For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for October 18, 2014

I think she might… back in her younger days. Her Majesty probably now eats creamed corn.

Somehow, I just can’t imagine… BTW, do the Brits even Like corn-on-the-cob? I know they used to grow corn for export around the time of the Roman occupation… ;)

In recent years, I’ve come to appreciate corn on the cob without butter or any other “coating”. It tastes so sweet and is not so messy that way. Plus I can save the calories and fat for something else..But the best and sweetest corn I ever tasted was raw, and eaten in the field seconds after picking.

One technique I had learned was to leave the husk on the ear and microwave it for 7 mins on High power. The husk keeps the moisture in and the ear gets really steamed that you did not undress it first.

Butter – has to be butter on corn on the cob. There is no way to eat this daintily.

It can be steamed in a big pot on a steamer rack for 10 min also (husked). No trying to husk boiling-hot ears of corn!

If she does, she puts on gloves over her white gloves and holds the cob with her pinkies sticking out. ;-)

Margarine? Margarine!?! That’s sacrilegious, man. Margarine is only good for, well, actually I can’t think of anything it’s good for but certainly not for use on vegetables.

There is a wonderful concoction of butter and olive oil — it’s the only type I buy. There is a little less butter (which is healthier for you) and olive oil is good for you. After just a few minutes out of the refrigerator it’s easily spreadable. For me it’s a win-win. (And it tastes good.)

It’s called hyperbole.

@howtheduckWow! You’ve just proven that Lynn is human!!!

@comicsssfanWhen Aaron was in grade 1, Lynn was not a celebrity yet.

When I was in high school, we had an exchange student from Europe (French or German, not sure which) staying with a friend of mine. My friend’s family served her a celebratory meal of typical American food, including corn on the cob. In her home country, corn was considered food for pigs, and she was highly insulted.

Po Folks used to be my favorite when I had to go to St. Louis (along I-70) but they appear to have left that area.

Field corn can be a low-grade substitute for sweet corn if picked at just the right time. Dad had a corn field next to a black-top road, and many ears from the plants near the road were missing by harvest time.

Along the same lines, watermelon is best eaten outside where you can just spit out the seeds, and if on a farm, just throw the rinds over the fence to the hogs

LadyKat: I liked Emily Post’s rule on eating corn of the cob: “Attack it with the least ferocity possible.”.comicsssfan: I understand some feel that way about the noble blackeyed pea.

There was no corn (maize to the Brits) in Europe till after the “discovery” of America by Columbus. Corn is one of many gifts the New World gave to the Old, along with potatoes, beans, chiles, avocado, squash and much, much more!

How to shuck corn.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzYtMeIFH8o

I doubt HM eats corn-on-the-cob (or at least not in the manner shown).She does, I’m sure, use the throne.

I remember hearing of my relatives getting hold of some popcorn in postwar London (My Mom may have sent it to them.) They were not impressed with the results when they cooked it up following all the instructions except the one about covering the pot!

Regarding Lynn’s celebrity, I was incorrect about Lynn’s celebrity when the book was published, but my statement still stands "When Aaron was in Grade 1 (age 6), Lynn was not a celebrity.

“hyperbole – exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally”

Precisely, my dear. Go back and check which comment you are criticizing.