Very important poll

What is the proper technique for eating corn?

  • Typewriter - eat a row, rotate, row, rotate

    Votes: 54 80.6%

  • Rings - eat all teh way raoudn i na ring, slide over, another ing, slide over

    Votes: 9 13.4%

  • Nonstructured random seek and destroy

    Votes: 4 6.0%

  • I'm a comunist and don't eat corn

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    67
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This is a hotly contested issue at my house, nearly resulting in fights and loss of speaking privileges.

What is the proper way to eat corn on the cob? Because, in 'Merca, corn is serious business.

- Typerwriter style - eat a row across, rotate, another row, rotate....
- Knaw off a ring all the way around, slide over, another ring, slide over...
- non-structured - seek and destroy
- Something else?

I'm a typewriter guy. As is my son. Its simple and practical... I can eat w/o even looking. And I kind of like the neatness of the resulting cob having exactly 5 splines.

My wife is crazy - she literally eats random bites. Starts somewhere, take a bite, turns and rotates to somewhere else, another bite. Then searches around for the next "perfect bite". She claims this results in always getting the bite you want. Seems like a damn lot of work to me.

Daughter does whatever she finds to be funnier at the time, mostly if she wants to irritate me.
 
Anyone who doesn't typewriter is a fool.

My wife takes random bites and waste half the kernels on the ear. Drives me nuts
 
I typewriter in a spiral all the way around the cob. It's an art.

:flipoff2:


Actually, I usually do a ring around each end to have a corn free area to hold on to and then I spiral typewriter.
 
Mods better lock this thread.
It's gonna get hotter and meaner than a Twilight Team Jacob or Team Edward discussion between a bunch itchy crotched 40 yr old soccer moms!

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Matt
 
My wife don't do corn on the cob. Shows up that way on the plate? She takes a knife and cuts it all off. Women! :shaking:
 
ok do you rotate up for the next row "true typewriter style" for the next row or do you rotate down so you start the next row with your top teeth?
 
BigSouth said:
My wife don't do corn on the cob. Shows up that way on the plate? She takes a knife and cuts it all off. Women! :shaking:
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I loved to eat CoC but I literally can't stand for anyone else around me too. I wish they cut it off. My FIL came up last week to help us around the house with some yard work and my wife made it for dinner. I literally excused myself from the table so I wouldn't have to hear people eating it.
 
Typewriter. i have never seen anyone, other than maybe a little kid, eat randomly on the cob.

Also, I prefer to use those corn holders that stab into the ends of the cob.
 
typewriter is the fastest/most efficient method and my favorite, so I can eat another ear or 2 before all the corn is gone. While on the subject, I've been grilling it along w meats and it's pretty good. I just roll the shucked corn around on the grill till it's cooked, melt butter w some spices like lemon pepper,Tajin,cracked pepper, bbq rub. Put the seasoned butter on a plate and roll the corn in it @ the table.
 
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fourtrax said:
ok do you rotate up for the next row "true typewriter style" for the next row or do you rotate down so you start the next row with your top teeth?
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ALWAYS rotate down, so that the next row is above the previous, using top teeth to do all the work separating from the next row.

Also, i find myself counting corn rows by about the 3td typewriter row to ensure space is right and adjust accordingly, because theres nothi g more senseless than having a final row thats only 1-2 corns thick.
 
McCracken said:
I loved to eat CoC but I literally can't stand for anyone else around me too. I wish they cut it off. My FIL came up last week to help us around the house with some yard work and my wife made it for dinner. I literally excused myself from the table so I wouldn't have to hear people eating it.
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I bet you're fun with a basket of homemade super crispy chips.

Ill never forget eating CoC with my wifes dad when his dentures were just a little loose. One of the most painful yet hilarious experiences ever.
 
RatLabGuy said:
I bet you're fun with a basket of homemade super crispy chips.

Ill never forget eating CoC with my wifes dad when his dentures were just a little loose. One of the most painful yet hilarious experiences ever.
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Chips dont bother me. However, if I focus on it hard enough...
 
Typewriter, but I clear the margins first. Rotate up so my top teeth set the next line and I also count the rows to not have a mediocre last couple rows.
 
Ok so. We as a family do the typewriter method. Except Olivia. She is ADHD and just eats it however. At least she eats it, so I’m happy.


Anyway, I usually do 3-4 rows at a time the first pass, the it’s rotate down and pluck off the kernels row by row from then on. It’s fast, efficient, and less chance of a lot of corn wasted on the Cobb. But, bri and the kids usually do each pass 3-4 rows at a time. It’s still typewriter style but much less efficient and messy. :lol:
 
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rockcity said:
Ok so. We as a family do the typewriter method. Except Olivia. She is ADHD and just rates it however. At least she eats it, so I’m happy.


Anyway, I usually do 3-4 rows at a time the first pass, the it’s rotate down and pluck off the kernels row by row from then on. It’s fast, efficient, and less chance of a lot of corn wasted on the Cobb. But, bri and the kids usually do each pass 3-4 rows at a time. It’s still typewriter style but much less efficient and messy. :lol:
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How is that more efficient? You're having to do more passes and spending more time rotating. That's more time and energy spend eating. Uless your mouth is the size of a chids , you should be able to chop 3 rows at a time and still get every bit of the corn off.

Its like the difference between moving your yard with a an 18" mower verses a 44" deck.
 
The kernels pop off down to the root. Complete efficiency because there is zero waste except the first 3 rows when you get started. It’s corn on the cob eating at its finest. You’ll sit back with a cool smirk on your face while everyone else tries to figure out how you do it. It’s nice.

Also, there is zero chance for anything to get stuck between your teeth.

Actually, I have corn on the cob for dinner tonight. Might do a demonstration. :D
 
And I’d say your analogy is flawed.

Taking 3-5 rows at a time all messy and wasted versus the 100% efficient 1 row at a time is more comparable to using a bush hog on your lawn versus a typical lawnmower.


Sure you get the job done but is it neat and clean and looking nice? Likely not. :lol:

You’ve been bush hogging your corn all these years when you should have been using a finish mower. :lol:
 
McCracken said:
I loved to eat CoC but I literally can't stand for anyone else around me too. I wish they cut it off. My FIL came up last week to help us around the house with some yard work and my wife made it for dinner. I literally excused myself from the table so I wouldn't have to hear people eating it.
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From now on I will eat corn on the cob every time we go out to eat. Your welcome


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You guys are crackin me up. This is a great thread!
 
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