How to cook corn on the cob with no shucking or silks.

[TNDemo]

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[yellerpup]

1. I am charmed and informed!

This is great. Thanks.

[mopinko]

2. also works for corn cooked on the grill.

not exactly how i have been doing it, but will alter my technique next time.

[elleng]

3. WOW!

Can't wait!

[nadine_mn]

4. I love this...he should have his own show

Sweet and informative! Thanks for posting!

[southernyankeebelle]

5. Wow am going to try it.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

6. Way Cool!

[byronius]

7. This guy's cool. Automatically liked him.

I'm going to try this.

[independentpiney]

8. Very cool, going to pick up a few ears on the way home to try this nt

[northoftheborder]

9. MARVELOUS! MUST TRY!

[pinto]

10. That's great...

[emmadoggy]

11. I'm a little embarrassed.

I'm from Iowa and did not know this.


Love it! Thanks for sharing!

[kentauros]

12. Everything but the last step

I've been doing for years. I don't know where I first learned to microwave corn in the husk, but it's been a great method, and so much better than, well, whatever the other methods are that I don't use anymore!

Now I have a better way to shuck them, though I still only microwave a single cob for 3.5 minutes

[SunSeeker]

13. Great tip (and banjo music)! nt

[Buck Turgidson]

31. You realize of course that name of the song is...

"Shucking the Corn"

[TNDemo]

14. My daughter will be really irritated when she finds out this tip and we didn't know it

when she was in junior high. At that time she had a friend stay overnight and at 3:00 in the morning I awoke to the sound of screaming. I ran to the den and they were filming each other singing to music videos and literally screaming. They had been warned about noise many times so the next morning I got them up and made them shuck all the ears in a big bag of corn I had been given. They still talk about when I made them shuck corn.

[TreasonousBastard]

15. Wow! I have been nuking corn for years, but never thought to...

slide it out from the bottom.

I will try that as soon as I get some corn.

[Happyhippychick]

16. I love any cooking tip that saves me from doing dishes and this is one of them!

Boiling corn = big pot to clean. Microwaving corn = no pot to clean. Score!

[annabanana]

17. OK.. He's aDORable! (and it's a nifty trick). . .n/t

[TreasonousBastard]

18. I tried this yesterday and...

8 ears of corn and only one slid out so neatly. The rest did eventually slide out, but needed a lot of coaxing. Some needed being peeled from the bottom. Maybe it was because I roasted them on the grill instead of nuking them.

Once you got them out, though, yeah, the silk stayed in your hand and not on the corn.

[Happyhippychick]

19. Tried this yesterday, worked like a charm! One ear got stuck, I nuked one more minute and it slid

Out!

[freshwest]

20. Whoa! I never imagined such a thing. Great idea!

[Arkansas Granny]

21. Wow! That's really nice.

I'm going to share this tip, for sure.

[patricia92243]

22. Stupid question: Is the corn cooked and ready to eat or does it still need to be boiled? n/t

[pengillian101]

23. It will be cooked and ready to eat.

I've only been doing corn on the cob microwaved for just a few years, but in my opinion, it's the best ever! Our microwave is 1,000 watts, and here's what I do.

Wet 1 cob in the husk thoroughly. Cook on a plate on high for 5 minutes, turning once halfway.
For 2 cobs, cook 7 minutes, turning once.

I don't cut the bottom of the cob - the wet husks and corn are moist, so they peel down easy and make a handy handle.

[SCantiGOP]

24. reply to bump this one

I just couldn't believe it could work like that. My first try actually came out better than the video. No more hassle of boiling water and putting all that moisture and heat into the kithcen. I've had an ear of corn 3 of the last 4 nights.

[shireen]

25. that is so cool!

And i really like him.

[livetohike]

26. Can't wait to try this!

[KC]

27. Wow I can't

wait to try this! Thanks for the link

[yellerpup]

28. This is so useful!

We have been doing our corn this way since this was posted here last year. There is no going back now!

[northoftheborder]

29. This absolutely works! Then you could throw on the grill a few minutes, just to get a smoky taste.

[Whisp]

30. awesome!

I'm now tempted to replace our busted microwave. Takes a while to get used to not having one!

[NJCher]

32. nah, don't

I hate to throw rain on the parade, but microwaves suck. My husband, who is in the food business, explained to me how they work. After hearing that, I thought, "I don't want to do that to my food!" Something about scrambling up and rupturing the molecules from the inside out. Didn't sound like the way things should be cooked.

Then I have this paranoid friend who thinks GMOs are going to kill her tomorrow, and who has to take to her bed from dining out because of all the preservatives they put in the food. I try to ignore her but she did send me some links to pages about microwaving that made me think it unsafe. If I could find them, I'd post them but I'd have to go through a zillion emails.

So I'm throwing my microwave out and looking forward to the additional storage space it will give me.


Cher