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I am looking forward to cooking it tomorrow and expecting that awesomeness will ensue.

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Which state, if I may ask?

I'm a Wisconsin sweet corn guy, myself, but I realize that other states turn out a good ear, too. New Jersey, for example, and that always surprises people. Just curious.

Field to table in three hours, if you're lucky.

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Sloughhouse, CA, our local producer of some of the best, sweetest corn I've ever had. Less than an hour away if you want it fresh, or carried in local grocery stores. Been in the stores for a couple weeks already this year.

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Properly done sweet corn is taking a portable stove out to the field, boiling the water there and bending the stalk of corn over until the ear is in the water.

And then eating it right off the stalk?

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I was surprised at how good the Olathe Sweet is out here; being a WI sweet corn guy myself I wouldn't have believed something grown on the western slope of the Continental Divide would be so good.

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You are the Corn God.

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Y'all ain't doin' that right.

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Ohio

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

I'm beginnin' to think your definition of Sweetcorn and mine might differ.

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A) Nebraska, and Nebraska only.

B) Boiling your corn opposed to grilling it makes you bad and wrong.

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There's a lot wrong with this statement ...You're still doin' it wrong.

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Isn't all corn sweet? I have never heard of sweet corn, in particular....and grilling corn?? Hmmm never tried corn that way either. Does it make it taste different if you grill as opposed to boiling it?

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Feed corn is different than sweet corn. But yes, all corn that most likely every purchased from the grocery to eat is sweet corn.

Yes, very much so. I greatly prefer boiled corn on the cob to grilled.

And don't even mention the evil that is creamed corn. Gag gag gag.

Well, I'll take boiled corn, if it's really fresh, and not overboiled, I guess. I dunno, been so long since I've actually put corn into boiling water, myself, that I've forgotten many of the peculiarities. But taking a camp stove out to the field and bending the stalk over sounds fun, that's all.

But, yes, Kirra, grilling is the best method, if you ask me. And, none of this husking it and rolling it in foil, or just throwing it on the grill unhusked. I hate when I go to the store and they have a garbage can there for all the know-nothing noobs who husk their corn right there. Or, worse, if they've peeled all the ears trying to figure out if they're good or not. Grrr.

The optimal method, if it's not three-hours fresh, is to leave the corn in the husk. Soak it in water for an hour or two, then put it on the grill. I sometimes tear the silk off by this time, but it doesn't matter. Turn the corn often, and once it starts getting a bit charred on all sides, it's done. It can take 30 to 45 minutes, depending on the temperature of your grill (I only use coals, so it's kind of an art, but you'll get the hang of it).

Take the corn off, burn your fingers while peeling back the husks, and butter and salt the hell out of it. Use the husk as a holder.

Cripes, this is making me hungry.

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Actually, creamed corn and crispy fried potatoes is pretty good. Something from my childhood. But it has little to do with real corn on the cob.


OK, Ohio's not the first state that comes to mind, but I could see it.

I'll take boiled corn, if it's really fresh, and not overboiled, I guess. I dunno, been so long since I've actually put corn into boiling water, myself, that I've forgotten many of the peculiarities. But taking a camp stove out to the field and bending the stalk over sounds fun, that's all.

But, yes, Kirra, grilling is the best method, if you ask me. And, none of this husking it and rolling it in foil, or just throwing it on the grill unhusked. I hate when I go to the store and they have a garbage can there for all the know-nothing noobs who husk their corn right there. Or, worse, if they've peeled all the ears trying to figure out if they're good or not. Grrr.

The optimal method, if it's not three-hours fresh, is to leave the corn in the husk. Soak it in water for an hour or two, then put it on the grill. I sometimes tear the silk off by this time, but it doesn't matter. Turn the corn often, and once it starts getting a bit charred on all sides, it's done. It can take 30 to 45 minutes, depending on the temperature of your grill (I only use coals, so it's kind of an art, but you'll get the hang of it).

Take the corn off, burn your fingers while peeling back the husks, and butter and salt the hell out of it. Use the husk as a holder.

Cripes, this is making me hungry.

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Certain strains of white sweet corn are a lot sweeter than the standard yellow sweet corn. Most all of it is pretty good, and I'll agree that grilled in husk is an excellent way of preparing it. Boiled is ok when you're going to chill it and take it to a picnic or somewhere grilling isn't feasible.

To each their own.

How do you prepare yours Khross?

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Best way to make sweet corn is as part of a cream can dinner, if you ask me.

Get an old cream can. Quantities depend on the size of the can you are able to located. If you have a big cream can laying around you can feed, like, two dozen people easy.

Throw this all in the cream can:
Whole ears of sweet corn, silk removed but husks left on, stood on end
Cabbage, quartered
Onions, halved
Carrots, peeled, whole
Potatoes, halved or whole
Some brats, italian sausage, kielbasa, whatever
A couple beers
Seasonings (salt, peppers, whatever you like)

The meat should go in last, so the drippings go down into the rest of the food.

Put the lid on and tap it just enough to leave a gap for steam. Cook over a campfire for an hour or two, until veggies are tender.

Soooo good.

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OK, I'm thinking that this is the weirdest thing I've ever read ... but then I came across the brats part. And then I realized that you have some Dairyland roots, right, Vlad? All of a sudden, it clicked - this is like a Door County fish boil, right? What an interesting thing, may have to try this camping sometime.

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Y'all still ain't doin' this right. Seriously ...

Your sweetcorn has to be cooked?

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I've never enjoyed uncooked sweetcorn. It's got to be some crazy southern thing.

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Seriously? Or is this just some Southerners' trick to get the Yankees to make funny faces?

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Ya hey, 100% dairyland roots. It's kinda like a fish boil, sure, except closer to pressure cooking than just a boil.

It's not wierd, I'll tell ya that. It's pure awesome. You could probably get the similar results by tossing a couple brats in a pressure cooker with corn and potatoes and all that stuff for a half hour, but it wouldn't feed a couple dozen people then...

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