Why is corn on the cob so awesome?

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Actually, the real question is, why is eating corn off the cob so much nicer than just loose sweetcorn? :) It's the same vegetable, yet somehow it seems better gnawing and crunching into it than just spooning it up from a pile on the plate. I guess it proves that food enjoyment comes from more than just the food but also the way we get to eat it. Perhaps it's like chocolate. A kitkat for instance is more enjoyable as two or four fingers in thin silver foil than a block of it in a plastic wrapper.

There were packs of two corn on the cob going for half price at a £1 so I bought some. Just so nom nom!
 
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It's amazing, it's a special kind of food that comes pre-prepared for BBQing right off the plant :D Nearly impossible to over-cook too :p

Eat it all the time out here in Cali - Rub it with a lemon quarter then sprinkle it with chilli powder - EPIC
 
Rich_L said:
It's amazing, it's a special kind of food that comes pre-prepared for BBQing right off the plant :D Nearly impossible to over-cook too :p

Eat it all the time out here in Cali - Rub it with a lemon quarter then sprinkle it with chilli powder - EPIC
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I never tried that before! Just stick a small fork in each end and roll it in salt and melting butter for me. :D
 
I find there's a similar difference between pineapple and pineapple freshly cut from the husk. I wonder if it's something to do with the husk preserving the flavour?

Corn on the cob is awesome.
 
The Halk said:
I find there's a similar difference between pineapple and pineapple freshly cut from the husk. I wonder if it's something to do with the husk preserving the flavour?

Corn on the cob is awesome.
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Completely agree. This is also true of tomatoes still on the vine - I seem to recall seeing a Gordon Ramsay F Word episode where he said this.
 
Yeah, love freshly cut pineapple!

For me though, it's not really the flavour of the corn on the cob that is different. I mean yeah, adding salt and butter to it makes a difference. But even with nothing added, if I scraped the corn off the cob and then ate the loose corn the experience wouldn't be noteworthy. It seems to be the teeth biting into the cob and munching left and right across it that is so satisfying. :cool:
 
Never actually tried corn on the cob as I'm not really a big fan of sweetcorn, got a feeling I'm missing out.
 
<3 fresh sweetcorn and pineapple :D

Sainsbury's do the best (and sweetest) sweetcorn cobs :p

Merlin5 said:
It seems to be the teeth biting into the cob and munching left and right across it that is so satisfying. :cool:
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It annoys me because I always get sweetcorn skin stuck between my teeth :/
 
MisChief said:
<3 fresh sweetcorn and pineapple :D

Sainsbury's do the best (and sweetest) sweetcorn cobs :p

It annoys me because I always get sweetcorn skin stuck between my teeth :/
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Mine are from Tesco, they're also very sweet and delish. :)

Yeah, the corn getting stuck in the teeth is annoying. However, that is the tradeoff for a cylinder of yellow heaven. From Epic to Toothpic(k). :p
 
Not a massive fan, I don't dislike it but there's plenty of things I don't have to roll in butter and salt that actually have some taste to them.
 
You don't need to dip in butter and slat to taste amazing. It tastes amazing as is. But everything tastes better in butter and 99% tastes better wi salt.

Also should try mexican corn, mayonnaise, cheese and chilli powder.
 
Dont know about table salt, but personally I go for a mixture of salted butter and plenty of black pepper. Pepper does wonders to corn on the cob.
 
For me, corn of the cob is the veggie equivalent of beef on the bone. I could never be a veggie, but this is one of the few meat free meals that satisfies me. I love the one's KFC and Nandos do...

It's simply a satisfying, wonderful Neanderthal meal.

Hmmmm. Sweetcorn...
 
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