If you are fortunate enough to have a farming friend who plants lots of sweet corn and lets you come pick it, you’ll learn how to choose the best ears. When the silk turns dark, the corn is filled out but we don’t like to pick ears with really dark silk. The darker the silk, the more mature the corn is. If you choose ears with brown silk a little lighter as it approaches the cob, you’ll get more tender ears, the individual kernels are not quite as mature. We teased our kids when they were missing teeth that they wouldn’t be able to eat corn on the cob, but those tender ears we selectively chose to bring home didn’t give them any trouble at all. We steam corn in a big pot, butter it up and then dive in.
Picking sweet corn
