JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 My wife's an 'around-and-around'er, I'm an 'end-to-end'er... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 You should thank your lucky stars you live in the twentieth century, bucko. Let me tell you about ... corncobs. You may not believe this, but it was once common practice in rural America to leave a corncob hanging from a string in the outhouse for purposes of personal hygiene. The string, I gather, was to permit the cob to be reused. For those who were punctilious in these matters, or else blessed with an abundance of corncobs, a box of disposable cobs might be provided instead. In coastal regions, the cob might be replaced by a mussel shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I don't trust anyone who answers random. It's just friggin' unnatural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I don't trust anyone who answers random. It's just friggin' unnatural. I'm not a "random" eater, but I sometimes vary between end-to-end and around, sometimes on the same cob. Typically, though, I am a typewriter. My brother removes the corn with a knife. The pusssy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 My brother removes the corn with a knife. The pusssy. It is always in the back of my mind to pusssy out! Here is why: My front two teeth were knocked out as a child... They put them back in and they lasted 20 years with medicine filled root canals... I finally had the DDS put a bridge in 2002... I am gonna look like Bobby Clarke if I ever meet a ear of corn I can't handle... Clarke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UB2SF Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Timely poll, Jay! This topic came up at the family dinner table a couple weeks ago. I'm an end-to-ender but my wife and kids are around-and-arounders. I postulated that maybe it was somehow because of my Western New York origins, given that my wife is from South Carolina and my kids were born and raised here in the SF Bay Area. I look forward to a robust data set so that I can report back to the family with statistically significant poll results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 How could anyone eat both sides at once? That would require buttering the whole ear and most of it is going to end up on the floor. Butter the top, eat that, flip over and butter the bottom. I thought that was just common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 How could anyone eat both sides at once? That would require buttering the whole ear and most of it is going to end up on the floor. Butter the top, eat that, flip over and butter the bottom. I thought that was just common sense. I guess I'm uncommonly senseless.. I drench the whole cob in butter, twirling it around so butter is dripping from everywhere. Mmm Mmm GOOD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewPort71 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Alas, since my bout with diverticulitis, corn on the cob is off my list end to end definitely... and I can remember when corn on the cob was $1 for a dozen ears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 My wife's an 'around-and-around'er, I'm an 'end-to-end'er... Timely poll, Jay! This topic came up at the family dinner table a couple weeks ago. I'm an end-to-ender but my wife and kids are around-and-arounders. I postulated that maybe it was somehow because of my Western New York origins, given that my wife is from South Carolina and my kids were born and raised here in the SF Bay Area. I look forward to a robust data set so that I can report back to the family with statistically significant poll results. Yet both of you have managed to somehow make it work and stay married!! I guess I'm uncommonly senseless.. I drench the whole cob in butter, twirling it around so butter is dripping from everywhere. Mmm Mmm GOOD! What he said. There are corn of the cob dishes that will make that an even better experience. My BIL has an old family recipe where they cut the corn off and fry it butter. It's really good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I guess I'm uncommonly senseless.. I drench the whole cob in butter, twirling it around so butter is dripping from everywhere. Mmm Mmm GOOD! Thats the Eden corn festival. BOWLS of melted butter at every corn stand. But of course I'm not cleaning up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in Chicago Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 My wife's an 'around-and-around'er, I'm an 'end-to-end'er... Doesn't that cause an inherent conflict ? [EDIT: Steely beat me to the joke] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted August 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 3, 2009 My BIL has an old family recipe where they cut the corn off and fry it butter. It's really good! Please tell me there's no pickle juice involved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 My wife's an 'around-and-around'er, I'm an 'end-to-end'er... End to end is the only way to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I guess I'm uncommonly senseless.. I drench the whole cob in butter, twirling it around so butter is dripping from everywhere. Mmm Mmm GOOD! I don't put anything on the corn -- if it's good corn, it doesn't need salt or butter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 End-to-end (aka typewriter style) all the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I'm not a "random" eater, but I sometimes vary between end-to-end and around, sometimes on the same cob. Typically, though, I am a typewriter. My brother removes the corn with a knife. The pusssy. As long as you have a method then we're cool. It's the people who go into it without any plan and end up with small patches of corn here and there that make me nervous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in Chicago Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 I don't put anything on the corn -- if it's good corn, it doesn't need salt or butter. But it tastes so much better with the butter and salt ! In India, the street vendors also serve it with lemon and red chili powder - take half a lemon and rub it against the corn, then sprinkle chili powder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 But it tastes so much better with the butter and salt ! In India, the street vendors also serve it with lemon and red chili powder - take half a lemon and rub it against the corn, then sprinkle chili powder. Now THAT sounds really good... I might try that next time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 But it tastes so much better with the butter and salt ! In India, the street vendors also serve it with lemon and red chili powder - take half a lemon and rub it against the corn, then sprinkle chili powder. I grew up with butter and salt. Anything else is heinous blasphemy.But lemon and chili powder? I may need to experiment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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