Corn on the COB

[Easy 10]

Cob Report.

I went to the 'pick your own' yesterday, you know, the one by the garden centres near Durrington. As I ambled through the fields, I snaffled a bag of Victoria PLUMS, half a punnet of raspberries, half a punnet of strawberries, a couple of red onions and a couple of normal onions (physically and brutally uprooted from the ground with my very own HAND). But bestest of all was the SWEETCORN. I wandered deep into a field of 8ft high cornplants, twisted off half a dozen decent sized COBS, stripped off the green leafy bits, and was delighted to be charged a mere 30 pence for each one (its £1.99 for TWO in Tesco, and they're nowhere NEAR the size of these beauties I can tell you).

Once home, these were duley wrapped in bacofoil with a KNOB of butter and a slight sprinkling of paprika. After 20 minutes on my barbecue, they were stripped of their bacofoil coat, thus revealing themselves in all their tantilising, glistening, deeply golden, buttery glory. Within minutes they were skewered, salted and on their way down to my lower intestines, having been throughly masticated on the way. Absolutely DELICIOUS. There is something infinitely satisfying in eating something so fresh that it was literally still growing in a field a mere couple of HOURS ago. Pick Your Own absolutely rocks.

The Jolly Green Giant can DO one.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Our neighbouring farmer grows ACRES of the stuff.

He has even been known to ask us locals whether it's ready to harvest yet. I can't imagine why he thinks we might know.

 

[BensGrandad]

24p each in LIDL last week bought some and then wife said she had never cooked raw ones before, only frozen, so had to loook on the internet it said place in boiling salted water for 3 mins. They were superb

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Sorry, but still prefer the tinned stuff.

PYO might be fresh out the field, but there's far more cob than corn.

And the difference in taste IMHO is negligible, same as with frozen peas.

 

[The Large One]

Sounds divine, Easy. And you're not wrong about freshly-picked.

We've got rhubarb growing in our garden. I LOVE rhubarb crumble.

Chop the rhubarb, and sprinkle a little sugar, ground ginger and a splash of dark rum over, before placing in the bowl, and putting your oats-and-flour crumble on top.

Marvellous.

 

[Mendoza]

Love the stuff, cooked in much the same was as The Big Easy, but with cajun rub, and a sprinkling of garlic powder added to the butter!

SCENES

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

BBQ or boiled are equally good - we do both. The key is to get it as fresh as you can because the sugar turns into starch very soon after picking. Also, use a good quality butter (not that spreadable stuff). Yummy.

Talking of red onions - mine are now up and drying before being stored. Pic below for those interested in this type of thing (shallots next to them)

 

[Brighton Breezy]

I love it. But I don't love it getting stuck in my ruddy teeth.

 

[Easy 10]

Sorry, but still prefer the tinned stuff.

PYO might be fresh out the field, but there's far more cob than corn.

And the difference in taste IMHO is negligible, same as with frozen peas.

COBBLERS !

For crispy freshness its GOT to be gnawed off the cob. And a couple of those beauties is an absolute FEAST.

The tinned stuff has just been sitting in water for christ-knows how long, so its nowhere near as crunchy or as violently YELLOW as the fresh stuff, and the flavour just doesn't compare.

I'm all cobbed out after yesterday. Got a couple more left over though, which I might do over my CHIMNEA tomorrow night if its dry.

 

[Easy 10]

Love the stuff, cooked in much the same was as The Big Easy, but with cajun rub, and a sprinkling of garlic powder added to the butter!

SCENES

Oooh, that sounds nice. I think I've got some cajun powder knocking about in the cupboard somewhere.

*strokes chins thoughtfully*

 

[Stoichkov]

I can't imagine why he thinks we might know.

Can you SCRUMP corn on the cob or can you only do that with apples?

 

[Juan Albion]

30p each? You were ROBBED!

$2 (about a quid) here will buy you a dozen at the farm gate.

 

[Giraffe]

Our neighbouring farmer grows ACRES of the stuff.

He has even been known to ask us locals whether it's ready to harvest yet. I can't imagine why he thinks we might know.

Bloody pilferer, it's swine like you that cause the shop price to be so expensive!

 

[Easy 10]

30p each? You were ROBBED!

$2 (about a quid) here will buy you a dozen at the farm gate.

Well I was still tickled PINK at paying 30p a cob after being STUNG by the supermarket prices. And I bet my cobs are bigger than yours.

 

[Gwylan]

24p each in LIDL last week bought some and then wife said she had never cooked raw ones before, only frozen, so had to loook on the internet it said place in boiling salted water for 3 mins. They were superb

I buy mine from the greengrocer - three big ones for a quid. I can't believe someone would pay £2 at Tesco, no wonder they make such profits if people so much over the odds.

I find corn on the cob parboiled and then grilled for a few minutes - gives a lovely smokey taste,

 

[clapham_gull]

24p each in LIDL last week bought some and then wife said she had never cooked raw ones before, only frozen, so had to loook on the internet it said place in boiling salted water for 3 mins. They were superb

Just a tip although it's not something I often cook.

Salt in the water hardens the skin.

Probably not so much a problem if the corn is very fresh, but you should never put salt in the water when boiling corn. I'm surprised you found advice to the contrary.

You'll get a much better result with plain water.

Season when cooked.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Corn is indigestable Easy and tends to come out the end looking exactly the same it went in the front so I reckon Corn on the Cob is EVIL.

 

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

Corn is indigestable Easy and tends to come out the end looking exactly the same it went in the front so I reckon Corn on the Cob is EVIL.

I'm with US on this one. Corn is a foul disgusting vegetable whether it's attached to the cob, or from one of Mr Jolly Green Giants tins.

 

[Easy 10]

Corn is indigestable Easy and tends to come out the end looking exactly the same it went in the front so I reckon Corn on the Cob is EVIL.

Not at all Uncle S.
I'm sure I can't be the only one who has taken a cocktail stick to one of their own bum cigars and spelt out their name along its length in semi-digested sweetcorn ?

It was one of the few highlights on my school outward-bounds trip to the Brecon Beacons in 1987, and in fact turned out to be the only real source of amusement during the evenings.

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

Easy easy easy YOU FOOL!!!

what you need to do is leave Mr Cobs grean leafy overcoat on & bar b que it as it is & then stip it off to reaveal its naughty nobbly bits & devour!!!