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    From john larkin@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 30 18:58:52 2024
    Corn in the husk. Microwave at 4 minutes per ear. Take it out and chop
    off the big end. Squeeze the little end and it will slide out of the
    husk with little or no silk.

    "Women who boil corn should be boiled."

    - Nero Wolfe

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  • From Crash Gordon@21:1/5 to john larkin on Tue Oct 1 11:51:23 2024
    On 9/30/2024 8:58 PM, john larkin wrote:
    "Women who boil corn should be boiled."

    Had a neighbor many years ago who hated to make corn-on-the-cob for her
    family. She said it made the whole house steamy, and nobody ever ate it anyway. Turns out she thought you had to boil it until the *cob* was
    tender! My mom gave her obvious pointers, and the neighbors began
    enjoying corn-on-the-cob.

    True story.

    --
    I'm part of the vast libertarian conspiracy to take over the world and
    leave everyone alone.

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  • From Cursitor Doom@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 1 20:08:42 2024
    On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 11:51:23 -0500, Crash Gordon <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    On 9/30/2024 8:58 PM, john larkin wrote:
    "Women who boil corn should be boiled."

    Had a neighbor many years ago who hated to make corn-on-the-cob for her >family. She said it made the whole house steamy, and nobody ever ate it >anyway. Turns out she thought you had to boil it until the *cob* was
    tender! My mom gave her obvious pointers, and the neighbors began
    enjoying corn-on-the-cob.

    True story.

    Seems to be an American thing. Do any other countries eat this stuff
    with the same relish?[1]

    [1] Relish: in this instance means enjoyment, not the sauce you put on
    burgers.

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  • From john larkin@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 1 14:09:46 2024
    On Tue, 01 Oct 2024 20:08:42 +0100, Cursitor Doom <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 11:51:23 -0500, Crash Gordon <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    On 9/30/2024 8:58 PM, john larkin wrote:
    "Women who boil corn should be boiled."

    Had a neighbor many years ago who hated to make corn-on-the-cob for her >>family. She said it made the whole house steamy, and nobody ever ate it >>anyway. Turns out she thought you had to boil it until the *cob* was >>tender! My mom gave her obvious pointers, and the neighbors began
    enjoying corn-on-the-cob.

    True story.

    Seems to be an American thing. Do any other countries eat this stuff
    with the same relish?[1]

    [1] Relish: in this instance means enjoyment, not the sauce you put on >burgers.

    I have heard that Germans think corn is only good to feed pigs.

    Fresh-picked sweet corn from the farmers' market is great. After a day
    or so, the sugar turns to starch and it isn't as good.

    Ideally, cook it minutes after snapping it off the stalk.

    We got some dark purple corn at the Alemany Farmers Market. It was
    beautiful, but not good to eat.

    The purple onions, shallots, asparagus, and carrots are great.

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  • From Carlos E.R.@21:1/5 to Cursitor Doom on Tue Oct 1 23:02:58 2024
    On 2024-10-01 21:08, Cursitor Doom wrote:
    On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 11:51:23 -0500, Crash Gordon <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    On 9/30/2024 8:58 PM, john larkin wrote:
    "Women who boil corn should be boiled."

    Had a neighbor many years ago who hated to make corn-on-the-cob for her
    family. She said it made the whole house steamy, and nobody ever ate it
    anyway. Turns out she thought you had to boil it until the *cob* was
    tender! My mom gave her obvious pointers, and the neighbors began
    enjoying corn-on-the-cob.

    True story.

    Seems to be an American thing. Do any other countries eat this stuff
    with the same relish?[1]

    [1] Relish: in this instance means enjoyment, not the sauce you put on burgers.

    Ha! New word for me. (relish as sauce)

    It is at least a north american thing, including Canadians, thus the
    lower case. Although I have seen fresh corn in the cob since a year or
    two in the supermarket here (Spain), tentatively.

    In the 80's, my mother did not know you could eat corn. I had to show
    her, you cook the grains the same as peas (bought as a clean grain,
    tinned or frozen). She never took a liking for it, she had the idea that
    it was animal food only, not fit for humans.

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    Cheers, Carlos.

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