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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on July 04, 2011, 05:23:30 PM
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Oh now, this is preposterously ridiculous.
pengillian101 (1000+ posts) Mon Jul-04-11 03:30 AM
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I had an experiment with corn on the cob that turned out excellent in my opinion!
I neither removed the silks, nor the husks. Just ran it under the tap for a bit to get the husks soaked. I just put it a plate on highest setting of the microwave for five minutes. A winner to me!
The silk and husks peel back easily into a natural handle.
(Note--I just made one ear, and our microwave is at 1100.)
Come on now.
How hard is it to remove the husk and silk from a cob?
Not to mention using the microwave expands one's carbon footprint.
Damn, the primitives are a lazy bunch.
Callalily (1000+ posts) Mon Jul-04-11 06:51 AM
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1. Hmmmmm . . . you are making me hungry for corn-on-the cob.
This technique also works well for grilling.
trud (974 posts) Mon Jul-04-11 08:16 AM
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2. somewhat the same
I remove the husks and cornsilk, run it under water and then wrap it in a paper towel and microwave it for five minutes.
DrDan (1000+ posts) Mon Jul-04-11 09:55 AM
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3. I always grill my corn like that - just throw it on the grill (not direct heat, of course)
husk and silk comes off easily.
What could be easier?
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But I don't own a microwave.
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But I don't own a microwave.
Yikes! How can you thaw stuff? Or make popcorn?
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Oh God Bless, GoBucks. You just need to plan, or use hot water, and you can buy fully popped popcorn if you don't want to go old school. :thatsright:
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I made 10 cobs today on the grill, just let them soak husks and all in water for a wee while then threw them on the grill, then play hot potato trying to get the husk off as it burns like hell, but oh so yummy and my fav way of eating corn (apart from distilled)
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Yikes! How can you thaw stuff? Or make popcorn?
Ain't you never read about caveman days in the 1950s? They rubbed two sticks together to make something called fire.
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Ain't you never read about caveman days in the 1950s? They rubbed two sticks together to make something called fire.
Chris doesn't need to use two sticks to start a fire. He has a Datsun. :-)
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this topic worried me -
When one combines a primitive with something remotely phallus shaped and the word 'experiment', one creates an undesirable mental image.
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Oh God Bless, GoBucks. You just need to plan, or use hot water, and you can buy fully popped popcorn if you don't want to go old school.
The only thing I thaw in water is seafood. Everything else takes too long.
I doubt I'd ever taste popcorn again if I didn't have a microwave, unless I was desperate enought to pay ten bucks for it at a movie.
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this topic worried me -
When one combines a primitive with something remotely phallus shaped and the word 'experiment', one creates an undesirable mental image.
:rotf:
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Good grief.
Folks have been doing that for centuries.
So, what else is new, DUmmie.
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When one combines a primitive with something remotely phallus shaped and the word 'experiment', one creates an undesirable mental image.
**wonders where he put the mind bleach** :whistling:
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I grill them like that too...super yummy...and actually frank it's more of a chore to remove those husks hot then they are at room temp..I've had moments of this :censored: removing hot husks...but the taste is sooo worth it.
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Chris doesn't need to use two sticks to start a fire. He has a Datsun. :-)
Hi5!
:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
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Yikes! How can you thaw stuff? Or make popcorn?
Microwave popcorn is vile. I have a Stir Crazy and we love it.
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Chris doesn't need to use two sticks to start a fire. He has a Datsun. :-)
:sad1:
We have movie theater/state fair style popcorn machines at work and someone makes a fresh batch every morning. I get my fill of popcorn at the office.
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Microwave popcorn is vile. I have a Stir Crazy and we love it.
Agree a stir kettle is good, but popcorn can't get any better than Orville Redenbacher microwave Movie Theater Butter, it's ready in two minutes, and you don't need to store a separate appliance.
If you want vile, you have to go back to the pre-microwave days, when hot-air popcorn poppers first came out. The popcorn was so dry, you couldn't put salt on it. Any salt would just pool on the bottom of the bowl. They had a little compartment on top that you could put butter in, so it would melt and drip down as the corn popped. If you used it, the popcorn wouldn't be dry, it would be soggy. And the machine was as loud as a leaf blower. I think they still make hot-air poppers, but can't imagine they could be as bad as the old ones.
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Agree a stir kettle is good, but popcorn can't get any better than Orville Redenbacher microwave Movie Theater Butter, it's ready in two minutes, and you don't need to store a separate appliance.
If you want vile, you have to go back to the pre-microwave days, when hot-air popcorn poppers first came out. The popcorn was so dry, you couldn't put salt on it. Any salt would just pool on the bottom of the bowl. They had a little compartment on top that you could put butter in, so it would melt and drip down as the corn popped. If you used it, the popcorn wouldn't be dry, it would be soggy. And the machine was as loud as a leaf blower. I think they still make hot-air poppers, but can't imagine they could be as bad as the old ones.
Yes, those were terrible. They had that little cup on top for melting butter to drip in but the holes were too small for more than a drop or two to get through before becoming clogged.
Jiffy Pop was a wonderful experience too. Nothing like the feeling of salty popcorn on the third degree burns you'd get from the pan.
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Agree a stir kettle is good, but popcorn can't get any better than Orville Redenbacher microwave Movie Theater Butter, it's ready in two minutes, and you don't need to store a separate appliance.
If you want vile, you have to go back to the pre-microwave days, when hot-air popcorn poppers first came out. The popcorn was so dry, you couldn't put salt on it. Any salt would just pool on the bottom of the bowl. They had a little compartment on top that you could put butter in, so it would melt and drip down as the corn popped. If you used it, the popcorn wouldn't be dry, it would be soggy. And the machine was as loud as a leaf blower. I think they still make hot-air poppers, but can't imagine they could be as bad as the old ones.
I only use a hot-air popper. It is only a couple of years old, though. I don't use the butter feature though, because it is messy, and awful. To my knowledge, it is one of only two luxury one-job primitive style appliances that I own; both are used for making popcorn.
The other one-job primitive appliance that I own is an ancient Presto Hot Topper. It gets one use around here, which is to put butter on my popcorn. The spousal unit won't even touch it, since she is afraid she will break it, and that I would die from the heartache. I really need to pick up another one, and hide it away somewhere, so I have an extra.
(http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_570xN.233516616.jpg)
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(http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_570xN.233516616.jpg)
Somebody was really hungry and took a bite out of the owner's manual.
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Seriously, DUmmies? Here's one I guarantee will blow your minds and have you either screaming about how bad it is for you, while at the same time you run to your grills and copy it yourselves.
I do NOT, repeat NOT, boil corn, nor do I put it in a microwave. EVER. I shuck the corn of husk and silk, place the ears on foil, and then generously (and I mean GENEROUSLY) butter them with at least a tablespoon of butter or margarine per ear, then top it with seasoned salt.
Place on grill, rotate every so often to keep from burning. When tender to touch, you're done. No need to butter anything--already done for you.
Scoobie lives for these. Matter of fact, we're having some tonight.
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this topic worried me -
When one combines a primitive with something remotely phallus shaped and the word 'experiment', one creates an undesirable mental image.
I was thinking the same thing, miskie. :thatsright: :o
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I was thinking the same thing, miskie. :thatsright: :o
It's so heartwarming to know that other minds went to the same place mine did. :-)
And embarassing to know that I am the only woman who admitted it. :thatsright:
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Heh, I did corn on the cob (on the grill) still in the husk with cilantro and butter. Damn good.
And, no, we did NOT leave the husks on when they were ready.