[Sca-cooks] cutting corn

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Also sprach Stefan li Rous:
>Maragli replied to me with:
>>  If I could figure out where the heck mine is I'd give it to you because I
>>  haven't canned corn in about 15 years!
>
>Thank you and to everyone else who described the circular corn cutters.
>I do remember seeing pictures of these for sale now. But most of the
>commentors seemed to talk about these as if they are interesting
>gizmos but not something you use.
>
>Do you not cut corn off the cob? Or buy is frozen or canned when you
>want it off the cob? Or for most things, like creamed corn, is cutting
>the kernals off with a straight knife just fine?

For most uses, I think using a knife is fine (although I prefer my
3-inch Dick paring knife for that one)...(all right, I'm embarrassed
now - I forget whether I own a 3-inch Dick; I think I do, but the one
I normally use is a Wusthof).

Yes, as mentioned previously, you do get some partial kernels, but
most of what you see when you look is still whole kernels.

Adamantius, who uses canned corn fairly frequently as a pantry
convenience, but cannot abide frozen