Cooler Corn---Has anyone ever done this?

[Ray S S]

Greetings, here is an email I just got. It did not say who wrote it to begin with and I am wondering about this.
It seems like a pretty slick way of doing this if it really works. Let me know if anyone of you are familiar with
this method. I'm thinking that I will try it next summer and see how it works out. It didn't say anything about
adding salt or any seasoning of any kind.


The email goes as follows......

The Best Way To Cook Corn on the Cob For a Crowd? It's 'Cooler 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
blindsided by the simple genius of this method for cooking loads of corn on the cob perfectly.

I was 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, "Lets do cooler corn!"

Before I could ask, "What the heck is cooler corn?" a Coleman cooler appears from the garage, is wiped
out clean, then is filled up with the shucked ears. Next, two kettles-full of boiling water are 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. My mind
was blown. And I am 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 outdoorsey set. But for those of us who avoid
tents as much as possible, it's perfect for large barbeques and way less of a mess than grilling. In fact,
I may even buy another cooler just so I'm ready for next summer, now that I am in the know.

 

[hammered]

Hi Ray, I don't know about corn but I have a similar contraption for cooking fish. The flesh comes out perfect, very tasty and juicy. The box is like Tupperware and double lined, the fish doesn't get wet and no steam touches it. You just catch your trout, gut and dress it then pop in the box and pour boiling water into the reservoir, hey presto Great meal


Ian

PS. I will have to try it with a couple of corn cobs

 

[Ray S S]

Hi Ian, that sounds great. It's a unique way to cook. That makes me wonder what else can be cooked like that.

An interesting reply. Thanks Ian.

Ray

 

[FarmerChick]

I'm a camper and yea I have done this but I have also forgotten about it!!
so thanks for reminding me cause I have tons of corn in the freezer and if power does go out and the BBQ is busy doing my meats, I could easily boil water and do this method. THANKS again for reminding me cause all my little tips (which I knew tons), sadly I am forgetting them LOL

 

[Ray S S]

Hello Farmer chick, Haha, I know what you mean about those special little tips that are so handy to know at
different times. They can be easily forgotten over a little time. My wife and I got into camping early in our
marriage, with some friends at our church. But with a small travel trailer. I haven't done any tent camping
since my Boy Scouting days. LOL. The only thing I have ever seen a cooler used for, was what they are made
for, for keeping things cool.

Thanks for your reply and I'm glad you were reminded of a good thing to fall back on if needed.

Ray

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

good morning Ray: like rabbit stew, first ya gotta catch the rabbbit, so in this case you need clean corn.

--->

Don Jose de La Mancha

 

[Ray S S]

Hello Tee, that sounds delicious. Yum Yum eat-um-up.

Hi Don jose, I can't get your site to come up. When I put the curser on it, it disappears and the little vertical line
comes on it like the one that stays ahead of the sentense when typing here.,

Yes the email said to put shucked corn in it and also the picture shows the ears all shucked.

Ray

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

HI Ray, copy and paste that address to 'go to' . Comes out just fine, but he does use a micro wave. The results are fantastic for sparlkling clean corn.

Hmmm Chic & Tex, do you suppose you could cook the corn in it's husk in the cooler, then use this method to clean it ?

Two jobs at once.


Don Jose de La Mancha

 

[Ray S S]

Don Jose, that sounds like the one I got in an email a few days ago. The guy put a couple ears in the micro
for 8 minutes with the husks still on. Then he cut the butt end off and the ears dropped out all nice and clean
with none of the silk anywhere in the kernals.

One way we have done in the past is soak the ears in water for a while, then wrap them in aluminum foil
and roast them in a bon fire. Roasting them in the water-saoaked husks really gives them a whole new flavor.

Then roll the husks back for a handle and roll them in a stick of butter, add some salt and enjoy. Very
delicious.

Ray

 

[SeaninNH]

That's an old New England trick.

It's best if you do it in the husk. The husk helps it cook and makes it a bit sweeter.
Just make sure the water is boiling when you put it in.

