On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:18:44 -0400, Kate Connally wrote:

> On 8/15/2011 5:02 PM, Nancy Young 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.
>
> It's also good without the salt, just the paprika. My smoke paprika
> is almost gone so I'm switching to ancho chile powder when I run out.
> That's good also. And I might try the chipotle chile powder also.
>
> Kate

lately i've been using butter and zatarain's creole seasoning:

<http://www.zatarains.com/products/spices-and-extracts/creole-seasoning.aspx>

your pal,
blake