Corn on the Cob is best when ______
It's best when it's at my aunt and uncle's farm, fresh out of the field. I don't care how it's cooked, just let me put a little butter, salt and pepper on it.
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Skippy or Jif? (Thanks Bessfour!)
In Canada there was no Jif. I still don't think there's Jif. We always bought Squirrel Peanut butter ("the one with the peanut on top!), always creamy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirrel_(peanut_butter)
The other major brand we got was Kraft peanut butter, with the bears on the label. http://www.kraftcanada.com/SiteCollectionImages/ImageRepository/4/smooth.jpg
What foods are uniquely '80s'?
I grew up in the 80s and I do remember all the moms trading quiche recipes and muffin recipes. They had whole cookbooks with nothing but muffins.
Do you know what food items cost?
I know what things cost, definitely. I also have a good memory, and I love reading grocery flyers. I'm lucky that I have 3 grocery stores within walking distance and another couple on my way home from work, so I can work the flyers to my advantage. The food price rise hasn't been as dramatic (yet) in Canada, but I'm bracing for it. I can tell you I usually buy strawberries when they're priced at $1.99 a pound, zucchini at 99 cents/lb and a head of romaine for no more than $1. Maybe a little more in winter. When meat's on sale I stock up the freezer. When my favourite Bran Flakes (the William Shatner kind) are on sale I stock up like mad. But I've always been this way. I'll buy a 10 lb bag of potatoes instead of loose ones; they're 10x cheaper this way, and I do use them up before they go bad.
Name 5 THINGS ALWAYS in Your FRIDGE!
Skim milk
Cottage Cheese
Mushrooms
Lettuce or spinach
Broccoli
Favorite summer food- now and from childhood?
Robincat, I'm in Southwestern Ontario; we had Vernors as the factory was very close. Vernors reminds me of Grandma's house. It doesn't taste the same anymore.
When I was a kid my faves were fresh corn from my uncle's farm; hot dogs, grape popsicles and chocolate soft serve cones.
Now I still love fresh local corn, green beans, strawberries, peppers (especially grilled) and good grilled steak. I also still love chocolate soft serve.
What lunch box did you have - what was in it?
@Susquehanna: I had the same Mork and Mindy lunchbox, but in orange. This was 1981. In Grade 2 I got a Thermos brand Garfield lunchbox and then in grade 4 the cool thing was to have an insulated bag. The first one I had was red and white but then I got a silver coloured one with "Survival Kit" printed on it.
A typical lunch was saltines w/butter or pb for morning snack; pb and honey sandwich, cut up apple wrapped in wax paper and either homemade baking or two Dare Chocolate fudge cookies. With the hard plastic lunch boxes I usually got apple or grape juice in the thermos but by the time the insulated packs came along, I was buying a carton of milk at school. 40 cents, either white or chocolate. That was the only thing you could buy at school; the milk guy would drop off a couple of cases and someone would set up a table in the foyer every day.
Then in grade 7 we moved and I was only 2 doors down from my new school so I could go home for lunch and eat Zoodles and watch Gummi Bears on TV!
Do you eat a bed-time snack? What is it?
I'm a cereal girl. My parents got me going on this; if my brother or I were hungry before bed it was cereal, a piece of toast or nothing. I also love Shreddies, or Life, or Bran Flakes (the ones with William Shatner on the box). Yum.
Snickers or Milky Way?
Canadian Mars bars are like American Milky Way bars--no almonds. That black and red wrapper is like a beacon to me. Also Cadbury Caramilk (the dark version, preferably), Neilson Pep, Aero or Aero Caramel.
How do you eat your hot dogs?
I love ketchup on hot dogs. Just ketchup. And fried onions if they're available. There's no snobbery about mustard vs ketchup in Canada, as far as I can tell.
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Corn on the Cob is best when ______
Pick on the way to campground. Store in buckets of water. Grill in husks, silks intact, on rack over open campfire until burnt beyond recognition. Peel, sprinkle with Johnny's seasoning salt and eat standing up to avoid getting corn juice on your camos.
Corn on the Cob is best when ______
@Perk ~ Why are all these people getting corn and there is no corn in our area to speak of? Am I missing something?
Corn on the Cob is best when ______
Screamingly fresh. Pick it while the water boils or the grill heats up.
I miss living next to a working farm.
Corn on the Cob is best when ______
Chelley - I meant to add that the corn in PA is delicious, but can't compare to the corn from the Garden State. Neither can the strawberries, peaches, tomatoes - NJ produce is the best...........there's just something about that sandy or semi-sandy soil I guess. If you live near there, Duffield's farm in Turnersville SJ has the most awesome produce market with fresh baked goods too. Wow, do I miss that food.
Corn on the Cob is best when ______
Take it from an Iowa farm girl, keep it simple. Freshly picked-- no more than two days out of the field. Boiled for 5 minutes, buttered, salted. No bogus seasonings or lime juice or cheese or whatever. If the corn is good, it speaks for itself.
Corn on the Cob is best when ______
@ChelleyD01 ~ I've been doing it that way for 40 years. I'm not a milk drinker and don't usually have much in the fridge except for coffee and the occasional bowl of cereal. I've cooked the corn with and without the milk and/or sugar and I think it tastes sweeter and is more tender with both. I've also salted the water, but I think it toughens the corn just a smidgen. Corn is one of my most favorite foods on earth and I want it perfect. I like it hot, so I only take out an ear per person at a time. The rest stays perfectly cooked in the hot, slightly sweet, milky water and doesn't ever taste overcooked, as we grab our seconds, thirds and fourths. Is there a scientific explanation for this perfection? No idea. Ask Alton?
I slather it with butter, s&p and suck the ear when all the corn is consumed. My ear of corn and I have entered an altered universe and achieved a joyous state of nirvana.
Corn on the Cob is best when ______
...eaten outside! I don't care how you cook it (I just shuck, boil then salt and butter) but eat it outdoors!
Corn on the Cob is best when ______
With lime juice, mexican chile powder, and cojita..... :D
Corn on the Cob is best when ______
@ perky....whats the milk do? Ive done corn every way there is, I just happen to like it in a quick sugar water bath like my great grandmother did.
I, for one, get fantastic corn in Northeastern Ohio.
I like it cut off the cob with amish butter and kosher salt. Yum.
Corn on the Cob is best when ______
Grilled in the husk and liberally doused with chipotle lime butter. Yum!
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