Only palatable if boiled in salty water
I love my sweet corn just boiled - no salt, no butter
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Same here
Growing up in Malaysia, we didnt have sweet corn - just maize.
Only palatable if boiled in salty water
I love my sweet corn just boiled - no salt, no butter
Try steaming instead of boiling. I think it’s tastier. Also, start with cold water, whether you boil or steam. The slower start seems to increase the starch conversion.
Corn consumption today: Went to the Goshenhoppen Festival and had corn on the cob and corn pie!
…and scrapple.
Corn consumption today: Went to the Goshenhoppen Festival and had corn on the cob and corn pie!
…and scrapple.
Lucky man! I can't eat conventionally grown corn anymore due to the preponderance of genetic modification (i.e. glyphosate), but there's no doubt in my mind that the Amish ain't sprayin' any Roundup on their crop. I'd be all in on that, my friend! 
I’m in Indiana, where sweet corn is abundant and cheap. I’ve taken to cooking it in the microwave - cook a single unshucked cob for 3 to 4 minutes on high power on a plate or just the built-in rotator tray. Let rest for a few minutes to cool, then slice off the non-silk end about a half-inch up from the shoulder, grab the silk end, and squeeze the perfectly cooked cob out of the cut end, leaving the husk and silk behind. So easy, so delicious. (Add 2 minutes additional cooking time to prepare up to 4 cobs at a time).
Please describe.
Corn food trucks and stands are becoming more common in Metro Detroit. Plain, dipped in melted butter, a plethora of seasonings, or various types of Mexican corn (elote).
Fresh corn goes in the smoker and is a perfect addition to slices of smokey tri-tip in my house. Fresh corn means it was flown in from the mid-west. My wife missed her younger years and the family drive into corn country fora supply.
I love sweet corn, boiled to perfection, coated with ample butter, and covered in pepper!!
That's exactly the way I do it nowadays.............. no more boiling for me............
Yup, it works exactly as described.
Just remember to have a mitt or hot-pad-grabber-thingie handy when handling it.
Thats one thing I miss. Good sweet corn. It doesn’t exist over here. Silver queen os awesome.
I miss visiting my Grandpa in Monterey and stopping by the road side vendors in I want to say Watsonville for the fresh picked corn and other assorted veggies. My grandpa would bbq them and it was so good.
Personally I can't stand sweet corn. I wish I did like it. I just don't.
They are not the worst thing I've ever eaten. Peas and sweetcorn together are tolerable with other veg and gravy. But personally I would prefer it if the sweetcorn wasn't there and the difference was made up with more peas.
My wife had a period of ruining many of her dishes by adding sweet corn.
They are not the worst thing I've ever eaten. Peas and sweetcorn together are tolerable with other veg and gravy. But personally I would prefer it if the sweetcorn wasn't there and the difference was made up with more peas.
My wife had a period of ruining many of her dishes by adding sweet corn.
We just left the best sweet corn in the world from Maryland. Down here, they buy half-ears from the freezer section. I wouldn't feed that to a person. (my 31 year old son-in-law until last summer at our place, had never eaten a fresh ear of corn!). I'll miss you Maryland sweet corn!