My son in law farms here in North Central Missouri. His three main crops are corn, soy beans, and winter wheat. He plants large tracts of field corn, and always puts in two big patches of sweet corn. He called last night and said the sweet corn is ready to pick.                    He always tells family and friends to come and pick some, so my wife and I will be picking corn Saturday morning. He'll also be selling some out of his truck at a local farmers market. This year, the price around here is six dollars per dozen. We'll pick several bags and freeze some, and give some to some friends.             They taste great roasted on a bar- b- que grill, but my favorite way to have sweet corn is like this: boil the ears of corn, cut the corn off the cob. Add a little butter, then have it with fresh homegrown tomatoes. Salt and pepper them as you like. It's delicious.                                      What's your favourite way to fix sweet corn?

I slather the cob in butter and then coat it with Trader Joe’s Elote seasoning and then char it on the grill. Absolutely delicious. 

Microwave it in the husk for 3.5 minutes, cut the end with the stalk on it off where the first row of kernels are, then squeeze the cob out holding the end with the silks. It comes out clean with no little silk strings. Add butter and a little salt. 

3 hours ago, Mobasser said:

                                     What's your favourite way to fix sweet corn?

 

Whichever way it fits in my mouth.  Fresh sweet corn is my favorite.  Straight off the cob (either boiled or grilled) with butter and salt.  Freshly cut off the cob with the same, except cut a little deep into the cob so it comes off in slabs of kernels.  Grilled and drizzled with elotes seasoning/crema.  Fresh corn salad (boiled, cooled, cut off the cob and mixed with cherry tomatoes, green onion, cilantro, and some oil/vinegar).  heck, if it is good and ripe I'll eat it raw off the cob.

Little olive oil , charred on the grill then sliced off the cob in a bowl with butter, salt, pepper and a little parmesan cheese. Or grilled , sliced off the cob and in a relish with diced sweet onion, diced jalapeno, crumbled bacon, avocado, olive oil and fresh lime juice---excellent on its own or as a condiment on grilled chicken or steak tacos.

I had some yesterday.

I am not a big sweet corn guy but the fire roasted stuff they sell at the MN State Fair is pretty good.

 

I spent a lot of wind shield time in southern MN and South Dakota last week for work. The crops look amazing. Yields will be very good this fall.

Sweet corn and tomato sandwiches, that's how we do it here. 👍

Oh, just boil, butter salt and pepper.

Boiled.  No salt, no butter.  

You forgot to post the address? My favorite way to eat sweet corn is what most people know of as “creamed corn”. However, in the south, it is often called fried corn and that’s what I grew up eating. I could eat my weight in fried corn and fried okra (real fried okra dusted in corn meal - not the breaded crap everyone thinks is fried okra). Put that and a tomato sandwich in front of me, and I’m back in Florence, MS in the country on my grandmothers porch with my cousins around…

Soak it with the husk on in water. After an hour or so throw it straight on the grill. No salt, pepper or butter. A good sweet corn needs none of that.  

Boiled but microwave is surprisingly good 

I grew up in Nebraska.  There’s no wrong way to fix sweet corn.  A lot of people don’t know that for about 2-3 weeks, field corn is delicious as well.  To early and it’s milky, to late and it’s tough but catch it just right and the kernels are bigger and almost as good as sweet corn.  😉 

Any Deer hunting opportunities? 😁

Never hurts to ask.

On 7/15/2025 at 7:09 PM, RobA said:

no butter.  

 

 

5 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Boiled but microwave is surprisingly good 

I'm calling the cops

On 7/15/2025 at 5:09 PM, RobA said:

Boiled.  No salt, no butter.  

this.  I would like to up that ante and say I cook more than I need.  I put one in a ziplock and eat it cold the next day.  it is almost better as a leftover.  cold.

4 hours ago, Ski said:

Any Deer hunting opportunities? 😁

Never hurts to ask.

hahahhaha.. have you no shame?   (let me know what he says)

7 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said:

I put one in a ziplock and eat it cold the next day.  it is almost better as a leftover.  cold.

Absolutely!   I do the same!

I hate this thread. 
 

When we lived in Maryland sweet corn was a summer staple. Normally cooked it on the grill in the husk with butter, salt and pepper after cooking. Or ears placed on top of crabs while steaming. 
 

Now in south Texas and the corn sucks. I mean, it really sucks. 

7 hours ago, BrianMDTX said:

I hate this thread. 
 

This.

 

I grew up in NJ so getting 6 fresh ears for a dollar was never more than 10 min away.  Over the last few years, fresh corn has been d**n near impossible to get here around ATL.  I’m forced to buy the 4 already shucked ears on the styrofoam tray.  Boo!

I’m in corn country. Orville Redenbacher started his business near here. Local farm stands will have corn in the next week or so. 

Where I'm at in northwest Mo, it's booming right now. Yesterday, my grandson and his dad sold 500 dollars worth at 7 dollars a dozen, in a 5 hour span.  Lots of sweet corn for sale. 

On 7/20/2025 at 10:14 AM, Chris at Tech said:

This.

 

I grew up in NJ so getting 6 fresh ears for a dollar was never more than 10 min away.  Over the last few years, fresh corn has been d**n near impossible to get here around ATL.  I’m forced to buy the 4 already shucked ears on the styrofoam tray.  Boo!

I knew I hated ATL for dozens of reasons, but never in my wildest dreams did I think you wouldn’t find corn there. add this to the list!!!

 

also, we never called it “sweet” corn growing up. I actually never heard that term until I started dating my midwestern wife as a 20 something. 

^^. That.  All corn is sweet to me.  I think it’s just marketing voodoo.  
 

Our local corn is flowing.   So good.  

Silver Queen is where it’s at.