In article ,
jane writes:
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| Yikes!
| 5-8 minutes is all you need to cook them for to be fully cooked!!!!!

For the infant cobs normally eaten in this country, yes.

| As a child I used to boil corn cobs for 20 minutes - as per old
| British 'kill it by boiling' rules. It came as a revelation that you
| only need to boil for 5 minutes when fresh and about 8 when frozen!
| And they are much sweeter as a result...

Being brought up on mealies, I prefer more mature ones, which
do indeed need 20 minutes or longer. They are less sweet but
nuttier (no personal remarks about me, please!)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.