Corn on the Cob: How to Boil and Eat It

So who's up for a corn in a cob, yo?

Haha. Trying to mimic a habit of Jesse Pinkman from the TV Series Breaking Bad (And if you have the time, you should check that out :)).

Anyway, do you like eating corn? I just love eating corn in a cob. I personally love it when it is a Japanese sweet corn and is taken in the stomach with a splurge of butter and minimal salt to taste. I've been meaning to do a grilled corn. Probably later. Oh... yum. Just imagining it makes me salivate now.

Funny how I used to boil it for about 30 minutes thinking that corn is slow to cook. The result: the water where the corn is boiled has turned deeply yellow and I get a bland taste of corn which I don't get to enjoy. So with a dilemma on hand, I look it up on the Internet and whoalah!! I found out that I was doing it all wrong!

So how do I boil it? The internet says it would take for about 3-5 minutes for it to cook. I would say that based on experience, it would also depend on how big or small where you'll boil it. Small pot - yes, it's true it takes 3-5 minutes but it may take quite longer if you're boiling it in a large pot.

How about the indication that it is done? If you have been fond of cooking vegetables (i.e. stir frying, boiling) and been watching them cook like I habitually do due to the notion that I might burn them if I leave them, you'll see that from dark green it turns bright green. The same goes with the corn with the exception of course that it's yellow.

After successfully boiling it, here comes the fun part: eating corn.

So how do you eat it? I don't like eating my corn messy. But I know you think it's ironic since eating corn on a cob especially with butter IS messy. It's just that I don't like any corn bits sticking between my teeth.

The remaining 4 layers of corn I need to gobble up.

Anyhow, this is how I eat corn: I pick out a part of the cob where I twist one it in a clockwise direction until it became loose. I work in one layer first until I consumed it all and then after that it becomes easy since I'll just have to put my thumb between the 2nd layer and move it to the right where the first layer was.

I know that it takes time and patience man but there's this adage: Patience is a virtue. Savor the moment and enjoy eating it.