Summer on the Cob

July 19th, 2008

Our first sweet corn of the season from Roxbury Farm. The ears were small and easy to shuck, and the kernels were sweet enough that butter or salt were unnecessary. I boiled the ears for just a few minutes and served them with a quick chopped salad: lettuce, cucumber, and carrots from the farm share, string beans from my dad’s garden, a tomato, and feta for sprinkling on top.

My dad puts in a small garden every year, and when I was growing up he was always willing to experiment a bit and plant something new alongside the tomatoes and zucchini. One year we grew corn, and harvested perhaps a whopping four ears for the entire season. But we were so excited about those four! We actually put water up to boil before the corn was picked, so that we could rush it — FRESH! — from the stalk to the pot. Even more so than fruits like watermelon or strawberries, fresh sweet corn tastes like summer to me.

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