Hug the Cook

Hug the Cook    

On my wall in the kitchen I have this lovely tile. I am not sure where it came from but I think it is a good reminder that we should always remember that we should make sure to say thank you to the people in our lives that do the necessary jobs day in and day out without complaint. Such as cooking.

In our house now Mike is the cook and he deserves a big hug as he makes very varied meals and takes care that they are done just right, He is always looking up new recipes or taking a challenge at a new one I find, and trying it out. Today we went to our local farmer's market and bought some of the produce there.

One of the things we bought was fresh corn. The seller said they had just been picked it so we knew it would be delicious as this is the time of the year that it is just coming to market.

Mike decided we would have this for our evening meal which was fine by me as he had cooked up a lovely lunch of fresh new potatoes with mint sauce from our garden, a few small tomatoes, some beans from our friend Vincent's garden ( thank you Vincent, they were delicious) and very nice piece of salmon. So this corn would be a light evening meal.

I remembered I had seen a video on how to cook corn and in particular how to shuck it easily without getting the whole kitchen covered with the silky innards inside the corn husks.it keeps the corn really clean and is so quick to cook. just 4 minutes in the microwave and it's done. After we looked at it, Mike tried it and it really worked.

Here is the link on youtube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnBF6bv4Oe4

Try it when you have corn next time and don't forget to hug the cook.!