Maize, or Indian Corn
Ingredients
Directions
Cut off the stem of the corn cobs.
Place the cobs in cold water with the salt.
Boil slowly for 30 minutes or until tender.
Serve on toast with melted butter.
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 cobs
- Provide the main vegetable; cooking until tender softens the kernels for eating.
The step that matters
Boil slowly until tender. Starting the cobs in cold water and simmering gently lets heat penetrate evenly, so the kernels cook through and soften without toughening or bursting from a hard boil.
“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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