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To Boil Green Corn

A simple boiled corn dish seasoned with coarse sea salt.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Trim off the husks and silk from the corn.

Boil

  1. Put the corn into a pot of boiling water with 2 teaspoons of coarse sea salt and cook for 20 minutes.

  2. Alternatively, leave the silk and husks on, boil for 25 minutes, then remove the husks and silk quickly before serving.

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 corn
The main ingredient; its kernels become tender and sweet as they cook in the boiling 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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