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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.

  2. Cut off the upper end and wash the corn.

  3. Replace the husks and place the corn in a pot.

Boil

  1. Add enough water to cover the corn and salt to taste.

  2. Boil for about 30 minutes.

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

Corn
Its natural sugars and tender kernels become sweet and soft as the cob cooks in water.

“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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