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Cooking with corn: Thinking beyond the cob

Mark Bittman serves up five delicious variations using this incredibly versatile vegetable, including salsa, guacamole, chowder, corn bread and more.
/ Source: TODAY recipes

When corn is at its peak, think beyond the cob; put the cob in a bowl and run a knife down the side, rotating with each slice, to remove the kernels.

Tossed raw in a salad, grilled or broiled and then removed from the cob — either makes for a fresh addition to summer dishes.

All of these recipes use fresh corn though, truth be told, in a pinch frozen corn is a respectable substitute.

An average ear of corn has an average of 16 rows and 800 kernels — fun fact!