 Scorpacciata is a term that means consuming large amounts of a particular local ingredient while it's in season. It's a good way to eat. David LeFevre is the executive chef and co-owner of Manhattan Beach Post in Manhattan Beach, California. Like Garrison Keillor said, “Sex is good, but not as good as fresh sweet corn." Sweet corn evokes memories of my summers on the East Coast with my grandfather and the wonderful meals that my grandmother would make with the corn that my grandfather and I had picked, shucked and cooked. When corn season comes around, it is always an exciting time in the restaurant. We focus on a few key things when we are cooking with corn: the best quality product, a fresh product, minimal cooking time so as to not lose the fresh sweet flavor, proper technique, and making sure to remember it’s a fun, down-and-dirty experience to eat it. My grandfather taught me when I was young the importance of freshness with corn. First, he would put a huge pot of salted water on the stove and turn the gas on high. We would then get in his car and drive the half mile to my great uncle's to pick 12-18 ears of corn. On the drive back, I had to clean the ears in the car into a paper bag. Once we got home, my grandmother would have all of dinner ready - except for the corn.
The water was boiling by then and we would drop the corn in the water and cook it for 3-5 minutes, just until it was cooked through but not taking away any of the sweetness. It was awesome; he would eat that corn like a typewriter with kernels flying everywhere! I am not saying you have to do this, but you should cook and eat corn as soon as possible because it will be less sweet as time passes. Remember: Corn tastes pretty darn good raw, you don’t need to cook the hell out of it. I prefer to cook corn until it is just cooked through, like most of my vegetables. If you are boiling it too long, you will lose flavor. If you grill it too long, it will get dry and starchy. If sauté it too long, it will become almost chewy. Cooking technique is important because improper cooking can ruin even the greatest ear of corn. I prefer corn that is cooked with moisture. That can be done several ways: cooking it on the cob in seasoned boiling water, cutting the kernels off and lightly sautéing them with butter, or cooking the whole cob - leaves and all - over a live fire. Lastly, do not worry about getting your hands dirty. Get in there and get butter and corn kernels up to your elbows. When I think of eating corn, I immediately envision butter on my cheeks and wet corn leaves on the back of my hands. It should be visceral and fun like ribs, fried chicken, or watermelon. Wood-Fired Corn Ingredients
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*Editor's note: Not everyone agrees with the practice of opening ears at the market, arguing that exposure to the air shortens the the length of the corn's freshness. See if your market has a policy in place before you land in hot water with the management. Previously - Simply ear-resistible: A grilled corn tutorial and Growing corn at home |
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Corn is all GMO and will give you cancer, Don't eat it.
I don’t know where you people come from. I don’t know if you test your products. Your quantity of your products. Your products are very delicious. Love your sausage for thirty something years. But I can’t take and feed a family of five on a little twelve ounce roll of sausage. I don’t mind paying more money for your sixteen ounce roll of sausage, but you don’t have it anymore. You’ve got a twelve ounce roll and you’ve got three men that weigh over two-hundred pounds a piece, a woman that’s a little plump Scotch girl, and a daughter who’s thirteen, and you’re going to try to take a twelve ounce roll of sausage and a couple of dozen eggs and feed that — it ain’t going to work — and I’m not going to purchase your product any more or ever again.
Consuming anything other than a strictly vegan diet is nothing short of barbaric.
Vegans are gross.
Maybe you aren't cooking them long enough.
Do we really need a special occasion to eat corn, though? I mean it's in all the food we eat already.
Made me think of a guy that used to take a backpacking stove & pot of water right to the cornfield and cook the corn WHILE STILL ON THE STALK. Talk about being addicted to fresh corn!
I like to include corn with my s*xual activity. First, you clean the ears thoroughly. Next you cook them for about 6 minutes. Then apply a large amout of butter to them so they are nice and warm and slippery. Then take it into the bedroom where your lady is waiting. She then takes the corn and gently rubs the warm slippery ear of corn in a spot that gives her complete satisfaction. So, corn actually helps to have better s*x!!!
Corn is good but not as good as poking around a fine chicks cornhole.
"Sweet summer corn is better than sex" – Well, depends of how do you use it...
Bristol Palin uses corn on those days when she can't find her buttplug.
Sweet corn is good, but it's not as good as a few hours in the sack with my man. Nope.
Yes this is true.
50% of Americans are so bad at sex that they prefer corn occassionally. I recommend getting in shape and putting in much more effort AND quit letting attractive guys always get their way, because that is why they don't care about finishing the job.
