Corn Fest

Now that the weather's finally broken from 'soup' to 'normal summer bliss', and we are finally looking at mini vacations to enjoy it, I've been eyeing ears of corn at the grocery store. And today, my friends, we broke our four-year corn fast. Bliss!

This time I tried a brilliant cooking solution from Rose Reisman, who posted the technique on her Instagram account. Basically, instead of boiling the cobs for 20 minutes and filling your house with heat, you steam them for 2 minutes and retain your good humour. Also the natural sugar and flavour, if you care about stuff like that.

After you've shucked and rinsed the corn and lined it up all ready to go into the pot, you have to wait for the all-important inch of water to boil. I used the waiting time to check whether I'm ready to turn the heel flap on the sock I want to take on the day trip I'm mapping out:

and to wash the corn holders (we were one short!)

and to check on the dog.

Okay, some might say the dog is a stick reindeer a neighbour left out on the curb for garbage pickup, but we say it's family. Every so often we put sunglasses and a hat or joke tiara on it and stick it somewhere to surprise somebody as they come in the door - on top of the entry table staring them down is a good one, or pressed up against a window staring down some peckish soul who's just trying to have a snack.  

Finally, the first cobs were ready to come out of the water. 

The difference in colour is amazing, isn't it? Especially after a four-year drought resulting from neglect and the absence of a barbeque, our previous corn-approved cooking surface. A sight for sore eyes, one might say.

Guess who got the fork in place of the missing corn holder? But honestly, with this steaming thing, you don't burn your hands on the ends anyway, so it didn't matter.

My review: Rose Reisman is a hero. The corn was so good, and the kitchen stayed pretty cool, and everybody was happy. And now I can go back to trip planning. Not like I can do much else while I recover from all that gorging, ahem.

Hope you've been having a great Saturday and thanks as always for dropping by to spend a little time with me - I always appreciate it so much. Come back next week when I will hopefully have trip pix and knitting progress. I mean these socks are supposed to be a Christmas present and I don't know how I'll pull it off if I keep going at this rate, so I gotta pick up the pace somehow!