Corn is a great food to know how to cook with, because it tastes great and can be used in many different dishes. But to work with corn well you need to know how to prepare it fresh. This works much better than buying it frozen or ready-prepared. Here’s how to prepare your corn so that you can get that lovely fresh taste.
Remove the Coat
First up, you need to get rid of all the skin and coating around the corn’s ear. This means pulling away the green leaves, the beardy hair, and any of the silk threads that are woven into it. It is important to get rid of the threads as otherwise these will interfere later on.
Extract the Corn
It can be really simple to collect the individual corns and extract them from the cob. All you have to do is place the corn down on the chopping board, blunt side down. This means it should be secure and balanced in the board. Next, slice down the corn in a downwards motion. All of the individual corns should fall onto the board. Repeat all the way around.
Extract the Milk
If you also want to extract the corn’s “milk”, then place a bowl on the chopping board and scrape the knife sown the corn’s husk. The milk will flow into the bowl. Repeat all the way around.
