Corn and the Cob
Eating is one of my favorite pastime. Now, this might surprise many who knew me, especially those who have met me in person. I don’t carry the physique of someone who indulge in gluttony every now and then, quite the opposite. It’s just that I like to spend more time eating less food.
On my way from work one fine Wednesday, I passed by a pasar malam. I haven’t been to one in months, so I pulled over. I got myself some food for dinner, and for the purpose of our discussion, 5 boiled corn on the cob for RM3.
While most people would rather eat it straight from the cob, I on the other hand find the resultant mess left on the cob quite disgusting.
So, i’d snap the cob in two and begin plucking 2 rows of corn from the center with my fingers and feed it into my mouth. Although this makes a very slow eating, but the juices are still intact and can be savoured to the very last. Delicious. After i’m done with the plucking, I’d pry the rest with my thumb into a bowl to be eaten later if there’s any, or straight into my mouth. As more of the corn could be plucked at once, this makes for a faster plucking. Repeat for the other half of the cob.
The result: clean and visually pleasant cob with no wasted kernels, no corn membranes still stuck to the cob (or in between your teeth.) A pleasurable corn-eating experience!
November 3rd, 2006 at 8:17 am
Well… I suppose it’s different strokes for different folks. In the pro- ’straight from the cob’ camp, I think you’re missing out on the joys of messy eating habit ;) Macam ada nikmat yang tak dapat diukir dengan kata-kata woo
Plus, there is a technique of eating it straight off the cob without wasting the kernels. It requires skill and set of teeth that is just right for the thing.
And yay for updating!
November 3rd, 2006 at 2:18 pm
It’s so cute that you actually take the trouble to kikis all the corn from the cob before finally devouring it. Frankly, I don’t have that much patience. Contrary to you, I eat mine straight off from the cob eventhough I end up having corn stuck in between my teeth.
And sucking the sweet juice from the cob after clearing the corn is just… divine! Saya dan Kay serupa, kan Kay kan? Skill kena ada beb! And that comes from a lot of eating… chiahahah!
November 4th, 2006 at 4:08 am
Naz, we should have corn on cob eating competition against each other!!
November 4th, 2006 at 8:22 am
It’s not the messy eating that i’m having problems with. It’s the messy leftovers. I just can’t see leftover kernels all around the cob. It’s as if I did not do a good job eating (makan tak abis.)
Naz, you should try plucking it from the cob. Gila layan beb! No corn in between your teeth, too!
I guess we both could agree on this: Sucking the juice from the cob. But there’s not much juice left on the it if you pluck them out as most of it is still intact inside the membrane and only punctured inside your mouth.
November 4th, 2006 at 5:56 pm
Yes we should Kay!
The thrill is when you bite off the corn from the cob sambil you suck the juice… lagi layan! If I pluck nanti macam beli corn in cup, no feel!
Hehe lain orang lain carala kan… :p
November 4th, 2006 at 7:46 pm
LOL! I’m with Naz and Kay. Hehehe :)
November 4th, 2006 at 10:36 pm
You can not beat freshly plucked corn straight off the cob. Corn in cup is not even comparable. The corn, boiled with its cob intact, only separated during the moment of truth… to be savoured bit by bit, every bit that matters inside the mouth.
November 6th, 2006 at 7:51 pm
maa mmg pelik! =)
November 11th, 2006 at 3:59 am
I love corns.
Sweetcorn in tuna pasta, yum. Corn in cup, yum, Corn on cob, even better. Jagung bakar. Jagung rebus. Kek jagung is not too bad, neither is puding jagung (but it depends on who makes it I suppose..)
Mmmm I don’t like jus jagung though.. I feel I’ve associated jagung with chewing and anything different would be not on.
November 15th, 2006 at 6:57 pm
what an asshole you are? pathetic…more like a dog i think….
November 16th, 2006 at 7:52 pm
oh? Edge Trigger? So you’re coming back?
November 17th, 2006 at 10:20 am
Edge Trigger: Is that a rhetorical question or are you looking in the mirror?
November 18th, 2006 at 8:16 am
kay = dog :)
November 19th, 2006 at 11:41 am
Eeee.
You’re so pelik.
November 21st, 2006 at 9:54 am
Your logic is not my logic.
November 22nd, 2006 at 11:00 pm
sape lak tu?