On Aug 15, 4:15*pm, Chemo the Clown > wrote:
> On Aug 15, 2:02*pm, Nancy Young <email@replyto> wrote:
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> > On 8/15/2011 1:22 PM, Kate Connally wrote:
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> > > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > > 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. ;-)
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> > Fresh corn on the cob is only around for a relatively short
> > amount of time, I say eat it while you got it! *Hee.
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> > > 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!
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> > I'm going to have to try that next time.
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> > nancy
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> 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!

Pure sacrilege. Corn needs nothing; like beef, it should stand on
it's own. Delicious!