This little guy is smiling because he is eager to get in that microwave and into your stomach.
Yes, we're using the microwave. Boiling a pot of water is way too much work, and I'm not sure you're ready for that yet.
So you know that this is how corn looks in its natural state, right? Minus the smiley face, of course.
Only buy as many ears as you think you can eat in a day or two. You can get them already stripped clean in a package or you can go old school and do it yourself. It's cheaper if you put a little effort into it and take the husks off yourself.
See how hairy this guy is? You don't want to eat this so try to pick most of the silk, the technical term, off.
Don't whine. You're only eating 2 or 3 of these things. Get at it.
Just take a couple of sections of paper towel, get it wet, squeeze the water out and wrap it around the corn until it looks like a strange burrito.
Leave the corn on the plate and microwave for 4 minutes. If you're making two ears, do 5 minutes.
That's it! Can you believe it? This will be pretty hot, so try to hold off. Losing the skin off the roof of your mouth is worse than a paper cut.
If you search the internet, you'll find some other ways to microwave corn. They're all good and they're all easy. That's the way we like it.
Just a few more words about corn. My favorite variety is silver queen, which is the white corn. It's juicy and tender. The yellow variety always reminds me of what they feed cattle. Not that I would know.
Most importantly, when they start selling corn at the road side stands, buy local. The corn you just bought in the store hasn't seen Mother Earth in a long, long time. Have fun, wipe the butter off your chin and clean the kitchen. Make your mother proud.
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