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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum BWCA Food and Recipes Corn on the Cob |
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05/10/2015 08:51PM
I often take a cooler of sweet corn up north to share when I go late July- early August. I like to take and soak the the husk in water for 5 - 10 minutes and then throw it on the fire grate while cooking my steak on my first night solos.
Tonight and we stopped to get a few things before we leave next Friday. Ethan came and said "Dad look at this". I told him it would probably go good with our steak supper next Saturday night, but remember you are the one haul the barrel. Found it in the cart at checkout.
Tonight and we stopped to get a few things before we leave next Friday. Ethan came and said "Dad look at this". I told him it would probably go good with our steak supper next Saturday night, but remember you are the one haul the barrel. Found it in the cart at checkout.
KevinL
05/12/2015 08:12PM
It does come in natures own little wrapper and you really aren't saving weight. As for Thai and Australian companies, no I will skip the GMO corn and try to get some at a local farmer market or at least a supermarket that gets some of its produce from locals. Neat idea, but corn is pretty much everywhere in the Midwest and there has got to be some serious chemicals keeping it fresh on the long boat ride over.
09/05/2019 09:41PM
I love sweet corn . Usually space 3 plantings. Great soaked and grilled,boiled, and microwaved in the shuck @ 3 minutes per ear. We picked a couple dozen for a get-together recently and did 'cooler corn'. Easy is why we tried it. Place shucked ears in cooler and cover with near boiling water. Close lid and wait 45 minutes. Still hot enough to need tongs 3 hrs later. Super good eating and easy for a crowd. Of course super fresh picked is always better ! A little salt and butter and a toothpick....I am in Hog Heaven.
Not to Hurry-Not to Worry
09/06/2019 08:20AM
After experiencing roasted corn on the cob (a long time ago), it became the only way I like it.
Soaked in water, tossed on a hot grate, turned often, cooked till the outer husk is chard black and a few kernels underneath. Husk and serve with butter and salt!
Boiled? Not my taste. But I personally am too lazy to carry any into the BWCA, freeze dried works for me.
butthead
PS: Not sure about Asian corn but have noticed the improvements in early season May-Aug Mexican and Central American sweet corn imports. bh
Soaked in water, tossed on a hot grate, turned often, cooked till the outer husk is chard black and a few kernels underneath. Husk and serve with butter and salt!
Boiled? Not my taste. But I personally am too lazy to carry any into the BWCA, freeze dried works for me.
butthead
PS: Not sure about Asian corn but have noticed the improvements in early season May-Aug Mexican and Central American sweet corn imports. bh
"never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups" George Carlin
09/06/2019 12:04PM
If few or no portages first day, I'll take fresh corn for first night. Put in collapsabke bucket and let it soak all day. Lay right on coals. Ghee, salt, and pepper. With some grilled neat - grown find of Zups wild rice brats. Good meal.
10/17/2019 08:39AM
overthehill: " I love sweet corn . Usually space 3 plantings. Great soaked and grilled,boiled, and microwaved in the shuck @ 3 minutes per ear. We picked a couple dozen for a get-together recently and did 'cooler corn'. Easy is why we tried it. Place shucked ears in cooler and cover with near boiling water. Close lid and wait 45 minutes. Still hot enough to need tongs 3 hrs later. Super good eating and easy for a crowd. Of course super fresh picked is always better ! A little salt and butter and a toothpick....I am in Hog Heaven."
Like you, we have a garden and to us "sweet corn" is never more than 15 minutes from plant to boiling pot. I have never bought corn on the cob in any form at the store. Occasionally from a Farmer's Market where I know it will be fresh-picked. The difference when you pick it and then eat it in less than a half-hour is so startling as to just seem like a totally different vegetable.
The best we have ever had is a Japanese hybrid (can't think of the name) but Spartan1 has trouble getting those seeds to germinate in our gravelly soil here. (We moved here in 2014; before that we had a small sheep operation and the soil at that place after the benefit of almost 30 years of sheep manure was perfect for our big veggie garden.)
Having said all of this, we would never have taken corn on the cob on a canoe trip. We used the freeze-dried kind, and put lots of butter on it and it was tasty enough. Lightweight and no cobs to deal with. :-)
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