I love corn. Pop corn, corn kernels, cornbread, corn tortillas… but none of these can beat a nice young ear of corn on the cob. Good lots of ways, from grilled to boiled, from plain to slathered in chili lime butter. But I don't cook corn the way my mom always did. There seems to be a divide on whether corn should be boiled a long time or a short time… I always err on the shorter. It takes away the raw-raw flavor, but leaves the corn crisp and sweet.
It's so simple, it doesn't really qualify as a recipe. Fill a pot with water, throw some salt in if you want, and bring it to a boil Clean off your corn, pulling the husks and silks off. When the water is at a boil, drop the corn in from 2-4 minutes. After that, pull the corn out, let cool till you can touch it without hurting yourself, and enjoy!
I love it this way… tonight I ate 3 ears (my husband said he was going to save his second, and I ate it instead), no butter, no salt. Chomp.
