My question today is when is corn done? When roasting or boiling corn on the cob I never know when it is done which results in my over cooking it. Anyone have a tip on this?
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Good corn doesn't have to be 'done'.. it is great cold right off the corn stalk. In reality.. all you have to do is heat it thru. Since the kernels sit on top of the cob.. drop them in boiling water.. bring back to a boil and it will be plenty done.
In the smoker.. same thing.. probably no more than 20 minutes. I think I'd try it both ways.. some with the silk removed but the husk in place (even buttered) and some with the husk and silk removed.. to see which you like the best.
But that's only my opinion.. here is what a couple of experts say.. In the Jamison's book, Smoke and Spice.. they recommend:
1. Remove silk (not husks), soak the corn in the husks for 30 min to couple hours. Drain
2. Heat smoker to 200-220*
3. Salt/Pepper and wrap each with bacon and rearrange the husks.
4. Smoke 1-1 1/4 hrs until tender.. discard bacon and husks.
Can't understand the length of time. Good corn is tender already.. wonder if it has to do with the bacon.
Good luck, Bill
In the smoker.. same thing.. probably no more than 20 minutes. I think I'd try it both ways.. some with the silk removed but the husk in place (even buttered) and some with the husk and silk removed.. to see which you like the best.
But that's only my opinion.. here is what a couple of experts say.. In the Jamison's book, Smoke and Spice.. they recommend:
1. Remove silk (not husks), soak the corn in the husks for 30 min to couple hours. Drain
2. Heat smoker to 200-220*
3. Salt/Pepper and wrap each with bacon and rearrange the husks.
4. Smoke 1-1 1/4 hrs until tender.. discard bacon and husks.
Can't understand the length of time. Good corn is tender already.. wonder if it has to do with the bacon.
Good luck, Bill
I got to admit I haven't had "good" corn in a few years! having grown up on a farm in upstate NY I know what it is supoposed to taste like but here in Florida that's a old memory anymore. Last trip up north I filled a suitcase with fresh picked and cooked it as soon as I got home.
Yup, WeeWilly's got it correct. You don't have to really "cook" it. You just want to heat it so its hot when you eat it. Anything longer and you'll overcook it.
I like it placed in the smoker with the husk in place. Make sure you have fresh corn. Usually when the husk starts to brown pretty heavily, maybe 30 min. if you are on a fairly low temp. that corn will be plenty juicy.
Like Weewilly, I also like raw corn.
If you're in FL, silver queen is good. If you have room, try to grow some of your own. The supersweets are delicious, but they don't lend well to smoking, best eaten right off the stalk or lightly steamed.
Like Weewilly, I also like raw corn.
If you're in FL, silver queen is good. If you have room, try to grow some of your own. The supersweets are delicious, but they don't lend well to smoking, best eaten right off the stalk or lightly steamed.
Yo, RaiderBill, listen to 2Greyhounds. Drop by the town of Zellwood, N. of Lake Apopka, in the spring. Get a case of silver queen. You'll be glad you came to the Sunshine State...in case you're not already.
But don't smoke those sweet cobs.
You can smear that yellow corn with a chili butter that you might make up, wrap the husks back around it, and grill or smoke. Drive you plumb nuts...
But don't smoke those sweet cobs.
You can smear that yellow corn with a chili butter that you might make up, wrap the husks back around it, and grill or smoke. Drive you plumb nuts...
Just my 2 cents--- I live in NC and have never had any trouble finding good corn, so I am not familiar with that problem--luckily. If you guys if FL like the Silver Queen(it is an excellent corn variety) try growing Sugar Dots. I like it a little better and it is VERY bug resistant. It is a yellow corn and has white kernels dotted throughout. It is a hybrid I am not sure what the yellow variety is but I am almost positive that the white kernels are Silver Queen.
Tip: Corn is best in the first 15 minutes that it is picked after that time the sugars start breaking down.
Happy shucking!!
Zeb
Tip: Corn is best in the first 15 minutes that it is picked after that time the sugars start breaking down.
Happy shucking!!
Zeb
I gotta agree with RaiderBill. I've never had corn in Florida as good as the corn I used to get up north, in my case Maryland. Even corn straight from the field isn't as sweet as store bought Maryland corn, in my opinion. By the way what's up with Florida tomatoes? $3.49 a pound at Publix? The best tomatoes I had this year were from Tennessee and only a mere $2.99 a pound. I guess we pay a price in Florida for living in paradise.
On the other hand the sea scallops in Florida are the best I've ever had. The scallops in Maryland must be punched out of skate wings or something.
