As the days of summer slip away and fall inches closer, harvest is beginning and corn-on-the-cob season is just around the corner. Many people will soon be pulling out the butter, salt and napkins, ready to enjoy one of the Prairie’s favourite late-summer treats.
This week on the Country 107 morning show served up by A&W Steinbach, host Carly Koop welcomed Jo-Anne Dalton from the Steinbach Family Resource Centre into the studio, powered by LMS Ag. for some lighthearted corn talk.
Corn eating, typewriter style
When asked how she eats her corn on the cob, Dalton didn’t hesitate.
“I sure do eat corn on the cob,” she said with a laugh. “Row by row, left to right, and then turn it a little bit like a typewriter. Left to right again, four to six nibs per bite. Because if you try to do too much, you’re biting through the whole cob. You gotta be reasonable.”
Dalton even demonstrated the sound effects for the typewriter turn, earning more laughs from Koop.
A case against chaos corn
Not everyone eats their corn this way, though. Koop brought up the idea of people who randomly chomp around the cob or slice the kernels off before eating.
Dalton was quick to take a stand.
“You know, there’s enough chaos in this world,” she said. “I was with friends recently and one of them took a knife to his corn and cut the niblets off. I thought, what are you even doing? You could buy a can of corn if that’s the experience you want.”
She added that cutting it off can leave kernels behind—or worse, include crunchy cob bits. “Too much chaos in this world already. Let’s just be reasonable. Typewriter corn-on-the-cob eaters, please.”
What’s your corn style?
Whether you’re a typewriter eater like Dalton, a spinner, or a bite-here-bite-there kind of person, one thing is clear: corn on the cob is a Prairie tradition. And with fields around Steinbach ripening quickly, it won’t be long before it’s time to dig in—however you choose to eat it.
-With files from Carly Koop.