Uncle Paul's Corn on the cob.

[kozak6]

Thanks for the story, Carl.

Reminds me that I haven't been fishing with my father in ages .

~John

 

[Raymond1000]

When I was a kid there were two ways to eat corn on the cob. Typewriter style—in which one bite followed the other along the length of the cob. And Player Piano style—in which you took the second bite below the first, spinning the cob until you’d completed a circle.

Today typewriters and player pianos are equally obsolete.

 

[sixgunner455]

That is how I eat corn-on-the cob. Never had too many teeth, and fewer now than I did as a kid (got dentures, but they don't work on corn. At all). My dad saw me gnawing at a corn cob one day, having a tough time of it, and pulled out his stockman and sliced it out for me in a similar way to what you described.

Next day, he bought me a little jackknife, and that's been the way I've done corn ever since. Little butter, little salt, and life can't be better.

My 14yo daughter pulls out her little SAK and does it, too - braces don't work with corn cobs, either. She's done it for longer than since she got her braces, though - doesn't like getting all messy when she eats. Somebody at a church picnic asked her why she does that just as I was sitting down at the table to eat.

"That's how my dad does it."

I pulled out my knife and sliced my cob out.

"So, why do you do that?"

"Cause it's easier to eat, and you get all the corn kernels."

Simple, sensible stuff.

 

[jackknife]

Thanks for the story, Carl.

Reminds me that I haven't been fishing with my father in ages .

~John

Go do it this weekend. You'll be glad you did later.

Carl.

 

[silenthunterstudios]

Another great story Jacknife. Best way to have Maryland sweet corn on the cob, is with butter, and Old Bay or JO right off the crab shell!