Hallo MyPlaters!
Everyone loves corn on the cob, right? I know that's my favorite summer vegetable! Yummy!
But no one likes to stand over a grill and grill it, or to stand over a pot of boiling water in a hot kitchen while the weather's hot outside. Sometimes when we're really hot, we'll just skip over such a delicious and healthy vegetable just because it's too warm to cook it.
Well, my gramma called today and gave me a new way to make corn on the cob. She said, "Rachie, just wrap it in a terry-cloth towel and microwave it for five minutes." I thought she was nuts, but sometimes she's just so crazy her ideas do work. So I went grocery shopping and got corn on the cob. I brought it home, peeled an ear for my MyPlate lunch, and wrapped it in a bathroom hand towel. Then I placed it in the microwave and nuked it for five minutes.
It was steaming hot when I took it out, and when I put a little bit of Smart Balance on it, it melted right away. But that's not even the best part--no sir! When I took a bite out of that beautiful ear of corn, it was perfect. It wasn't soggy like when you over-boil corn, and it wasn't all charred like when you grill it. It tasted like pure, fresh, delicious corn. It's probably the best corn I've ever eaten, to be honest, because of the way it was cooked. It was like it was steamed, and it was so good!
Not only was it tasty, however, but on this hot Independence Day, I didn't steam up the kitchen! I already have a hot enough apartment, so I was very grateful for the lack of excess heat. So what are you waiting for? Go put some corn in a hand towel and microwave it!
Just goes to show that sometimes batty old ladies aren't so batty after all...
Rachel
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