On the other hand the sea scallops in Florida are the best I've ever had. The scallops in Maryland must be punched out of skate wings or something.
ninetyproof,
we don't buy tomatoes in the grocery store. Look for beside the road stands or vegetable markets. We have a great one here, Curry Brothers. Their tomatoes are usually $2.00 for a nice size box. And they taste like tomatoes. I can't grow them that cheap!
OK, just something that bothers me... Why do folks come to Florida expecting everything to be like it is in the north? I'm not trying to be ugly, but I hear "it isn't as nice as it was in New Jersey" every day. I even had a woman say she didn't know there were snakes and bugs down here, lol.
Don't people do their homework before they move to a totally different climate?
Just my 2 cents.
Peggy
we don't buy tomatoes in the grocery store. Look for beside the road stands or vegetable markets. We have a great one here, Curry Brothers. Their tomatoes are usually $2.00 for a nice size box. And they taste like tomatoes. I can't grow them that cheap!
OK, just something that bothers me... Why do folks come to Florida expecting everything to be like it is in the north? I'm not trying to be ugly, but I hear "it isn't as nice as it was in New Jersey" every day. I even had a woman say she didn't know there were snakes and bugs down here, lol.
Don't people do their homework before they move to a totally different climate?
Just my 2 cents.
Peggy
Sorry, guys. Too many snowbirds for me. Didn't mean to go off.
Head hanging,
Peggy
Head hanging,
Peggy
I've never smoked corn, but on the grill try this:
soak the corn, in husks, for at a minimum 30 minutes in water. the longer the better. drain just before putting on the grill. put over the flames while the coals are plenty hot. leave over the flames - rotating occasionally - until all the sides are completely black. When you pull the corn off, the outermost layer of husk should flake off, pull the rest off. the silk on the inside should just pull smooth off of the corn. sometimes i add butter, if i'm not too drunk to remember by then. but since i usually do the corn last and i time everything on the grill by number of beers and/or cigarettes...
soak the corn, in husks, for at a minimum 30 minutes in water. the longer the better. drain just before putting on the grill. put over the flames while the coals are plenty hot. leave over the flames - rotating occasionally - until all the sides are completely black. When you pull the corn off, the outermost layer of husk should flake off, pull the rest off. the silk on the inside should just pull smooth off of the corn. sometimes i add butter, if i'm not too drunk to remember by then. but since i usually do the corn last and i time everything on the grill by number of beers and/or cigarettes...
Peggy,
Been eaten them thar Florida maters all my life and them Yanks have something on us thar. Nothin like a mater grown in real dirt, instead of sand-
real good acid flavor. Had some up thar visiting kids and they were so sharp had to add sugar to'em. Ate one so big couldn't measure it and had to multiply it with Pi and R (square that is)to see how much I ate. mmm-good.
smokemullet
Been eaten them thar Florida maters all my life and them Yanks have something on us thar. Nothin like a mater grown in real dirt, instead of sand-
real good acid flavor. Had some up thar visiting kids and they were so sharp had to add sugar to'em. Ate one so big couldn't measure it and had to multiply it with Pi and R (square that is)to see how much I ate. mmm-good.
smokemullet
Just my two cents worth, but I do eat alot of corn. The best is G-90 also called Peaches and Cream. This is a yellow and white sweet corn that is out of this world. I live in MS and our friends come get it from several nothern states. We truck patch about an acre and hand pick. We microwave for six minutes first ear and about two minutes for each additional ear shucks and all. No smoke required. Just good eating.
I microwave my baked potatoes first and then smoke or grill them a short while.
I microwave my baked potatoes first and then smoke or grill them a short while.
smokemullet,
You are right. It's our sand I think that makes the tomatoes not as good, and the fact that they don't do so well in the heat of summer here. We lived north of Atlanta for a few years, and the tomatoes did much better in the red clay. My grandmother used to grow those kind you can cover a piece of bread with a slice. They had lots of little seed cavities all throughout and tasted like heaven.
And I had some great roasted corn at the Indiana state fair. Jack said it was field corn. I don't know what it was, but it tasted great with an ear as large as my forearm and butter running all over.
Peggy
You are right. It's our sand I think that makes the tomatoes not as good, and the fact that they don't do so well in the heat of summer here. We lived north of Atlanta for a few years, and the tomatoes did much better in the red clay. My grandmother used to grow those kind you can cover a piece of bread with a slice. They had lots of little seed cavities all throughout and tasted like heaven.
