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[DiAnne]

When my mother was living me I had to cut the corn off the cob for her because of dentures.  I still do that.  I hate getting junk stuck between my teeth.  I melt some butter in a frying pan. throw the kernels in and just heat it up. I add salt and sometimes smoked paprika.  I also like corn raw in salads.  I think a lot of people over cook corn.  

[Starpolisher]

I go round, turning it. No salt, no butter.

[meallen616]

Typewriter, with butter and salt!

[151949]

It will still be many weeks before we have fresh corn available here in Pa. We are looking forward to it.

[momtochloe]

This thread made me smile . . . yesterday I grilled a few ears and was in such a hurry to taste them I started typewriter style and then quickly realized why I usually cut the kernals off of the cob.  It was delicious!

[SilleeMee]

I love corn on the cob! Especially off the grill with garlic butter! Yummy.

I think I like it so much because as a child I never got to eat it. Cultural differences are to blame for. My mom's side of the family NEVER ate corn! It was, and still is, considered PIG FOOD. So I say: "LET ME WALLOW! WEEEEE!!"

[faeriemoon]

Weird answer; prepare yourself.

I eat the ends with the "around method" then I eat the middle with the "typewriter method."

[Pearlee]

This is an old Weight Watchers trick and everyone I've mentioned it to has loveed it.  Rather than putting any butter on (too many calories), sprinkle parmesean cheese on it (or roll it on some if you put some on a plate first). It doesn't take much to make it very flavorful. When I showed this trick to my sister, she said it tasted like cheddar cheese corn.  It's really good that way, and no salt needed either - the parm cheese gives it the little zip of salt that shaking on salt would..  

[deepwaterdotter]

I eat mine "typewriter-style", husband cuts it off the cob.

[Stray]

The ends, then, the middle with butter and pepper