On Aug 15, 2:02*pm, Nancy Young <email@replyto> wrote:
> On 8/15/2011 1:22 PM, Kate Connally wrote:
>
> > My aunt picked up a dozen ears for me at a local farm
> > stand that we always patronize. The only corn I will buy
> > is from a farm stand or one farm market I frequent. I will
> > not buy corn from the supermarket under any circumstances.
>
> Last year the corn never did come through due to the
> extremely hot and dry weather. *That made the first corn
> of the year that much sweeter a few weeks ago. The farm
> stand didn't have any corn, darn! but just then the truck
> pulled up from the fields and it was all good.
>
> > Boy was this stuff good. Maybe it was mostly that it's been
> > a year since I had any but I wanted to eat the whole dozen
> > ears at one sitting. Luckily I had only cooked 2 ears, so that's
> > all I ate. Now I'll have some for other meals. ;-)
>
> Fresh corn on the cob is only around for a relatively short
> amount of time, I say eat it while you got it! *Hee.
>
>
>
> > I cooked it in the microwaves and rolled each ear in butter and
> > then sprinkled lightly with salt and then lots of smoked paprika.
> > Yum!
>
> I'm going to have to try that next time.
>
> nancy

We always do it on the bbq. Pull the husk back on one half, smear on
some butter and mexican pepper. Shoot, I may just have to do that
tonight!