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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 10:39 AM
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Poll question: Favorite thing to put on fresh corn on the cob...
Multiples are unfortunately impossible with the polls, so if you choose a spice, butter/margarine will be assumed simply because without it the spice just won't stick to the damn ear.
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 10:44 AM
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1. I don't know "old bay" and paprika, isn't paprika tasteless?
Can someone explain paprika and old bay?
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 10:47 AM
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2. Old Bay (brand name) is THE crab spice. Paprika is far from tasteless - well, unless it's McCormick
or one of the other mass-produced shit spices that are about a decade old before they sit in a grocer store for another decade before someone purchases them.
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 10:48 AM
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4. I must be eating old paprika - can you describe its flavor?
I looked up old bay and it sounds pretty tasty.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 10:57 AM
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8. In a word, "no". You have to experience good paprika to know the flavor.
It does have a bit of a bite to it but I wouldn't call it hot. It will definitely liven up an ear of corn! I like it best on really sweet corn, sort of to offset it a little. Paprika is simply ground bell pepper and can range from really mild to fairly hot. I get it in bulk bags from a local Indian grocery, the same place I get most of my lentils and other legumes and of course my garam masala. As for the "no flavor" comment, you might be thinking of tumeric which has a REALLY subtle flavor but is often used simply for coloring.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 10:48 AM
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3. Old Bay (as in Chesapeake Bay guys) is for CRABS and shrimp.
Putting it on corn is SACRILEDGE (LaurenG Old Bay is a spicy reddish pepper that is generally put on seafood around here, I've never EVER seen it on corn)
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 10:49 AM
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5. Good to know because you know where I live and I have never seen it here
but it does sound good.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 10:56 AM
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7. I don't generally like spicy stuff..
but old bay on shrimp is wonderful. I just can't see it on corn though. Its a powerful flavor that would overwhelm the delicate corn flavor. It works well with seafood though.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 11:00 AM
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12. Yellow metal can with a red plastic lid. You can't miss it.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 10:59 AM
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11. It is EXCELLENT on Silver Queen - and you haven't lived until you've done Old Bay on popcorn.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 11:03 AM
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13. NONONONO
I won't even put butter on Silver Queen. Down here anyway, its so sweet to put anything on it ruins it...I went to a corn roast a few years back, Seriously, fresh out of the field right off the grill I ate it with nothing and its still one of the most enjoyable things I've ever eaten....
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 11:05 AM
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15. Eastern shore Silver Queen is really best raw.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 11:18 AM
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18. You do know they put it (or the equivalent) on *potato chips*, right?
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 05:11 PM
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27. I've had those - mostly salt
:puke:
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 10:49 AM
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6. Just butter is awesome, but I tried a sprinkle of parmesan cheese once and it was fabu.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 10:58 AM
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9. I use that too. Perhaps I should have included it in the poll.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 10:58 AM
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10. I shuck the corn, cover it in a mixture of salt, butter and Redneck Pepper, wrap it in tinfoil...
and throw it on the grill. After letting it cool a sec, it can go straight from your grill to your mouth, no further mussing needed.

Redneck Pepper: http://www.redneckpepper.com/
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 11:04 AM
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14. When my uncle was in his hippie days (yellow chevy van with a canoe on top), he took us camping...
Edited on Wed Jul-20-11 11:05 AM by HopeHoops
This involved soaking corn in water while in the husk and then putting it in the coals of the fire with the husks to protect it. We ate burnt corn that night but I don't think he cared too much because he was pretty well toked up by the time we got around to eating. I think we burned potatoes in the coals also, but I don't remember for sure. I'm fairly certain he wouldn't remember either.

On Edit: He cooked that way because "that's the way the Indians cooked".
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 01:05 PM
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23. Lol. as far as cooking on open coals on the ground, I recommend Hobo Stew
You take a layer of tinfoil, then cover it in cabbage, and then cover that in the parings from a carrot. Then you take the chopped up inside of the carrot, plus whatever other vegetables you've got, plus ground beef, and throw it all in there. Wrap it up, throw it on the coals for a half hour, and eat.
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 11:07 AM
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16. TEETH!
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Eyerish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 11:13 AM
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17. Mexican Street corn...
Grilled corn, covered in a Lime-mayo then rolled in cotija cheese and sprinkled with a little caynenne or paprika. YUM!! :9
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 06:24 PM
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29. elotes asada!
Yum!
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tabbycat31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 11:31 AM
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19. nothing
I used to be a butter person but then the butter ran out before it reached me, so I ate it plain.

It is so much better without butter.
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distantearlywarning Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 12:25 PM
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20. Normally I'm a big fan of butter in food, but...
I have a real taste for those "I can't believe it's not butter" type sprays on corn. They just taste more buttery than butter on corn to me, and stay on the corn better.
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IcyPeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 12:28 PM
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21. butter AND salt
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 06:01 PM
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28. yes indeed.
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Divameow77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 12:31 PM
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22. Light mayo, parmesan and steak seasoning...
before you grill it, yum!
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rbnyc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 07:09 PM
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32. That sounds good! (nt)
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 01:39 PM
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24. Butter + Sea salt
Although in Thailand they added sugar and hot pepper
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seaglass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 02:20 PM
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25. Haha. I do not use butter - just salt. You are right it doesn't stick well without butter.
I don't like butter/margarine though.
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tonekat Donating Member (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 05:07 PM
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26. Butter. and Salt
Lately though, just salted butter. I grew up eating the corn grown in the Hurley Flats in upstate NY, and if I'm visiting when it's in season, will bring a bag back to VA.

I was at a farmer's market in NoVa a few years ago, and they were offering corn on the cob with lime, butter and hot sauce...delicious!

I bought a few ears from a local Wegman's two weeks ago, and it was not bad at all!
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rbnyc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 06:58 PM
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30. mayo, asiago cheese, lime juice and cayenne pepper. (nt)
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 07:02 PM
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31. I eat it plain.
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GoCubsGo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-11 07:16 PM
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33. "Pain is Good" hot salt
Or any other salt with chillis in it. Morton's Hot Salt is another good one.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-11 06:18 AM
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34. Melinda's XXXX Special Reserve Habanero sauce.
I've tried a few of the Pain is Good batches, and yes they were hot, but they just didn't have a well-rounded flavor. Cute labels!
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-11 07:54 AM
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35. Butter, salt, and sour cream.
I think it's a family thing, because I have never seen or heard of anyone else using sour cream on their corn.

It's REALLY good, though. :9
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-11 09:05 AM
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36. Hmm. That DOES sound good!
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Zephie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-11 11:10 AM
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37. Lime and cilantro
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-11 11:14 AM
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38. Umeboshi paste
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-11 11:18 AM
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39. Does that go well with duct tape?
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-11 11:19 AM
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40. Paste is yin, tape is yang....perfectly balanced.
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