To Boil Green Corn
Ingredients
Directions
Strip the ears of corn.
Bring a pot of water to a boil and add a little coarse sea salt.
Add the corn to the boiling water and boil for 10 to 20 minutes.
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 green corn
- Provide the sweet kernels, which soften and become tender as they cook in the boiling water.
The step that matters
Boiling the corn for the right time. Corn cooks quickly, and overboiling toughens kernels and dulls their sweetness, so checking for tenderness within the 10 to 20 minute window matters.
“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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