Cooking Sweet Corn in America

 Some friends collected these suggestions. I'll add photos as I get to doing them.....

Corn on the cob season: from scratch, for total, total, total amateurs. No reason you can't enjoy fresh corn cooked by the best method ever.

Get an iron skillet with a lid. Or any skillet and use tinfoil laid atop if you have no lid.

Strip leaves and silk from the ears. Break in half or cut them into 4" pieces so they'll cook more evenly. If you use a knife, use a big one and press from the top of the blade with your fingers nowhere near the edge: corn cobs are tough and they roll. Breaking is safer.

Heat skillet on medium high with olive oil, Crisco, any oil you like.

sprinkle salt and pepper onto oil as it heats.

Add the corn bits, cover. Every few minutes, poke them with a fork and roll them over. When browned on all sides, they're done.

Remove from heat.

Turn off heat.

Serve.

( Cj Cherryh )

Turn oven on 400, trim silk end of corn cob right to the tip. Pull outer husk off and trim husk end. Pop straight on to the oven rack (centered) and roast for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool until easy to touch. Strip off husks (the silks come off better than any other method I have used). Roll in butter and eat.

( Paula Pearson )

I like to make it by smearing on a rub of mayo, butter, olive oil and garlic, coriander, and theme, cilantro whatever is on hand onto a clean ear of corn. Putting the corn on foil, I smear ithe rub all over it, then tightly wrap the foil around it, then wrap a second piece of foil around that. Onto a foil-lined cookie sheet, then into a 350° oven for 20-40 minutes depending on size of corn. Whatever spices you like. Some people add cojita cheese. Delicious!

( Cheryl Wolder )

Set an oven to 350-400. Put corn, unshucked, in a single layer on the oven rack. Let roast an hour or so. Done and delicious. No need to soak beforehand. Great if you are cooking something else in the oven at the same time. So much easier than boiling a pot of water for a dozen people. Everyone shucks their own ears at the end (and use the husks to hold on to when eating the corn.)

( Christine Valada )

Bot Appetit !!