Saturday, June 17, 2006

Sweet Corn - How to Pick

-Buy sweet corn when it's in season - between July and September.

-Select ears with bright green husks and moist, golden brown silk.

-Strip back part of the husk to check for tightly packed rows of plump glossy kernels. When you pop a kernel, juice should be milky.

-Try different colors. Corn can be white, yellow or bi-colored, and color is not an indicator of taste.

-Check for a full cob and a firm, full, blunt tip if the supermarket whon't let you strip husks.

-Buy fresh and keep cool. Corn begins converting sugar to starch the moment it is picked, so take along a cooler in which to pack it if you can.

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