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Boiled Corn on the Cob

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Boiled Corn on the Cob

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Remove the husks and silk from the corn.

  2. Bring a kettle of water to a rapid boil.

  3. Add the corn to the boiling water and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, depending on the quantity.

  4. If cooking with potatoes, place the corn over the potatoes in the same kettle and cover tightly.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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