Boiled Corn
Ingredients
Directions
Remove husks and silks from the corn.
Cook the corn in a small amount of salted water for 5 to 20 minutes, depending on the age of the corn.
When tender, pile the corn on a platter and serve hot.
Quickly split down each row of grains with a sharp knife 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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