Being raised on the eastern half of Pennsylvania I have enormous experience with the delicious flavors of the summer crops. Jersey corn is at the top of the list. Sweet like candy dripping in butter and oh so reasonably priced. You can still buy a dozen ears of this wonderful food for around $3. But don't worry about the bugs, my dad used to say that the bugs only ate the sweetest of ears. So give it a good cleaning and don't worry 'bout it.
Other summertime favorites should include tomato, peppers, cucumbers, cantelope and fresh herbs. These are the flavors of the season that are best enjoyed right from the ground to your mouth.
This is heaven on earth...
I almost forgot to mention Peaches. When purchased at a grocery store, peaches can be a high-risk fruit. Much of the product you will purchase will be flavorless or mealy.
When picked from your own tree at the peak of freshness peaches are an orgasmic experience. I recall being a very small child with a peach tree in the back yard. The tree was certainly a symbol of both danger and wonderfulness. Danger in the fact that the tree attracted every bee in the area. Wonderfulness in the eating. I recall holding a peach in my very small hands, to me the size was that of a cantelope. Biting into this fuzzy delight was like sinking your head into a bucket of wet sweetness. One bit and your face was drenched. I haven't to this day had a peach like I had as a child.
Where we live the market (Wegmans) buys local crops, including corn, but you can drive a couple of miles out into the county and pick your own, or get some at the farmers' market 3 days a week. When we were kids my dad had a friend with a farm and he would, from time to time, leave bushels of fresh corn on the back steps – or huge beefsteak tomatoes, zucchini, and, in August, tin buckets with gladiolas. We never knew if or when such bounty would appear but it was great.
If God made anything better than sex-he kept it for himself.
It does depend upon the season of your life as to the priority it ranks.
Although a little corn is good body fuel it is filed in a different book.
Sweet corn is better than sex? Well, obviously you're not doing it right if you think that.
No, you're just not cooking it right!
No J, that is just a idiotic notion all together.
I think we need 200 more "clever" comments about the Garrison Keilor quote, as opposed to about what this article is about. After all, if I haven't seen the same stupid joke, it's new to me!
well, it depends how you insert it. sometimes it's better than sex with a person.
Is Monsanto writing for you now, CNN?
Yes, no mention of being sure your "quality product" is GMO free!! If you don't buy corn from an organic farmer, it's most likely grown by one of the big chemical companies, Monsanto being one of the most evil on this planet. What are the statistics, 90% is now GMO?? Something like that. In California, we have an initiative on November's ballot to require labeling of GMO products, it should be a no-brainer, but we will see.
First off, "chemical companies" don't don't grow food. Farmers do. And second, VIRTUALLY ALL of the food you eat has been genetically modified over centuries. The "as nature intended" versions of the food you eat are generally less appetizing, less nutritious, much smaller, harder to grow, etc.
So now we've learned how to make modifications over a shorter timeframe. The food is still corn and unless you have actual scientific studies to prove that it is dangerous, please stop the hysteria.
Agree with BS. In an attempt to eat foods as they were intended, I grew a crop of heirloom corn in my yard last year. Standing at 8 ft the growth was prolific, but the flavor was very starchy and to most would be considered "horse corn". And yes, I grow everything without the use of chemicals – (at least in the ground ;) )
the problem is that the genetic modifcation of corn is to make it immune to herbicides.. the genetic change won't harm you, it's the fact that some (not all) farmers can spray all the corn down and then you are later consuming it. I don't get all crazy about it myself (just had fresh corn last night.. YUM!) but it would be nice if it were labeled..
I agree with Sue, monocultures are simply not sustainable.
Selective breeding (like the Indians did) has been around for thousands of years. GMO is completely different because they manipulate the corn on a cellular level in a lab. It is not selective breeding.
We are creating stronger insects and throwing the evolutionary process off. There will be larger consequences in the future.
Corn is not going to be sprayed with an herbicide while the ear is growing, anyway. The plant by then is mature and not really competing with weeds. And by then the herbicide is gone. And even if it wasn't, the edible portion is protected by the husk.
The herbicide itself is also very safe and breaks down very quickly in most circumstances.
EVERYTHING on this earth is better than sex!
Ahhh...Sweet summer sex with a beautiful gal is always better than corn!
Sex with him must involve sandpaper or something. I cannot fathom the circumstances required for a statement saying sweet corn is better than sex to be regarded as true – or even remotely accurate if you squint your eyes just so.
I knew as soon as I saw the topic of this story the post would be funny. My eyes are still watering from laughing. I like corn but really better than sex? Someone needs to stop eating corn and work on their sex life because the day I say corn is better than sex I might as well cut off my manhood.
