Cooking with Ease: Sweet Corn is Ready

Now is the prime time for local sweet corn. While corn is often available most of the year, it is never as fresh or as delicious as locally grown corn from Ontario.

According to Foodland Ontario when buying corn look for the following:

bright green, moist husks
the silk should be stiff, dark and moist
you should be able to feel individual kernels through the husk

Between purchasing and cooking, keep the corn moist and cool. Use it within two or three days.

Corn should be cooked and eaten immediately after picking since its natural sugars slowly convert to starch after being picked.

Corn is a good source of folate, dietary fibre, vitamin C, niacin, and thiamin. An average ear of corn has only 83 calories (butter not included).

Enjoy fresh corn through mid September; boiled, roasted, or grilled.

Click here to read Jason’s recipe for Grilled Corn with Smokey Herb Butter.

Submitted by Jason Taylor, Executive Chef, Taylor'd for Taste P.C.S.

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