Cooler corn cooker

[gsganzer]

Birds post about cooking corn and removing the silk, was timely.

Someone just sent me the following email with a simple method for cooking large volumes of corn.


"Am I the only person who hasn't heard of "cooler corn"?

As an obsessive food nerd, you'd expect that I would have at least heard of it, but over the weekend I was blind-sided by the simple genius of this method for cooking loads of corn on the cob perfectly.

I was introduced to it while visiting my family in Maine. Short story: We like corn on the cob. And with eight adults at the table, that means a couple of dozen ears. We would have used the lobster pot to cook them all, but the lobster pot was busy steaming lobster.

Then my sister, a capable Maine cook with years of camping experience, says "let's do cooler corn!" Before I could ask "what the heck is cooler corn?" a Coleman cooler appeared from the garage, wiped clean, then filled with the shucked ears. Next, two kettles-full of boiling water were poured over the corn and the top closed.

Then nothing.

When we sat down to dinner 30 minutes later and opened it, the corn was perfectly cooked. I'm told that the corn will remain at the perfect level of doneness for a couple of hours.

Turns out, Cooler Corn is pretty well known among the outdoorsy set, but for those of us who avoid tents as much as possible, it's perfect for large barbecues and way less of mess than grilling. In fact, I may even buy another cooler just so I'm ready for next summer. Now that I'm in the know."

 

[Bird]

Well, I'm one who never heard of that, but it makes sense. And I've got 4 coolers.

 

[creekbend]

I was raised on a farm, have camped out all during my life, and spent many days on the river bank next to a campfire while checking the trot lines. But I have never ever heard of that method of cooking corn. It seems like that method could be used to cook other vegetables that only require a short time for cooking. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.:thumbsup:

 

[ronjhall]

I have thought of using this method. Leaving the husk on. Then use the shucking corn method to remove husk and silk.

 

[Bird]

I have thought of using this method. Leaving the husk on. Then use the shucking corn method to remove husk and silk.

That should at least be another interesting experiment.

 

[jinman]

For my July 4th cookouts, I normally use a big turkey fryer for corn and cook 30+ ears at a time, but that cooler corn looks like a perfect option to try in the future.:thumbsup: