Corn on Cob - have to make a Large Bag and

[lisaross]

bring it to a cubscout party - it will then be placed in sternos to keep it warm..i am going to buy a large bag at Costco - make them at home - boil them in water but should i then put it in a large tin ? should i wrap them indivudually in tin foil? should i mix butter and salt in before?

any suggestions?

thanx

 

[SandrA9810]

Personally, I find it much easier to microwave. I take off some of the longer husks on the outside, trim the top hairs that come out, then wrap them in a moist towel and microwave. 5 minutes for two of them at a time. (wash cloths are a good size)

After taking the towel off, wrap it in tin foil. I wouldn't butter/salt any because it's more of a personal preference. If your stock pot is big enough, that might be a good insulator to keep them warm till you arrive.

My favorite way to butter corn, is dipping it in a tall can of butter. At the Youth Fair growing up, they'd grill the corn and leave a tin can full butter on the grill. If you wanted butter, they'd dunk it in. You could probably leave a can in the middle of the tray just above the sterno.

 

[erddig]

When we make corn on the cob for a crowd, we boil it ahead of time (no salt, add sugar to the water) and put it in a cooler. Coolers keep cold things cold and hot things hot....works great!

We also cook salt potatoes ahead and place them in a spigot water cooler with a ton of melted butter. You take your potatoes out from the top and use the spigot to get your melted butter. The leftovers stay warm unitl morning for hash browns at breakfast.

 

[lisaross]

i will be boiling them..i'm using frozen - do u wrap them each individually b4 putting them in the cooler?

When we make corn on the cob for a crowd, we boil it ahead of time (no salt, add sugar to the water) and put it in a cooler. Coolers keep cold things cold and hot things hot....works great!

We also cook salt potatoes ahead and place them in a spigot water cooler with a ton of melted butter. You take your potatoes out from the top and use the spigot to get your melted butter. The leftovers stay warm unitl morning for hash browns at breakfast.

 

[mrodgers]

Personally, I find it much easier to microwave. I take off some of the longer husks on the outside, trim the top hairs that come out, then wrap them in a moist towel and microwave. 5 minutes for two of them at a time. (wash cloths are a good size)

For a few ears of corn, the microwave does pretty good. But for a party, such as depicted in the original post, I don't think she will be wanting to cook corn in the microwave 2 at a time. If you cook 3 dozen ears of corn for a party at 2 ears 5 minutes at a time, that's 3 hours of microwave cooking.

Boiling is the only way to cook a lot of corn (unless grilling of course, but that creates a completely different taste with the caramelized sugars.)

 

[erddig]

no individual wrapping, just make sure you scrub out that cooler ahead of time, let me know how it works out for you.

 

[mary0305]

You could buy a new small styrofoam cooler to put them in when cooked to transport. We did this one year when we did a Shrimp / Crawfish Boil. It kept the items hot for a long time since we could not cook all the batches at one time.