Corn

This time of year in CT we have corn on the cob shipped in from Florida or Georgia. I guess the varieties are called "Super Sweet" as they maintain their sweetness for a week or longer. Over th...

Welcome to the reporting thread for our September 2017 Dish of the Month. This month we will be baking Cornbreads & Spoonbreads (including baked hoecakes). Our chosen DOTM was the dark horse ca...

by Aromatherapy 4 years ago

There's a lively thread on the Boston board about a new Mexican restaurant that brags about using lard in its corn tortillas, with a lot of comments that lard is traditional. I'd always thought tha...

Looking to buy dried whole grain corn to make my own tortillas. Would love to find some heirloom varieties from the south but haven't been able to find a local source or importer to Ontario.

by Melanie Wong 11 months ago

From Popotla where we struck out on buying any tamales de elote https://www.chowhound.com/post/popotla-baja-california-1075792 , we continued south.

by pistachio peas 2 years ago

Use this thread to report on recipes from the following chapters from DEEP RUN ROOTS: BLUEBERRIES, SWEET CORN; CUCUMBERS; TOMATOES (pp. 190-281) ****INSTRUCTIONS: If you are the first to repo...

by amyzan 12 years ago

Our farmer's market opened today, and the Korean farmer was selling "sticky corn," which he also described as "waxy." I've googled and only found two references. One was a paper on a trial of the...

by Sandwich_Sister 4 years ago

Welcome to the reporting thread for the August Dish of the Month. This month we'll all be creating some tasty fresh corn side dishes. How will you prepare it and what ingredients will you use? Let ...

With or Without Potatoes! That's the question.

I had lunch at the Aria buffet in Las Vegas the other day, and had a dish I hadn't had in so long, I forgot how much I liked it. Basically I had mac&cheese with a slightly creamy corn & red pepper ...

by PennyG 1 year ago

I bought some chicos at the Farmers Market on a recent trip to Santa Fe. I’ve been doing some research on the best way to use them and think I will probably throw some in with my next batch of Ran...

Guys, where do you go to get farm-fresh (i.e. picked same-day or the night before) corn? I live in Cambridgeport (south Cambridge) - I usually go to Union Square Farmer's Market, but that's onl...

Hello, I recently came back from a trip to South America and I picked up some dried corn from the La Vega market. They are dried corn and I'm assuming they need to be soaked before cooking. Any ide...

So, it’s “local” sweet corn season here in CT. Around here, starting around May, we start to see corn shipped in to markets from Florida first then Georgia. They are sold as “Super Sweet” varieties...

I don't have a grill. I want to grill shucked corn on top of my gas stove, kind of like the way I roast marshmallows, and red peppers so I can slide the charred skins off. Any reason why this won...

Hello, I've been looking for (good) yellow corn in Manhattan. There is one farmer at USQ Greenmarket carries it, but it's not that good yet. I need it this week. But, forget about the quality, i...

Is 'sweet corn on the cob' an item in the Mexican 'diet?' If it is, is it a native Mexican food - or is it an imported 'dish' from the USA?

I didn't get to do my usual "putting up" of field peas and butter beans this year. So, this morning, I went to our local produce market to get some frozen black-eyed peas and some butter beans. W...

Hello, Chow community! Corn is here in NW PA pretty much on schedule. Gotta get it while the getting is good as we will move in to grapes and apples more quickly than we think! Perfect summer corn ...