Hmmm.... Hadn't thought of that. I don't usually cut it from the ear,
cause it just seems like so much work. I suppose it's not really.  Of
course, we have tons of corn where I live (Iowa is known for growing
corn).  My mom makes vegetable beef soup with corn and lima beans and
such in it. I don't usually think of adding those things to my soups.
Though I do need to get some new soup recipes for winter. Too hot right
now for soup. My favorite way to eat corn though is on the cob, hot out
of the pan (I put the corn in cold water, and turn the heat on when the
water is boiling the corn is done!) with a light coating of butter and
freshly ground black pepper. I've never liked salt on anything. (had
someone tell me once that I kept getting sick because I didn't eat salt.
That seemed odd.) I don't even own any salt (well not plain salt, I'm
sure there is salt in some of the prepared foods I have).  I do however
like pepper on almost everything.. that and garlic. YUM!(though I
wouldn't put garlic on corn, it might be good, and I might try it on
corn I ate in the winter, but it would somehow ruin the purity of fresh
summer corn on the cob.)

Emily

Isn't the psychology of smaller plates interesting?  I know when I was
younger, and my mom was serving ice cream to 'the kids' after dinner (my
brother and I and some friends kids) she used a very small bowl filled
to the top for the youngest, and larger bowls filled maybe half way for
the rest of us. The youngest one actually had a little less ice cream
than the rest of us, but because her bowl was very full and ours were
not, it made it seem like she was getting more. Worked like a charm to
give us each the amount of ice cream right for us without drawing the
complaint of "hey I got less ice cream" from the youngest one who
couldn't have as much.  (she was maybe three or four, the rest of us
were nine and up).

Emily