ext_272261 ([identity profile] rosycat.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] xyzzysqrl 2006-08-31 02:20 am (UTC)

You should try corn on the cob. It requires two things :

1. Water
2. Corn on the cob

Shuck the corn (remove the green stuff and silky stuff). Break off the end if its a bit long, or use a knife to cut it close to the corn-bearing-goodness.

Get a big pot, fill with water about 1/3, add corn, fill with water to about 1/2 full with the corn in the pot. (corn floats, so check it isn't floating.)
Turn on heat.
Put pot on burner, turn heat to a bit past the mid-point (so its more that 50% heat. 60% is about right). Wait for water to start boiling. Count off 7 minutes or a bit more, use tongs to remove corn from pot and pile on a plate.
(If you lack tongs, use two long-handled implements to grab each cob. Long handles are key, boiling water is HOT.)
**Turn heat off!

Wait til corn is just a bit hotter than cool enough to eat, and serve. Preferably with butter and salt or whatever you like :) By the time you are seated, and the corn is buttered/salted/whatever to taste, it will have cooled enough to eat.

Fast, easy, yummy. Assuming you like corn :)

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