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Boiled Green Corn

Boiled green corn on the cob seasoned with coarse sea salt.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Turn down the inner husks of the corn and cut off the upper end.

  2. Wash the corn and replace the husks.

Cook and season

  1. Boil the corn in enough water to cover it for about 30 minutes.

  2. Add salt to taste.

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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What each ingredient does

Fresh green corn on the cob
Provides the sweet kernels that are the main element of the dish.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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