"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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> On 6/26/2014 9:16 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> On 6/26/2014 4:11 PM, Steve Freides wrote:
>
>>> Forgive a stupid question, but we're new to grilling, and have observed
>>> that _everything_ we cook on the grill tastes better. I'm curious as to
>>> why? We have a gas grill so I know it's not the charcoal or smoke
>>> flavor - is it just that the grill gets hotter than our oven or stove
>>> can?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> -S-
>>
>> You do get some smoke flavor. Wen the fat drips onto either the lava
>> rock or stainless steel bars, it smokes and adds flavor. You are also
>> using dry heat, no oils or fats.
>>
>> Be sure to try grilled veggies, corn on the cob, peaches, seafood.
>>
> I'm not a big fan of grilled corn on the cob. It seems to turn the
> kernels into chewy bits. I'll keep boiling my corn for the few months a
> year we have it. It's been expensive this year here. 5 or 6 ears for $2.
> During good corn years you could get at least a dozen for that price,
> sometimes 2 dozen. Not sure what the problem is this year. In my area,
> maybe too much rain.

Raw corn is the best! So sweet! But it has to be fresh.