And I had some great roasted corn at the Indiana state fair. Jack said it was field corn. I don't know what it was, but it tasted great with an ear as large as my forearm and butter running all over.
Peggy
okay you guys, all this talk about tomatoes and roasting ears are making me sad, up her in n.e. IN., our gardens have been to rest now for about 6 weeks. i already miss them. our growing season is some what sort. in at late may, out late sept mid oct. never ate FL. tomatoes or corn, (the tomatoes we get in winter are pail, hard and tasteless)!we take graet pride in our tomatoes and earcorn (as we all do) for the season we are dealt. just nothing better than from your own hands. thanks for the sweet flavors of summer. paul
Peggy, the town I live in depends on snowbirds and tourist for the money they bring with them but I have to agree they can be exasparating (sp). Too many 80 year olds driving 20 mph and 20 year olds driving 80 mph. My brother-in-law has found a use for some of the worthless tomatoes around here. He's working on a roof mounted tomato launcher for his car so he can lob rotten tomatoes at cell phone talking, road hogs that have no clue that other drivers are around them. I'm starting a fund to bail him out of jail once he gets it perfected.
ninetyproof,
this weekend is the "waltz of the dead" due to the arts festival we are up to our rumps in blue hairs from new jersey. can't walk around without hearing how good it is in jersey. finally lost it and offered to buy the 1st tank of gas to help one get back there fast.
i think my daughter has your brother-in-law beat though. she is proposing a fence across florida. you would need a visa to get in and your stay could only be 10 days. the cost of the visa would be 10 grand.
but it could be worse!!!!!!! every august my brother in indy who lives 2 miles from the track calls up and cries "the rednecks and taxicabs are back despoiling our open wheel track"
so i guess it all evens out in the end
jack
ps the funniest thing i ever heard was at the fba state championships at minneola. asked a lady how she was doing and she informed me not well as she had moved down from jersey and said "there are snakes and bugs in florida" and if i'm lyin' i'm dyin'
this weekend is the "waltz of the dead" due to the arts festival we are up to our rumps in blue hairs from new jersey. can't walk around without hearing how good it is in jersey. finally lost it and offered to buy the 1st tank of gas to help one get back there fast.
i think my daughter has your brother-in-law beat though. she is proposing a fence across florida. you would need a visa to get in and your stay could only be 10 days. the cost of the visa would be 10 grand.
but it could be worse!!!!!!! every august my brother in indy who lives 2 miles from the track calls up and cries "the rednecks and taxicabs are back despoiling our open wheel track"
so i guess it all evens out in the end
jack
ps the funniest thing i ever heard was at the fba state championships at minneola. asked a lady how she was doing and she informed me not well as she had moved down from jersey and said "there are snakes and bugs in florida" and if i'm lyin' i'm dyin'
Prisonchef313,
I knew a couple here in Cedar Key that moved down from Poland Maine, both now dead, but they bought a home here and brought with them a beautiful ceramic wood stove made in Norway. We sat next to them at a local restaurant one day in March 1995 and they were raising hell because we only had two days all year when they could put a fire in their wood stove. I guess they wanted to bring Maine with them. We move to another table.
smokemullet
I knew a couple here in Cedar Key that moved down from Poland Maine, both now dead, but they bought a home here and brought with them a beautiful ceramic wood stove made in Norway. We sat next to them at a local restaurant one day in March 1995 and they were raising hell because we only had two days all year when they could put a fire in their wood stove. I guess they wanted to bring Maine with them. We move to another table.
smokemullet
mullet,
that for sure beats the bugs and snakes!!!!
you win
and peggy told me i had to be nice so i can't revisited this subject
but it sure was fun while it lasted
jack
ps do ya think ninetyproof's bro-in -law will send us the 'mater launcher plans???
that for sure beats the bugs and snakes!!!!
you win
and peggy told me i had to be nice so i can't revisited this subject
but it sure was fun while it lasted
jack
ps do ya think ninetyproof's bro-in -law will send us the 'mater launcher plans???
Ninetyproof's bro-in-law needs a potato gun, another redneck innovation. Git's 'er done!
Any of you corn afficinados ever had parched corn? Hard-kernel corn, parched. Popless popcorn.
They do it in the Andes, but I don't know about here in the US of A.
Any of you corn afficinados ever had parched corn? Hard-kernel corn, parched. Popless popcorn.
They do it in the Andes, but I don't know about here in the US of A.
I've eaten corn that folks forgot to put up and the kernels were all chewy and tough. A great delicacy! Best eaten before anyone noticed and threw it into the hog pail.
Peggy
Peggy