# How do you eat your corn? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 24, 2001, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-corn/73588 "2001-07-24T04:04:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2001, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-corn/73588/21 "2001-07-25T01:32:52Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by wishbone \* \*\* > [@](#): > > …Does anybody know what to do with a mostly full [can] of hominy…?\*\* **Sweet Hominy** _Simple Side Dish_ Preparation time: 15 Minutes Serves: 4-6 People **Ingredients** : 1 28 oz Can Yellow hominy 2 Tbs Butter (or more) ¼ Cup Maple syrup (light amber) **Preparation** : Open and drain hominy well. Melt butter in a skillet and add the hominy. Warm through and top with the maple syrup. Reduce until syrup begins to thicken slightly and form a glaze. Serve immediately. **Note** : Please use real maple syrup for the delicate flavor it imparts to this recipe. This also makes a wonderful side dish for Thanksgiving. ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2001, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-corn/73588/22 "2001-07-25T01:44:58Z")
I know this sets me up as flame bait. I -seriously- take a sharp knife and slice the kernels off the cob before eating. When I wore braces, lo those many years ago, I couldn’t eat corn off the cob and had to cut it off. Since that experience, I truly feel you get more corn that way -though my SO vehemently disagrees, it’s less messy and I don’t have to go running to the dental floss immediately after eating. (Yes, I know it takes the “fun” out of it, what can I say.) From there, season to taste with a dab of butter, salt and pepper and dig in. ---
**Author:** ![Tyklfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tyklfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyklfe)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-corn/73588/23 "2001-07-25T01:55:55Z")
[shudder] _braces_ [/shudder] I know your pain **minlokwat**. When I had braces (many years ago) I used to cut my corn up the same way (and I loved it). ---
**Author:** ![SteveinSpain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@SteveinSpain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveinSpain)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2001, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-corn/73588/24 "2001-07-25T10:58:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by minlokwat \* > \*\* > I -seriously- take a sharp knife and slice the kernels off the cob before eating. > \*\* Minlokwat, I do the same thing. Not because I wore braces, worse… it’s because I’m AR and I got this thing about not eating with my hands. My love for fresh corn outweights all those “what the hell ya doing remarks”. ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2001, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-corn/73588/25 "2001-07-26T05:41:29Z")
I prefer using my teeth. ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2001, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-corn/73588/26 "2001-07-26T07:28:00Z")
I don’t eat corn on the cob much. How am I supposed to remember? Anyway, **wishbone** , you asked what you do with hominy. I think hominy is one of those things that should be used in combination with something else. You are right that it has an odd flavor. It does suck in any flavors it is cooked with though. Then it has a great flavor and texture. One use for hominy is menudo. No not that funky latin band, I mean the soup. Mmmmm. Cow stomach, with big corn pieces, beef, and many more succulent additives. I eat it, but not a lot of it. My stomach can’t take much of the cow’s so I don’t push it. ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2001, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-corn/73588/27 "2001-07-26T07:30:10Z")
> [@](#): > > I don’t eat corn on the cob much. How am I supposed to remember? Dammit! I meant, “How am I supposed to remember **how I eat it**?” Before I just sounded like I was senile. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-corn/73588/28 "2001-07-28T04:02:33Z")
Hominy is regular corn soaked in Lye… then I assume in water and rinsed of course. ---
**Author:** ![Race\_Bannon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Race\_Bannon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Race_Bannon)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-corn/73588/29 "2001-07-28T04:58:02Z")
_Iowa boy checking in…_ I do it typewriter (I call it raster). My wife, a Kansas girl, is a ringer. When we had a child, we anxiously waited to see which gene was dominant. The result… Random access. ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-corn/73588/30 "2001-07-28T09:34:39Z")
I’m a typewiter. An IBM selectric, in fact. When it comes to corn on the cob, I definitely go horizontally. And the more butter and (especially) salt, the better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-your-corn/73588.md?page=1)