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Corn: Grilled or Boiled?

By Jaybeau Jones

The greatest summer rite of passage: corn on the cob. It’s the end of summer and corn on the cob season is here! Which begs the question, how to you cook your corn: grilled or boiled?

Corn: Grilled or Boiled?

I’m not going to lie. My experience with grilling corn, is zero. Therefore, I had to go to the airwaves for help. I’ll share that recipe in a moment. I had grilled corn awhile back at a party. We found it took too long, and ended up not cooked enough. Now, these days, my brother Paul, is a grilled corn expert, so he says. He refuses to eat corn on the cob that is boiled, claiming “you lose all the sweetness!” Why is he such a corn fanatic? It’s this discovery…

This Is Maybe The Sweetest Corn Ever

Here in Western Massachusetts is God’s gift to corn. A famous local farm stand called Breezy Gardens.

Breezy Gardens is known for their special blend of corn that is the SWEETEST that I have ever enjoyed. It’s called MIRAI pronounced me-rye. It was a blend developed by accident in Ohio. Here’s the story from ParkSeed.com:

Every once in a while a true plant phenomenon comes along, and Corn Mirai™ is just such a miracle. This amazing Corn is so sweet and tender that it has captured the Japanese market. 

Despite its Japanese name (which means both “taste” and “the future is coming” — how appropriate!) and reputation, Mirai™ was developed on a small farm in Ohio. Like so many remarkable things, it was an accident — in the process of trying to develop new, more disease-resistant varieties of Corn, they created Mirai, which was so delicious that it literally stopped them in their tracks. They knew the flavor was superior to any they’d ever sampled, but because the plant needs to be harvested by hand, none of the big American corn manufacturers were interested. So they went to Japan, where most corn is still grown on small farms and picked by hand. In no time Mirai™ had captured an astonishing 35% of the total Japanese corn market!

So our pals at Breezy Gardens discovered this Mirai seed, plant and hand pick it here! It really is the sweetest corn I had ever had. The color of the corn is almost orange as you can see in the picture above.

On The Grill?

Until now, cooking corn on the grill posed a problem for me. I did not want to buy an extra grill. So, I did what I always do: ask you, our brilliant listeners for help. Almost immediately I received this step by step tutorial from listener Jim:

Dear JayBeau:

I was listening to this afternoon’s show when you mentioned your friend who suggested that you grill sweet corn in the husks. This is the only way I ever prepare sweet corn. There is no substitute. It’s easy, and actually doesn’t get in the way of grilling other items for your meal.

Here’s how to do it. Grab a cooler. Any standard type of cooler will do. Place the corn in the cooler and fill it with water, or until the corn is thoroughly submerged. A half hour in water is more than sufficient but longer doesn’t hurt. Once soaked, throw the corn on the hot grill and turn it every 5-10 minutes until the shucks are golden brown. This usually takes 20-30 minutes. Once you’ve removed the corn from the cooler, pour out the water. When the corn is completely cooked, place the ears back in the cooler (it now become the warmer). Any good cooler will keep the corn hot in their shucks for several hours. This allows you to cook your normal grill items without worrying about the corn. It’ll be ready when you are.

Aww…..Shucks

Now comes one of the best parts of cooking corn in its shucks. The shucks peel back easily as compared to the typical approach to shucking corn. Plus, the shucks provide a handle for eating the corn without other utensils. In my opinion, the flavor of corn steamed in its own shucks on the grill is incomparable to any other approach for preparing sweet corn. It’s just that easy and tastes great!

Good luck. Hope you like it. Best, Jim.

Thanks Jim! I now have my answer on the question: corn: grilled or boiled?

Now that I’m starved, I found this list of the greatest state fair foods around the country. (Now I need the treadmill.)

From spoonuniversity.com.

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We can hear Worcester native Jaybeau Jones weekdays from 2p-7p on 1057 WROR, 80’s and More! Jaybeau’s show is the #1 music show in Boston from 2p-7p weekdays, playing 80’s and more!

After many years in radio programming management, Jaybeau joined WROR in the afternoon in 2015. One of Jaybeau’s career highlights, was the honor to fill in for Rick Dees on The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 in 2007.

At home Jaybeau enjoys his time with his wife, fellow broadcaster, Heidi, and his two feline children Ellie and Bobo. Jaybeau’s grownup human kids, Matthew, lives in Boston. Jordan, lives in Rhode Island.

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