TBH the best corn on the cob I’ve had the pleasure to encounter was fire grilled {in husk, resheathed after silk removed}, but the standard I’ve known for home grown sweetcorn is ~90s in low boiling water. Any longer makes it dull and unnecessarily mushy.
It’s even easier to buy the corn with the husk still on it and just throw the whole thing in the microwave. Three minutes or so in the microwave then you pull it out, rip off the husk/silk and it’s ready to eat.
Wrapping corn in a damp paper towel and throwing it in the microwave for five minutes is so much easier than boiling it in a big pot for 20 minutes.
Corn needs 1m in boiling water. Not 20.
I don’t think it needs a whole meter… Maybe 10cm of water at most
TBH the best corn on the cob I’ve had the pleasure to encounter was fire grilled {in husk, resheathed after silk removed}, but the standard I’ve known for home grown sweetcorn is ~90s in low boiling water. Any longer makes it dull and unnecessarily mushy.
It’s even easier to buy the corn with the husk still on it and just throw the whole thing in the microwave. Three minutes or so in the microwave then you pull it out, rip off the husk/silk and it’s ready to eat.
Just buy it popped in bag, its not the stoneage anymore
I mean that is an option but swapping in popcorn would make for a rather different dinner than one with corn on the cob.
i think it’s even easier to use a microwave and a colander. the colander will also last a whole lot longer than a roll of paper towels.
Not in the microwave it won’t.
Idk how well that would fit. Also, you’re not keeping the steaming water close to the corn if it’s just sitting in a colander.
Maybe you could do it in microwave safe tupperware?
i meant microwaving it in a regular bowl and then putting it in a colander afterwards