Comments on: Corn for the cows http://blogginginparis.com/2007/09/03/corn-for-the-cows/ The way I was, the way I am Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:00:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Cheryl http://blogginginparis.com/2007/09/03/corn-for-the-cows/#comment-5295 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:53:49 +0000 http://blogginginparis.com/2007/09/03/corn-for-the-cows/#comment-5295 One of my vivid memories of my year in Paris was going to a grocery store (Monoprix?) and being asked by a “mature” woman who was inspecting a Green Giant can of corn…. “What does one do with that?”

]]> By: MATTHEW ROSE http://blogginginparis.com/2007/09/03/corn-for-the-cows/#comment-5190 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:58:14 +0000 http://blogginginparis.com/2007/09/03/corn-for-the-cows/#comment-5190 Try boiling the corn in water with a cup of whole milk. Draws the sugar out.

]]> By: sablonneuse http://blogginginparis.com/2007/09/03/corn-for-the-cows/#comment-5170 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:01:51 +0000 http://blogginginparis.com/2007/09/03/corn-for-the-cows/#comment-5170 Mmmmm. I love eating corn on the cob too. Unfortunately my attempts to grow it have been disastrous so far. This year there are only four standing of the 24 I planted (!): last year they were eaten by insects(?); the year before that there were only three or four edible cobs. I may as well give up but the problem is I’ve never seen them for sale here.

]]> By: Terri http://blogginginparis.com/2007/09/03/corn-for-the-cows/#comment-5146 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 23:36:59 +0000 http://blogginginparis.com/2007/09/03/corn-for-the-cows/#comment-5146 We had some delicious corn on the cob last evening with dinner. Very sweet! I boil it for about 20 min. and always add a bit of sugar to the water.
That little girl in the photo…not sure who she belongs to, but she’s gorgeous.

]]> By: Chancy http://blogginginparis.com/2007/09/03/corn-for-the-cows/#comment-5145 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 23:24:58 +0000 http://blogginginparis.com/2007/09/03/corn-for-the-cows/#comment-5145 Yum Corn on the cob is one of my favorite foods any time of the year.

]]> By: Betty http://blogginginparis.com/2007/09/03/corn-for-the-cows/#comment-5118 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:50:07 +0000 http://blogginginparis.com/2007/09/03/corn-for-the-cows/#comment-5118 I love corn on the cob. Or, off the cob. Fresh, frozen or, sometimes even, canned. But, it’s best at a family picnic with BBQ ribs, cole slaw, baked beans or potato salad and dessert. I butter the corn on the cob and sprinkle it with salt, and chow down! Yum!

]]> By: Maria http://blogginginparis.com/2007/09/03/corn-for-the-cows/#comment-5116 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:02:05 +0000 http://blogginginparis.com/2007/09/03/corn-for-the-cows/#comment-5116 When I lived in Germany, I was told the corn is for the cows! Back home in Minnesota when I was growing up, my mother would start to boil the water and then ask us children to go get the corn from the garden. By the time we had it shucked, the water was boiling. It was the sweetest, freshest, corn in all the world. makes me hungry just thinking about it.

]]> By: Tom http://blogginginparis.com/2007/09/03/corn-for-the-cows/#comment-5113 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:59:43 +0000 http://blogginginparis.com/2007/09/03/corn-for-the-cows/#comment-5113 Summer is sweet corn time in the Midwest USA. Many small towns are having sweet corn festivals this time of year. The hybrids have gotten so good now that they are so tender the ears can be eaten raw. Cooking them in boiling water for just 3 or 4 minutes is all it takes. Longer and they turn starchy and begin to lose sweetness. We also roast the ears over a fire, like a barbecue, for a wonderful flavor with just a hint of smokiness.

]]> By: Nancy http://blogginginparis.com/2007/09/03/corn-for-the-cows/#comment-5111 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:16:56 +0000 http://blogginginparis.com/2007/09/03/corn-for-the-cows/#comment-5111 My Father in Law, the German baker, said exactly what you wrote,Claude.” Corn is for pigs.”

Yesterday, to close the Summer season we had a wonderful cookout and featured on our menu was sweet corn. My husband steams it in a giant pot, putting the corn in like soldiers standing in a row.He has an inch of water in the bottom and lets it steam for about 20 minutes. It is delicious. When he takes the lid off, the steam just pours out and the odor is wonderful.

His Father is gone now but he would be surprised to see how much his grandchildren and great grandchildren enjoy the food he thought was only fit for pigs.

]]> By: Jennifer http://blogginginparis.com/2007/09/03/corn-for-the-cows/#comment-5108 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:08:14 +0000 http://blogginginparis.com/2007/09/03/corn-for-the-cows/#comment-5108 Having grown up practically between stalks of rapidly growing corn, in my opinion summer isn’t summer without it. Thanks for taking us for a ride down memory lane. :)

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