The corn is as high as an elephant's eye

[venta]

I feel in touch with my historical counterparts this evening. I've done some sewing, helped someone else out with their baking queries, and written a letter (with a fountain pen). Admittedly, your average Regency piece probably didn't down a 750ml bottle of Greene King while doing her needlework, but it's not my fault if they didn't know how to live.

Anyway, I have another culinary question for you well-educated people. I am going to a barbecue on Saturday and this evening I bought lots of corn on the cob. And limes. You have to put lime juice on barbecued corn. I admit I was sceptical about that when purple_pen introduced me to the concept; the alternative was butter, and in nutritional top trumps lard beats fruit every time. It has, however, marvellous. Though bizarrely only on barbecued corn. On boiled corn it's just weird. I've tried it.

But I digress. Ordinarily, if barbecuing corn I'd wrap it in foil. But today I bought corn cobs which still have their clothes on. If I just plonk them, green leaves and all, without foil on a barbecue will it all work out ok ? Or will the outsides do something weird like catch fire or smoulder nastily ? It seems to me like it should work in theory, but any practical advice would be welcome.

I saw Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix last night. Which just made me think "my mortal enemy's got no nose!" at intervals.

Comments

[mrlloyd.livejournal.com]

I believe foil is still required, at the very least make sure you trim off all the hairs as they will smoulder. I suspect to do them without the corn you have to wait till the fire is cooler and cook them for longer.

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Bizarrely, although I do remember the lime-juicified corn now that you mention it, if you had asked me what to put on barbecued corn on the cob this morning, I would have said, "Um, butter?"

I must have been very persuasive about it at the time, though!

[naranek.livejournal.com]

> my mortal enemy's got no nose!

How does he spell?

[wechsler.livejournal.com]

Oooch

I see what you did there...

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

No foil required. The leaves will blacken a little, but it's not like you're planning on eating them.

Will have to try the lime now, though :)

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Me too!

I wouldn't wrap in foil even when without leaves, unless it's a very very hot barbecue indeed. When the outsides of the kernels are nicely browned, the insides'll be cooked enough to eat.

[broadmeadow.livejournal.com]

I was at the Garlic Festival on the IOW a couple of years ago and they had a corn on the cob BBQ going there. They must have cooked up thousands of 'em, and each was in just its leaves.

Very nice it was, too.