Anonymous wrote:Stop boiling it. I microwave an ear for four minutes then cut off the stem, then slide the rest out from the other end. Very easy to make, tastes great.

So you're microwaving all the pesticides and fertilizers from the husk in your microwave, thus steaming those chemicals into your corn, and then using the same microwave to cook uncovered food in later? No thanks.

Anonymous wrote:Nooo absolutely not. Corn on the cob is annoying to eat so I never make it. But it’s way better.

+1.

Anonymous wrote:Of course this is true. The sugar in corn starts to turn into starch when picked, so if you have an ear lying around, it will become less sweet over time.

Frozen corn is usually frozen immediately after it’s picked, so it will be more like fresh picked corn.

Sometimes even perfectly fresh corn sucks; it's often bland or it has tough skin.

Anonymous wrote:Fresh corn isn't fresh from the field. Once it is picked, the sugars in the corn start turning to starch. The longer it takes to get to your table, the less sweet it will be. Your local farmer's market is about the best you can do unless you are growing corn in your backyard.

Flash frozen corn was probably frozen almost the same day it was picked.

How do the frozen bags have such perfect kernels? How do they get the kernels off the cob so perfectly? Wonder of the world!

Fresh corn isn't fresh from the field. Once it is picked, the sugars in the corn start turning to starch. The longer it takes to get to your table, the less sweet it will be. Your local farmer's market is about the best you can do unless you are growing corn in your backyard.

Flash frozen corn was probably frozen almost the same day it was picked.

What brand of frozen corn do people like? I have been using the 365 brand and it hasn't been as sweet lately.

Of course this is true. The sugar in corn starts to turn into starch when picked, so if you have an ear lying around, it will become less sweet over time.

Frozen corn is usually frozen immediately after it’s picked, so it will be more like fresh picked corn.

I don’t care, as long as it’s not in my guacamole.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the hit or miss comments, do you mean the ears have gone bad?

I shuck it at the store so I know what I'm buying, and then we grill it. Never goes wrong.

Please don't shuck corn at the store unless you actually purchase it. It's so wasteful to partially shuck it and put it back.

I was gonna say the same. Most people know better. But I guess some selfish nitwits don't because I've seen signs telling people not to do this. Especially when it's dirt cheap like 6 or 8 for $2 or whatever, do you really have no shame?

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the hit or miss comments, do you mean the ears have gone bad?

I shuck it at the store so I know what I'm buying, and then we grill it. Never goes wrong.

Please don't shuck corn at the store unless you actually purchase it. It's so wasteful to partially shuck it and put it back.

Lots of canned veggies are better. They are picked at peak ripeness and canned right away.

Anonymous wrote:Fresh sweet corn on the cob beats anything.

But just your normal corn on the cob you pick up at the grocery? Meh.

Agree

Fresh corn, like so many things, is just not as reliably delicious as it used to be. I grew up eating Silver Queen corn from roadside stands during the summer and it was sublime. Now when I buy fresh corn, it’s hit or miss.

Not controversial.

In 99.9% of situations, frozen corn tastes superior to store-bought fresh corn in the cob. (I’m excluding frozen corn on the cob because I’ve never knowingly had it.)

I grew up in corn country. Our kitchen garden included rows of corn that would go from stalk to kitchen in fewer than 30 seconds. That corn represents the %0.1 when fresh corn is superior.

Fresh sweet corn on the cob beats anything.

But just your normal corn on the cob you pick up at the grocery? Meh.