Corn on the cob

tlv204

This was inspired by the food habits poll, and I'm curious, how do you eat corn on the cob? Like, typewriter style, in circles around it, or other way? I eat it typewriter OCD style, there cannot be any corn left on there when I'm done. I also really dislike eating corn on the cob without those nifty corn holders, but I love it and will eat it no matter what. I never fully appreciated it before braces.

shanwalk2

circles for me. husband does typewriter. i can't believe we fell for eachother.

katiewhompus

I do circles and I too hate the little corn things. I used to pull off all of the kernels and eat them individually too.

tmm140

I agree!! I can't eat corn without those corn cob holders...especially the ones shaped like corn cobs!!  I do the same thing...typwriter style without leaving a single kernal.

bbyckes

I usually cut the corn off the cob.  But, I will eat it in a circle.

SarahnVinny

I scrape it off the cob.

temerityjane

"You know they call corn-on-the-cob, "corn-on-the-cob", but that's how it comes out of the ground. They should just call it corn, and every other type of corn, corn-off-the-cob. It's not like if someone cut off my arm they would call it "Mitch", and then re-attached it, and call it "Mitch-all-together"."/HedbergAlso, I do not eat corn on the cob at all. I stopped when I got braces and never ate it again.

nda_roxybabe

I cut it of the cob. My overbite makes it annoying to eat on the cobb

aerinpegadrak

I don't like it on the cob, but when I do have it that way I eat it typewriter style.

katafie929

Typewriter style..and I agree, i always have to have the little holder things.

tlv204

Nice TJ :)The reason I'm asking is that DH eats corn like the freaking Tasmanian Devil. I mean random chunks taken off here and there just destroying the cob, so that it looks like an axe murderer got to it when he's done, and left half of the corn behind to warn others. I do not get it. I've never in my life seen anyone eat corn that way, it almost freaks me out.  I made fun of him so much the  last time we did it that he made a very concerted effort to eat it circle style, but there was still kernel mess entrails left all over it.

lyndausvi

Ever since I had braces I hate earring corn on the cob. So I cut the corn off the cob.

bbyckes

 I mean random chunks taken off here and there just destroying the cob, so that it looks like an axe murderer got to it when he's done, and left half of the corn behind to warn others. So freaking hilarious!

sucrets4

Circles!!!And always with the holders.  I don't like getting my hands icky.DH says typewriter.  shan, I don't know how we do it.

Ciaram22

Typewriter style. And I hate eating it with the little holders on it. If I'm going to eat corn on the cob I'm going to get my hands dirty.

sucrets4

tlv - HAHAHAHA to your entire reply!!  I read it out loud to DH and he made the tasmanian devil sound in honor of it.

shanwalk2

Sucrets - the sh!t we put up with... it's unbelievable.

bintmejnuna

I eat it typewriter style, always in 4 kernel high rows. It annoys me when there's a 5 kernel row left at the end... I'm never sure how to proceed

tlv204

  Seriously though it weirds me out! I was hoping someone else did it that way so I could make him feel better about it. Apparently he's just a lone crazy corn killer.

LesPaul

tlv - that's hilarious.  we're both circulars.

sucrets4

shan - we should start a support group.ciara - it amuses me that we posted the exact opposite thing!tlv - ::points to sig::

shellydiane820

I shave the corn off with a butter knife.

tlv204

Ha awesome! I've never been quoted in a sig before

ThePinkSuperhero

Typewriter!

Nebb

I eat it in no discernible pattern. I will start eating across, and then around, and then across, and then back around. I leave patches here and there for my dog. He eats it like a typewriter.

arbolita

typewriter.  Growing up, I also used to call it corn the cob

salt78

Typewriter style and I stop like a half inch from both ends. I'm a wasteful corn on the cob eater.

tlv204

Yay Nebb is a corn killer too!! Just not as crazy of one :)Also, the word "cob" is starting to sound funny in my head.

missy68

Typewriter, and with the holders, and usually the first bite or two is bigger (so I don't get my nose in the butter). I use an obscene amount of butter on it, too. I will occasionally microwave it, but most often boil it. I'm a good shucker. And. see, the braces thing.... I was so happy after 9 years IN braces, the first things I did were eat hard candy, chew bubble gum, eat an apple, and eat corn on the cob. Now that I'm in Iowa, I'm slowly turning into a corn snob. This IS the one vegetable FI will eat. There are about 3-4 weeks out of the year where it is really good- usually the end of July-mid August. We'll buy the shiit out of it, and cook it up/eat a ton of it. FSIL, FI and I cooked a dozen ears, and had 2 left over. I ate 1. No wait- I started a 2nd. They weren't all eaten; if they weren't good, they tossed 'em and got another.

salt78

Tree - Have you ever eaten corn on the cob with Old Bay? It's SO GOOD with Old Bay.

ggmae

I don't eat it any particular way. I just bite where the kernels are in no particular pattern. I just had some corn tonight as a matter of fact. Mmm.