It's even better if you soak the corn in the husk for 30 min or so then toss them on the grill (charcoal not gas) for 30 minutes rotating them every 5 minutes or so.

Soooooo good!

 

[Ray S S]

Hello SeaninNH, Ummmm hummmm. Yup. I love corn on the cob.

Ray

 

[Produce Guy]

Went to a big BBQ this summer and the cook did this,but he did it in an old cast iron bathtub,it was the strangest thing I ever saw untill I saw what he was doing with the bathtub,and yes the corn tasted very good.

 

[Ray S S]

Hello Pruduce guy, Was the tub covered when you saw it first?

Ray

 

[naturegirl]

Hi Ray, I love the idea of this, especially for Thanksgiving with a very small kitchen, it would be nice to get the corn ready, and set it aside out of the way so I'll probably try it. I was looking for more info, and came across this in snopes. It makes a good point about chemicals being released from hot plastic. I heard the same warnings about water bottles left in hot vehicles this summer, something I'm guilty of. Anyway, I thought I'd share this, don't know how true it is, I'd like to know if someone actually tests the chemicals that might be released.



lisa

 

[tncreeker]

Hey there Ray,
I`m living in a 5th wheel right now, so ANY cooking I can do out side is a great thing. The corn in the cooler,,yeah thats a great thing. Like someone else said about the tub, as long as it holds the heat for a while anything can be used.When I cooked corn on a stove all I ever did was boil water throw in corn shut off heat and cover. Coolers are great heat and cold holders. When I work a BBQ trailor we put all our butts in the cooler straight out of the smoker and let them sit for an hour or so. They pull so much easier. As far as poison from plastic,,,I grew up chasing the skeeter truck, ate bologna and mayo sandwiches from paper lunch sacks that sat under my desk. Swam in the St. Johns River in the 70s and drank TAP water. We`ve been using coolers to cook,freeze,cool down, and just about anything else you can think of. I`m learning how to bake over coals now,,simple things. Someday maybe bread,,,,hey thats how they did it way back when.

 

[naturegirl]

tncreeker- there was just something about how the skeeter truck smelled huh? I buy a plastic water bottle for convience, then refill it over and over with tap water. I probably push the limits on all kinds of food left out, and we rarely get sick! So right, maybe too much scare-caution on this snopes report...I'll keep looking, but what an easy way to get the corn taken cae of, and out of the way!

 

[naturegirl]

Right texastee- that's what I was thinking, and may do. Of course in my quest for the American-made product that I can make and hire someone to produce...(American jobs) is too make a heat safe silicone liner, like the silicone cake molds, easy to make, just pop it down into the cooler, and don't worry! but the SS pot would be easy too.!

 

[Ray S S]

tncreeker, yup, i've been guilty of lots of those things, too, like balogna and mayo sandwiches all during my working
life left in the truck until lunch time and water in plastic bottles and as far as I know it never did anything to me.

Lisa lots of luck with your idea. I hope it turns into something really great. If something like that gets started, others
would benifit and you would deserve all the money you can make from it. Our Country's work force needs some good
ol' American inginuity. More power to you.

Tee, something like that should work out pretty good.

Lots of good discussions going here.

Ray

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

side thingie my friends, I am just old enough to remember when eggs were considered good and wholesome, then not so good, then down right suicidal if you eat over two a week elminating the yolk, then ok for 2 - 3 times a week, now back to being declared officially as the worlds most perfectly balanced food food IF you eat all of it , soooo sigh. I guess they have to make a living somehow.

Don't get me started on Mercury and carbon tetrachloride etc.

Don Jose de La Mancha ( el santito that has survived so far)

 

[CaptainRobin]

As TexasTee suggested, about ribs, some of the best I've had is from a guy who I learned to smoke mullet from (another story). He grills the ribs until brown on both sides, then throws them in a cooler and lets them set a couple hours. They come out tender and moist. GOOD eatin'... Appreciate the tip on "cooler corn"... gonna have to try it.