General musing: Sweet Corn

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General musing: Sweet Corn

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Not sure why I thought of this today, but I have an uncle who used to eat corn on the cob by putting a healthy chunk of butter in his mouth and then eating the corn around it. That's the most bizarre of several different buttering methods I've witnessed/used. I learned to butter corn by slathering a slice of bread with butter then using that like a little cradle and rolling the cob around in it. You'd get multiple runs with that slice then had some nice buttery bread when you were done eating corn. I've seen people put a whole stick of butter on the table and just roll the cob around the top side of it lengthwise. The little plastic buttering contraptions where you force butter through a grid are a joke in my estimation. And the butter knife thing just never seemed real practical, if the corn's hot as it should be the knife heats up too and then the butter falls off.

I can't bring myself to do the parmesan/mayonnaise/chile powder thing. I'm not averse to parm or mayo or chile powder, but I can't see them together and I can't fathom the pair with corn.

It's all academic, really, since the last several years we've just been grilling corn in the husk then finishing it with black pepper and lime juice when it's ready. It's a good combo.

I really miss the corn stands down around Collinsville, there'd be nights in the summer where our dinner was nothing but peaches and cream sweet corn and fresh sliced tomatoes. Locally corn's just come into season up here.

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I've been using spray butter.

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I take a slice of bread and absolutely coat it with butter/spread. I then roll the cobb in the bread. Eat the melty-butter slice of bread last.

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Leroy wrote:I've been using spray butter.
Yeah, but what do you use on corn? :wink:

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TabascoElvis wrote:
Leroy wrote:I've been using spray butter.
Yeah, but what do you use on corn? :wink:
Doh!

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I put lots of butter, hot salt, and pepper on it. I have done the cheese, but it is not necessary with good corn...

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jeffbgoofy wrote:I put lots of butter, hot salt, and pepper on it. I have done the cheese, but it is not necessary with good corn...
You've given me an inspiration. The spice shop I moonlight in has habanero infused salt. lightbulb Not sure why I didn't think of that sooner.

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I don't use butter, the corn tastes good enough without it, so I try to avoid adding unnecessary calories and cholesteral

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TabascoElvis wrote:
jeffbgoofy wrote:I put lots of butter, hot salt, and pepper on it. I have done the cheese, but it is not necessary with good corn...
You've given me an inspiration. The spice shop I moonlight in has habanero infused salt. lightbulb Not sure why I didn't think of that sooner.
Yeah I think they quit making hot salt, so I bought like 4 containers when it was clearanced at Dierbergs

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