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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 889606" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>(not for the cooking thread)</p><p></p><p>I've never tried this but it sounds like it would work............</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: red"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">For all you Bar-B-Quer's out there. This is just a fantastic idea !</span></span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><strong>The </strong><strong>Best Way</strong><strong> to Cook Corn on the Cob for a Crowd? </strong><strong>It's Cooler Corn</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Am I the only person who hasn't heard of "cooler corn"?</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>As an obsessive food nerd, you'd expect that I would have </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>at least heard of it, but over the weekend I was blindsided </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>by the simple genius of this method for cooking loads of </strong><strong>corn on the cob (which is still in season, no matter that </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>summer already seems like a sad memory) perfectly</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>I was hepped to it while visiting my family in </strong><strong>Maine</strong><strong>. Short </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>story: We like corn on the cob. And with eight adults at </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>the table, that means a couple of dozen ears. We would </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>have used the lobster pot to cook them all, but the lobster </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>pot was busy steaming lobster. (And please don't spell it </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>"lobstah". It's not funny.) Then my sister, a capable </strong><strong>Maine</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>cook with years of camping experience says "let's do cooler </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>corn!" Before I can ask "what the hell is cooler corn?" a </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Coleman cooler appears from the garage, is wiped clean, </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>then filled with the shucked ears. Next, two kettles-full of </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>boiling water are poured over the corn and the top closed</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Then nothing.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>When we sat down to dinner 30 minutes later and opened it, </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>the corn was perfectly cooked. My mind was blown. And I'm </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>told that the corn will remain at the perfect level of doneness </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>for a couple of hours.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Turns out, Cooler Corn is pretty well known among the </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>outdoorsy set (I found a handful of mentions on various </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>camping websites). But for those of us who avoid tents as </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>much as possible, it's perfect for large barbecues and way </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>less of mess than grilling. In fact, I may even buy another </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>cooler just so I'm ready for next summer. Now that I'm in </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>the know. </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="color: #8000ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Scott DeSimon</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 889606, member: 1246"] (not for the cooking thread) I've never tried this but it sounds like it would work............ [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5][COLOR=red][COLOR=red][FONT=Comic Sans MS]For all you Bar-B-Quer's out there. This is just a fantastic idea ![/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=5][COLOR=#8000ff][COLOR=#8000ff][FONT=Comic Sans MS][B]The [/B][B]Best Way[/B][B] to Cook Corn on the Cob for a Crowd? [/B][B]It's Cooler Corn[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#8000ff][COLOR=#8000ff][FONT=Arial][B]Am I the only person who hasn't heard of "cooler corn"?[/B] [B]As an obsessive food nerd, you'd expect that I would have [/B] [B]at least heard of it, but over the weekend I was blindsided [/B] [B]by the simple genius of this method for cooking loads of [/B][B]corn on the cob (which is still in season, no matter that [/B] [B]summer already seems like a sad memory) perfectly[/B] [B]I was hepped to it while visiting my family in [/B][B]Maine[/B][B]. Short [/B] [B]story: We like corn on the cob. And with eight adults at [/B] [B]the table, that means a couple of dozen ears. We would [/B] [B]have used the lobster pot to cook them all, but the lobster [/B] [B]pot was busy steaming lobster. (And please don't spell it [/B] [B]"lobstah". It's not funny.) Then my sister, a capable [/B][B]Maine[/B] [B]cook with years of camping experience says "let's do cooler [/B] [B]corn!" Before I can ask "what the hell is cooler corn?" a [/B] [B]Coleman cooler appears from the garage, is wiped clean, [/B] [B]then filled with the shucked ears. Next, two kettles-full of [/B] [B]boiling water are poured over the corn and the top closed[/B] [B]Then nothing.[/B] [B]When we sat down to dinner 30 minutes later and opened it, [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#8000ff][COLOR=#8000ff][FONT=Arial][B]the corn was perfectly cooked. My mind was blown. And I'm [/B] [B]told that the corn will remain at the perfect level of doneness [/B] [B]for a couple of hours.[/B] [B]Turns out, Cooler Corn is pretty well known among the [/B] [B]outdoorsy set (I found a handful of mentions on various [/B] [B]camping websites). But for those of us who avoid tents as [/B] [B]much as possible, it's perfect for large barbecues and way [/B] [B]less of mess than grilling. In fact, I may even buy another [/B] [B]cooler just so I'm ready for next summer. Now that I'm in [/B] [B]the know. [/B] [B]Scott DeSimon[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/QUOTE]
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