Green Corn
Ingredients
Directions
Bring a pot of water to a boil.
Add the ears of corn and boil for 10 to 15 minutes.
Avoid overcooking to preserve flavor.
Serve without salt or butter to enjoy the corn's natural taste.
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
- Ears of corn
- Provide the sweet kernels that are the entire dish, so their flavor is the focus.
The step that matters
Avoid overcooking. Prolonged boiling toughens the kernels and dulls their sweetness, so the corn should be pulled once it is tender.
“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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