Are You A Shucker?

[ztirffritz]

I will say that I've had corn all over the country and it tastes very different regionally. What I've had in the northwest tastes generally flavorless and mushy. The corn that I've had in PA and OH is really sweet and crisp. In the fly-over states it is, well, somewhere in between.

[beagledave]

What is this "buying sweet corn at the grocery store" thing?

The ONLY way to buy sweet corn is to buy it off of a pick up truck along the side of the road. A guy named Floyd, missing a couple of teeth and wearing a seed corn hat will hook you up with corn picked 3 hours ago.

50 cents an ear here in Iowa for peaches and creme.

[freeradical]

Polentoni


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[Rick-o]

3d wrote:
Where are you that corn is 10-20 cents an ear? I'm typically seeing 5/$2 here in NY all summer long.

Heh! Northern MI. I've seen it as low as .10 cents an ear this season, although lately its been .20 cents.

One of the perks of living in a rural area, I suppose.

[Rick-o]

billb wrote:
corn was 5 for $2 here for a bit.
The tortoise eats 3 ears a day

Eww! I have never once encountered any creepy crawlies when buying corn from the supermarket.

Your tortoise is lucky to have someone to spoil it. :-)

[Rick-o]

voodoopenguin wrote:
[quote=Rick-o]
An old farmer once told me the best time to pick corn is 15 minutes before you sit down to eat.

Absolutely. Tonight we will be having the first of our crop from the garden, I don't go out to pick it until the water is boiling.

This was from a few weeks ago.



Paul
Nice! (tu)

Looks like you did everything just right. What kind did you plant?

[saintyohann]

Most supermarkets are constantly spraying produce with water, you pull back the husk about an inch to make sure it's not mildew-y...

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voodoopenguin wrote:
[quote=Rick-o]
An old farmer once told me the best time to pick corn is 15 minutes before you sit down to eat.

Absolutely. Tonight we will be having the first of our crop from the garden, I don't go out to pick it until the water is boiling.
You have to go further than that, Paul:

http://www.realbakingwithrose.com/2006/0...AYA9Ut0VMA
"Uncle Nat's philosophy on corn was that you start the water boiling before you go out into the field to cut the corn. He became ever more eccentric, often bringing the heating device and pot of water to the field and setting it right under the corn stalk so that the moment it was cut it could drop in, husk and all!"

http://beniciaherald.wordpress.com/2011/...ion-gravy/
"When the corn ripens and is ready to pick, start the water boiling in a large pot. Prop the back porch screen door open so as to not get in the way during the next step…

"Quietly walk over to the cornfield and focus on three to four ears of great-looking corn, just sunbathing and swaying in the wind. Rip ’em off their stalks, shucking them as you are running to the kitchen. Drop the ears in the boiling water, then cook them like you normally would…

"The secret to this is, the corn hasn’t had time to figure out it’s been picked."

I remember seeing a segment on PBS's "Victory Garden" show in which the protagonist did exactly as suggested in the first quote. It was hilarious! That man was one crazy shucker…

[voodoopenguin]

Rick-o wrote:
Looks like you did everything just right. What kind did you plant?

It was a variety called Sundance from Suttons Seeds over here.

Paul

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NewtonMP2100 wrote:
I've had some call me a mother shucker......does that count.....???

I've heard that there's a shucker born every minute.