Corn/Maize: Sourcing, Prep, Cooking

[Okanagancook]

But all the moisture in the corn inside the husk creates steam to cook the cob.  I feel a side by side comparison required.  Our corn looks grim in stores so it won’t be me.

[ElsieD]

30 minutes ago, Okanagancook said:

But all the moisture in the corn inside the husk creates steam to cook the cob.  I feel a side by side comparison required.  Our corn looks grim in stores so it won’t be me.

 

I'm game to try this.  One cob in the husk, microwave 3? or 4? Minutes, in the husk.  CSO steam @150  for 30 minutes in the husk.  Is this the test we want?  Cobs around here are big this year.  Big and sweet.

[Okanagancook]

Microwave done like this unless the cobbs are exceptionally large.

2 hours ago, mgaretz said:

I use the method posted here long ago by @shel.  Keep the corn in the husk and microwave for 3 minutes per ear.  Remove from the microwave then cut off the stem end just beyond the curve, towards the silk.  Then you squeeze the corn out of the husk from the silk end.  Holding it with a towel while squeezing helps if it’s hot. Slides right out with minimal to no silk.

 

If you cut too close to the stem it won’t slide out, so you’ve got to get just to the silk side of the fattest part.

I think the CSO treatment was naked 150 for 30 min.

 

awesome.  Maybe weigh the corn before cooking.

[ElsieD]

11 hours ago, Okanagancook said:

Microwave done like this unless the cobbs are exceptionally large.

I think the CSO treatment was naked 150 for 30 min.

 

awesome.  Maybe weigh the corn before cooking.

 

Okay.  Naked in the CSO it is, dressed in the microwave.  I will weigh the cobs before husking.  I will likely try this on Tuesday as I need to pick up the corn.

Edited August 27, 2018 by ElsieD
Fixed a typo (log)

[mgaretz]

2 hours ago, ElsieD said:

 

I'm game to try this.  One cob in the husk, microwave 3? or 4? Minutes, in the husk.  CSO steam @150  for 30 minutes in the husk.  Is this the test we want?  Cobs around here are big this year.  Big and sweet.

 

Not 4 minutes unless you like your corn well cooked. Sometimes I do 2.5 minutes if the cob is smallish. 

[mgaretz]

3 hours ago, ElsieD said:

 

Yes, but - but - but - microwave = no steam.

 

As @Anna N said, not quite true, but my understanding is that veggies cook in the microwave by steaming from the inside out, using the water in the veggie.

[liuzhou]

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[scubadoo97]

I can easily eat corn raw.   Will have to try it in the CSO on the steam setting but ill shorten the cooking time a little.  Like the idea of streaming in the husk.  May intensify the flavor a little 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

I obtained two ears of corn this afternoon.  I cooked them 150F on steam in the CSO for 30 minutes.  As fine as any corn I've had.  Wish I had bought more.  I'm left with the question why @nathanm calls for corn on the cob 140F sous vide -- floating bags and all --  when he could easily run them through his Rational any day.  So much easier with a steam oven.

 

I may try 140F in the CSO but my thought was the CSO doesn't hold temperature as well as an anova bath.  I am happy with 150F in the CSO.

 

[scubadoo97]

On August 26, 2018 at 1:39 PM, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

Most everyone seems to prefer more well done corn than I do.  I do mine thirty minutes at 140F.  In searching back though old eGullet content I found I had equally good results steaming corn at 140F in the CSO.  A lot easier than worrying with floating sous vide bags.  I had completely forgotten about the CSO for corn.

I like my corn on the crunchy side.  Could eat it raw with no problems 

[MSRadell]

We've been cooking it in our Instant Pot this year with great success.  2 minutes HP steam then quick release and it comes out excellent!

[Shelby]

Tried SV'd corn for the first time. 

 

 

I did 180F for 30 minutes.  We LOVED it.  If this corn had been from our garden, I would have done the 140F method, but this was from the store and a bit tougher.

[Anna N]

9 minutes ago, Shelby said:

Tried SV'd corn for the first time. 

 Might have to try this although the microwave method is too easy and too good to abandon!

[Kerry Beal]

6 hours ago, Shelby said:

Tried SV'd corn for the first time. 

 

 

I did 180F for 30 minutes.  We LOVED it.  If this corn had been from our garden, I would have done the 140F method, but this was from the store and a bit tougher.

And did the bastards still float?

[Shelby]

1 minute ago, Kerry Beal said:

And did the bastards still float?

I didn't give 'em a chance.  I put a heavy coffee cup on them from the get-go.

[Lisa Shock]

10 hours ago, Shelby said:

Tried SV'd corn for the first time. 

 

 

I did 180F for 30 minutes.  We LOVED it.  If this corn had been from our garden, I would have done the 140F method, but this was from the store and a bit tougher.

 

Well, this type of corn is very sweet and tasty no matter how it's cooked.