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How To Boil Corn
By Leeanne Utiger
Learn how to boil corn and serve up a delicious accompaniment with the rest of your dinner for your family.
A lot of people will simply opt for the traditional method of knowing how to boil corn. You can either use corn kernels, this means the kernels have already been stripped from the cob of the corn. Or you can if you prefer choose to boil corn still on the cob. Which ever way you prefer to eat your corn, really is irrelevant to how you boil corn. It will all taste the same either which way.
You will need a pot of course to begin with. In this pot you will need to place either your corn kernels or your corn on the cob pieces. Once you have your corn in the pot, you are now able to cover the selected choice of corn with cold water. There is no need to cover with hot water, as the water will in fact heat up on cooking. Once you have placed sufficient in water into the pot, (which should be enough to just cover your corn), sprinkle a little salt in to the water and corn. Cover the corn with a pot lid and place on to an element on your stove top. You will need to have the element turned on to the highest temperature to begin with, as you want the water in the pot to heat up and in fact begin to boil.
Once your element reaches the appropriate temperature and the pot that contains the water and your corn for dinner begin to boil, you can now lower the temperature of your element to a medium temperature. This will keep your corn boiling at a slower rate is all. You will find the boiling corn should be boiled enough and cooked within approximately 15 minutes. If you want the corn to be slightly crunchier, simply remove the pot from the element sooner. And if you do not think it is cooked enough at the end of the given 15 minute time frame, just leave on to boil for an additional few minutes.
Once your corn is finished boiling and therefore cooking, take the pot off the element, remembering to turn your element off. You do not want to burn yourself. Drain the water from your pot, and serve your corn up onto the waiting dinner plates. Add a dollop of butter to the top of your corn kernels or corn on the cob for added flavour, along with some ground black pepper. This is simply delicious.
If you want to add some flavours during the boiling stage of cooking your corn, know how to mix what with what. Some added flavours will not do your corn any good, but others will. Instead of using plain salt, perhaps you could try to use a little garlic salt. This has been tried and it is very tasty.
There is no reason why you cannot experiment with your own preference of additional flavours. You will not know what will taste nice if you do not in fact give it a go. Cooking is all about experimenting in the kitchen, and there is no right nor wrong, just what is right for you and how you prefer things to be cooked.
If you would rather not boil your corn on the stove top, you can opt to boil your corn in the mircrowave oven. This will not take as long to boil as opposed to boiing corn on the stove top. However you will need to know how to use your microwave with varying vegetables and temperatures. All microwaves have a different voltage, so cooking and boiling times can vary. I suggest you look in the instruction manual that came with your microwave for specific cooking times strictly listed for knowing how to boil corn.
Regardless as to whether you choose to use your stove top or microwave when you decide to learn how to boil corn, it will all taste the same once you have managed to learn successfully how to boil corn.
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