Comments on: Corn on the cob clutter

By: Linda B

Linda B — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:06:34 +0000

You have to have the corn butterer, but do you know how difficult it is to find one? Now that corn is ready, the corn butterer is considered out of season!

By: Liz

Liz — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:42:52 +0000

My family takes a stick of butter and pulls the paper back off of one end. Use like a pencil, scribble butter all over the corn. Same concept as the corn butter plate, only you ruin less butter. (not that you cna’t just put the butter in the fridge for the next session of corn, but y’know. Family oddities)

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 19:22:23 +0000

I don’t know if it showed up the same for anyone else, but Amazon offers me a discount if I buy the corn zipper along with…a previously covered unitasker, the OXO mango splitter!

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:36:26 +0000

We always just put a stick of butter on the plate of the butter dish and roll the corn on the top. Yeah, it leaves a weird dip in the top and it’s rare that we use a whole stick of butter at one meal, but who cares? The brush in a little pot of melted butter is a good one too.
And I agree, in the midwest especially, ear holders are a worthwhile unitasker.

By: Dale Cruse

Dale Cruse — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:45:04 +0000

I’m from Indiana and sometimes think that corn is in my blood!

I’ve always found a butter knife an inelegant solution for a round surface like and ear of corn. It just doesn’t spread well. Instead, I use a brush similar to the one I use to smear BBQ sauce on meat. MUCH better coverage – and definitely not a unitasker!

By: Zach

Zach — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 05:13:51 +0000

A Corn Zipper is a necessity for freezing purposes and it is rare that I see it marketed toward anything but. When bushel after bushel comes in to freeze, all it takes is a small Corn Zipper, a nail and a board to clear the cobs in no time. Not everyone does this, but then again not everyone is buying a Corn Zipper

By: persimmon

persimmon — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:06:37 +0000

Am I the only one who got an image of someone holding a knife up to her head, carefully applying butter to her ear?

Never mind.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:53:25 +0000

Corn holders are a necessity in the Midwest, where we eat corn almost every day when it’s in season. Ditto on the little corn plates–it keeps melted butter from getting all over the rest of your food.

By: Nat

Nat — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:54:08 +0000

Re: grilling corn. I learned to grill it in the husk. Just clean out the silk and make sure the husks a moist by soaking them for a bit. Not only does the husk take the brunt of the fire, but also it holds in all the butter and seasonings (I like to add chili.) that you can add to it before cooking. Also, since the husks which cool off faster than the cob you can also peel them back to make a nice handle for eating too.

By: leslie Sloan

leslie Sloan — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:28:23 +0000

I just threw my butter boy in the garbage two days ago because I knew that it only served one purpose and I almost never eat corn on the cob! Bah!

By: leslie Sloan

leslie Sloan — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:23:12 +0000

I just threw my butter boy in the garbage two days ago because I knew that it only served one purpose and I almost never eat corn on the cob! Bah!

By: leslie Sloan

leslie Sloan — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:22:53 +0000

I just threw my butter boy in the garbage two days ago because I knew that it only served one purpose and I almost never eat corn on the cob! Bah!

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:14:54 +0000

I agree with Brian on the corn stickers. Ditto and the hot, buttery and slippery cobs. Ditto with a 6 and 7 year old. They are a must….

By: Harald

Harald — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:49:57 +0000

My favourite corn butterer is a large vase about 2/3 full of hot water. Add melted butter, which floats on top of the water; the hot water keeps the butter liquid.

Simply dunk your corn; the butter sticks to it on the way down and back! And when you’re not buttering your corn, you can put flowers in it

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:48:23 +0000

Matt, I was with you until you got to the corn stickers. I like to eat my corn scalding hot. Try holding a hot ear of corn long enough to actually eat it. Then there’s all the salt, pepper and melted butter. Add a 3-year-old child to mix, and you have a recipe for a pure mess. So I think the holders are well worth the price, especially if, like us, you eat corn once a week or more in season.

And Robin, a big thumbs up on using a buttered roll to butter your corn. That’s how we do it in my house.