“Sex is good, but not as good as fresh sweet corn"?
That just means you're not doing it right.
Whenever someone claims something is better than sex, I just thank my lucky stars that's not the person I have sex with.
I immediately envision butter on my cheeks and wet corn leaves on the back of my hands About here is where I puked a bit
Since I highly dislike corn, I would disagree.
Either I dont know how to fix corn or he dont know how to screw
exactly
I gather Garrison Keillor never had voluntary sex before.
Grew some Indian Corn as a kid. It was awesome. Now it is probably called Native American Corn.
What the crap is wrong with sticking a crapping cob of corn up your crapper?
What's wrong is that corn, like most food, is supposed to pass from the plate or hands, through the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestines, large intestines, rectum and then anus IN THAT ORDER.
If you try to skip any steps, or run the whole thing backwards, flavor suffers, the nutritional benefits are substantially reduced, and there is even a chance of grievous internal injury. It's up to you, if you want to place things in your bottom, but realize most of prefer to EAT corn, not carry it around in our pants, so to speak.
Hahahaha! Well played!
well said :)
My favorite post in recent memory. Kudos.
Give me a nice big hard and juicy cob of corn slathered in butter anyday and I'm in heaven!
If it gets you to leave the gerbils alone, go for it.
You are sick and disgusting
Sick !
So I rolled over this morning, took one look at my wife and boiled some sweet, sweet corn...
I was corny... said the vegifile.
butter on your cheeks?
what hole are you sticking that there ear of corn in boy?
Take a whole ear of corn, cut off the fat end. Place the whole ear, (yes silk and leaves) in the microwave for 4 minutes (per ear). Using oven mitt, hold ear at top, by the silk and leaves and the cob will slide out with no silk on it, and it will be perfectly cooked. Trick no. 2. For a large number of people at a picnic: Place your cleaned ears in a cooler, cover them with boiling water, put the lid on it. In 10 minutes all your ears will be cooked and ready to go.
Cool! I totally hate picking silk out of my bum.
If the envirokooks and Exxon have their way, the only corn you'll be eating will cost $10 an ear, or you'll be drinking it as ethanol...
REALLY CNN?! This story has nothing to do with sex!!! Yeah your manipulations are working, the only reason I read this article was because I thought somehow there was a connection between corn and sex. You're not good at reporting real news and your headlines parallel the National Enquirer. I am ever more quickly losing respect for your endless opinion articles and trashy, misleading titles.
The link to this article (and the article itself) epitomizes everything that is wrong with CNN nowadays. Didn't CNN used to be....respectable?
Oh I get it! He shoves it up his poop chute, huh?
all kidding aside people should listen to FARMERS post.He gets it.Nice to see at least one other person who was able to read between the lines.I would go one step further and say the GMO corn actually dulls the sex drive.
So we should now be accepting fears as scientific fact? How does it dull the sex drive, or because ti was made in a lab "it must be the reason we are unhealthy," not the sedentary lifestyle, lots of soda, no veggies, etc.
OCCUPY EATOCRACY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, and vaccines cause autism. Oh wait, no, they don't. That's right, just because you make something up and say it with authority doesn't mean it's true.
Sounded like a health article at first.
proof how brain dead our society has become
"it’s a fun, down-and-dirty experience to eat it."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If I ever come to love any food more than sex...I hope I am not too fat to fit my finger into the trigger guard.
AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Same here!
Enjoy it while you can, because at some time after you've done it thousands of times, It just willl never be as good as it use to be. And by the way, you sound so totally pussywiped.
We have the best corn in the world in Bixby, Oklahoma but I promise I would much rather have a little sex than some sweet corn.
Only you cave men think so
And only the prudes, ultra-conservatives and fatties would think food is better. If the emotional and physical connection is greater to food than sex, there's something wrong.
If only it really were.
I guess that slogan was invented by a married man
Actually it was be a married woman.
Yes, I would trust Garrison Kellior to favor corn over sex. In Garrison's case though, I fear that the ear may be going elsewhere than his mouth, though who knows, maybe he eats the corn after it's appropriately 'seasoned'.
Nothing makes a man orgasm like sweet corn...........
Corn hole? Who said anything about a corn hole?
BAA HAA!!!!!!
You're either doing sex wrong or you're doing something dirty with the corn.
That is such a corny statement.
Only a Virgin would say that ______ is better than sex. Everyone else who's done it KNOWS that sex is completely Incomparable; like NO other experience in your life.
