OK… That was a little premature! But I had corn on the cob tonight for dinner. I was grocery shopping after work and as I was walking around the store I kept saying over and over in my head… “Don’t go grocery shopping when you are hungry”….
But as I walked around the corner of the isle there they were… staring at me.. calling me… BUY ME!!!! Little golden kernels shining through the plastic wrapping.. What? Did you think this was FRESH corn on the cob? Well, it was close enough! At least for now.. Five small ears of corn perfectly cut to the same length, all with a small portion of the husk still on. I suppose that was to convince me that this was really and truly fresh corn.
I didn’t care that the five small ears cost $3.99. I don’t care that it’s April and sweet corn from around here isn’t even planted yet. I don’t care that it probably came from southern Florida. Sure there were shopping “purists” that snickered as I proudly pushed my cart past them. They were almost certainly thinking.. “look at that dolt… buying corn on the cob… at THIS time of year…” I DIDN’T CARE!
I proudly brought my treasure home and poked my finger straight through the plastic wrap. I husked what little husks and silk were left from the mechanical processing and wrapped them individually in aluminum foil, seasoned and spray butter (margarine actually) and placed them lovingly on my grill.
There is nothing that tastes better after a long hard winter than to eat grilled corn on the cob with a big ol’ hamburger. The benchmark has been set. And because this is only the beginning of my favorite time of year, I’ll have plenty more opportunities to grill corn.
