Cornsilk, cornsilk everywhere

[desperance]

It's true. I don't even like corn so much, but a couple of cobs came in my veg box this week, so I have concocted a dish: scallops, with corn and green beans in oyster sauce. We'll see.

But. That bloody cornsilk. Gets everywhere, it does.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Oh, but corn is delicious. Al it needs it to be steamed and then eaten...
The girl who thinks spinach is a food group.

[ziactrice.livejournal.com]

You know corn silk can be eaten?

It's even fairly tasty, if very subtle. I first saw the idea on Iron Chef, then I had to try it myself.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

No! I did not know that! Thank you...

*looks at cornsilk in a whole different light*

*feeds one to cat, just in case*

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

This is why you shuck corn on the back deck.

Um. I have the sudden thought that while all those words exist in British English, the sentence itself might not.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

S'okay, I speak Furrin. *g*

(Unfortunately, my house does not; I have no back deck on which to perform this shucking.)

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

A porch? A patio? A balcony?

How can they make a dwelling with no shucking place? Hooooowwww?

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Um, I have a back yard? But it is cold and blowy. We have no shucking season here...

[badbookworm.livejournal.com]

Do you get one of those organic veg boxes delivered? I suppose I should start again now I'm freelancing full time. But I was a bit traumatised by an upsetting experience with a squash that defied all my attempts to cut it up, so I'm dithering.

[pennski.livejournal.com]

Maybe it was one of those pesky ornamental squashes in disguise?

[badbookworm.livejournal.com]

I think it was made of concrete.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

I actually have to go and collect it from a delivery-point ten minutes' walk away, but yes, that's the basic idea. I love it: I don't have to think about buying veggies, because I always know I'll have 'em, and sometimes I get something unexpected. Like corn. Which was fabulous with the scallops, as it happens...

[badbookworm.livejournal.com]

And it tastes fabulous. Quite a shock to discover that carrots aren't flavourless, neon orange tubes.

[lamentables.livejournal.com]

We just grill it and eat it straight off the cob as an accompaniment to soup. abrinsky gets so excited about fresh sweetcorn that I have to plan the whole meal around it, so really the soup is the accompaniment.

We used to boil or steam, but when we were out walking in rural Turkey we came across some women toasting the cobs in a fire. They offered us some. Best corn ever. Grilling it is an acceptable alternative.