It's like they say, Sex is like the Matrix: No one can tell you what sex is like. You have to experience it for yourself.
Yeah, and if you have sex after you take the RED PILL, you find out how deep her "rabbit" hole goes, if you have sex after you take the BLUE PILL... you find out how much her hole can tollerate!
Sorry, couldn't help it. If you start mixing sex and The Matrix, eventually the connection between the blue pill, and "the little blue pill" will assert itself in the conversation.
And before I run off to make some corn, I agree with all those here who state for the record that no food is better than sex... if you think it is, you're not doing something right. Try having sex with someone else, before deciding any kind of food is better. If you run through two dozen people, and you still think any type of food is better, maybe you need to read a book, or something. Or try (or have your S.O. try) the "blue pill".
Yeah. Been there. It's nasty, gross and disgusting!
ok, now I will add germaphobe to my statement above. ;)
Ya...ummm...you must be having really bad sex if you prefer corn.
Yeah, I'm a corn fed Iowa kid, but sorry, I'd rather bang my girlfriend that eat corn.
Agreed. Anyone that says corn is better than sex obviously isn't doing it right....
I don't know... I've been banging your girlfriend for a while and I honestly would rather have some good sweet corn. Sorry about your luck.
See? You're the reason we girls agree with Keillor!
Yeah, I'd rather bang your girlfriend too.
Apparently Keillor was not doing it right.
Just make sure you're buying corn directly from a farmer and not the crap in stores. Monsanto GMO sweet corn hit the shelves this spring and due to the lack of labeling laws no one knows the garbage they are consuming. Guaranteed the corn in supermarkets is Roundup- Ready sweet corn, meaning it has been doused with pesticides since germination. Thanks but no thanks. Demand to know what's in your food people.
i just found out that the guy adjacent to me in the community garden is using bt (sold by gardens alive). they think "organic" means safe. it doesn't. i am dependent on growing my own food due to severe allergies to corn and i have been suspicious of something wrecking something in my gut for many years now. will most likely have to cull my entire crop. i can't stay away from contamination. perpetually sick.
it makes sense to me that we are chronically ill in this country.
Do you know what BT is? It's a natural bacterial predator of various caterpillars. How's that going to ruin your crop?!!!
culling garden due to bt,
BT is a bacteria that attacks certain types of caterpillars. It is in no way harmful to you. What a waste to cull your crop due to a nonexistent threat. The bacteria likely couldn't even travel from the farm to your garden, anyway!
He probably likes a little meat with his corn!!
OKAY, PERSON.
No offense, but GMO corn has been around for a long time. And your local farmer is using it, too. Corn is actually one o the cleanest vegetables (in terms of pesticide/herbicide residue) since it's protected by the husk.
Farmer–I question the intent of your comment. You clearly don't even know what you are talking about. What does pesticide use have to do with being "Roundup Ready"? Roundup is not even a pesticide.
Tassels are showing in the garden!!!
Guess he's hittin' the wrong cornhole
Corn better than sex? Time to find a new partner.
Wow, my sympathy to you, the sex you have had must have been the worst imaginable.
The first sentence is about sex. The second recounts a memory of the author's grandfather. That seems fishy.
I agree with the author. When I get sweet corn in front of me, it brings back all those good memories. We were poor, 5 kids to feed, and we made many meals in the summer time revolving around the garden. When Mom said "go pick enough sweet corn for supper", it was not surprising to have us bring back 3 dozen ears. Swarth a piece of bread with butter, salt and pepper. Wrap it around the corn ear and work it like a brush. Eat the corn, then the bread - making my mouth water already. lol
Get a job, Freeloader Socialist!
Sincerely,
Mittens Romnutts
"My grandfather taught me when I was young the importance of freshness with corn."
It would have been more apt to teach the young man the importance of sweet ass as opposed to sweet corn. Corn is better than sex? Sounds like someone's in need of a good shtupping.
So what happens if you have s_x with an ear of fresh sweet corn – shangri-la ?
I agree that fresh sweet corn is great, but.......
Mmmmmm middle America redneck porn food. Please. If you people were having anywhere near the lifestyle we do in CA, corn would be a non-factor.
I read that it was once believed that Trolls have an aversion to fresh corn. Must be true.......
Like Garrison Keillor said, “Sex is good, but not as good as fresh sweet corn." : Need better sex.
Blasphemy!!!
Better than sex?? I'm sorry, you're doing it wrong!
he's just a virgin who likes eating GMO products.
Real corn eaters know that you should not be eating yellow corn at any time – that is unless you enjoy Monsanto products.