Summertime goodness

Today I'd like to comment on a vital building block of summer, corn on the cob. Despite the recent controversy surrounding Wikipedia, I've included a link to their article on corn here. Hey, it's not life and death here so just read it for your own interest. While skimming the article I noticed a mention of creamed corn. Mmm, Grandma Hill makes the best cream corn, I won't eat it from a can. Do they have corn on the cob in Europe? I'm afraid the answer may be no, this article that provides a brief history of corn on the cob says that corn on the cob is purely an American "passion." How sad.

That means I have to enjoy as much of the melty, summertime goodness I can while I'm here.

The way I see it there are 3 essential elements to eating corn on the cob. The first one is salt and pepper. Second, a stick of butter. Not a tub of margarine- this results in serious complications of butter pieces sliding off the cob. A stick of butter is the real solution. You may might not not be familiar with this technique. However, if you put the corn down on the stick you can roll it around and the outcome is a perfect, even application of butter. Last but not least, corn pokers. To some this point may be disputable, but for me it is an undisputable element. I hate getting my hands dirty so I prefer not to have the melted butter all over my fingers.

There are only 2 minor downsides. The first is having the shuck the corn. Along with this point, there is the potential of finding little worms living in the corn. Sick. The only other downside is getting pieces stuck in your teeth, but this is definitely worth it and easily solved with a toothpick.

Finally, I'd like to close with a corny joke:

There are 2 muffins in an oven.
They're both sitting, just chilling and getting baked.
And one of them yells "Oh my gosh, it's hot in here!"
And the other muffin replies "Holy Crap, a talking muffin!"