Why is corn on the cob so awesome?

Punt · 8 Jul 2012 at 14:45

Rich_L said:
Rub it with a lemon quarter then sprinkle it with chilli powder - EPIC

I've just tried a variation of this with lime & smoked chipotle chilli powder - Fantastic!!

Good call Rich_L

Cagerty · 8 Jul 2012 at 22:50

Love corn on the cob, especially if salted and dripping in melted butter! Sadly can't eat it anymore due to my crown

MisChief · 8 Jul 2012 at 22:56

Cagerty said:
Love corn on the cob, especially if salted and dripping in melted butter! Sadly can't eat it anymore due to my crown

Crown? Can't you cook the sweetcorn, then use a knife to slice the kernels off the cob into a bowl, then add salt and butter?

mithrandir · 8 Jul 2012 at 23:08

Tattysnuc said:
I love the one's KFC and Nandos do...

It's simply a satisfying, wonderful Neanderthal meal.

Hmmmm. Sweetcorn...

KFC -> Yuck! Too sweaty and lacks flavour on the 3 or 4 times I've tried them.
Nandos ->If not burnt then mmm...mmm...mmm.

doyll · 8 Jul 2012 at 23:21

Corn on the cob need to be fresh picked because as soon as it's picked the sugars in the kernels start changing to starch. If you picked some yesterday and some today cook and taste test you will taste the difference.

The sooner after picking fresh ripe vegetables and ripe fruit the better they taste.... tomatoes, beans, peas, carrots and lettuce oranges, plums, apples berries.

Cagerty · 8 Jul 2012 at 23:52

MisChief said:
Crown? Can't you cook the sweetcorn, then use a knife to slice the kernels off the cob into a bowl, then add salt and butter?

Oh yeah I do still eat sweetcorn off the cob, but is just not the same as eating it on the cob

MisChief · 9 Jul 2012 at 00:39

Cagerty said:
Oh yeah I do still eat sweetcorn off the cob, but is just not the same as eating it on the cob

Ohh that's true. I like picking the sweetcorn one by one or eat it row by row

monkeyspank · 9 Jul 2012 at 09:20

Smear a clean cob with butter, wrap tightly in clingfilm, microwave for 3 minutes, finish off on the bbq, coat in Nando's chip salt

BloomerzUK · 9 Jul 2012 at 12:53

Nostalgia moments - eating freshly boiled sweetcorn as a treat as a kid with some anchor butter spread over.. noms.

Van Hellseek · 10 Jul 2012 at 01:29

Flavour-wise loose or on the cob tastes exactly the same to me (assuming both seasoned the same).

Maybe there's just something more instinctly satisfying by eating it caveman/ape style.

Rich_L · 10 Jul 2012 at 05:49

Probably a scent thing too from the cob itself which absorbs some of the flavour and juice. Although that doesn't explain it for you

PapaLazaru · 15 Jul 2012 at 22:37

I just bung them in the microwave and then slather on butter, honey and dried chilli flakes ala Jamie Oliver.

Amazing.

Jfan · 15 Jul 2012 at 23:17

Grow your own, one of the super sweet varieties, when ripe get a pan of water boiling, go and pick it off the plant, run back to house and chuck into the water

Taste amazing, doubt I'll get any ripe this year though

Capt Doufos · 20 Jul 2012 at 16:04

I have approx 50 husks only a few weeks from being ripe in the garden. You can go better than boiling them, Steam them. OHNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM

pepp77 · 20 Jul 2012 at 16:12

Tin foil bag, lots of pepper and rock salt, plus a nice knob of butter. Bake in the oven for however long you like - 30-60 minutes is a rough time line.

Remove and eat.

canman · 23 Jul 2012 at 17:46

leave the leafs on and put them on the bbq, this lets them steam, take of the leafs and put back on the bbq for 5 mins, loverly

Craig1981 · 23 Jul 2012 at 18:30

I loooooooove corn on the cob! Gotta have it dripping in melted butter, with some salt and black pepper!