“August is ripening grain in the fields blowing hot and sunny, the scent of tree-ripened peaches, of hot buttered sweet corn on the cob. Vivid dahlias fling huge tousled blossoms through gardens and joe-pye-weed dusts the meadow purple.” TreeFieldsSweetHugeGardenHotDustWeedGrainScentPurpleVividCornSunnyAugustMeadowsFlingPeachesRipeningDahliasCorn On The CobSweet Corn Book:The Shape of a Year Source: The Shape of a Year
“July is hollyhocks and hammocks, fireworks and vacations, hot and steamy weather, cool and refreshing swims, beach picnics, and vegetables all out of the garden - first sweet corn on the cob dripping with butter, first tomatoes dead ripe and sunwarm, string beans, squash, crisp cucumbers. July can also be hard and shiny, brassy and sharp. Some days are like copper pennies in the sunlight.” FirstsHardSweetGardenHotWeatherBeachStringsSwimVegetablesVacationSunlightCornJulyPenniesBeansRipeRefreshingTomatoesCrispsFireworksPicnicsDrippingSquashCopperCucumbersHammocksCorn On The CobSweet Corn Author:Jean Hersey
“Look, I made a commitment to corn 17 years ago. Sure, I'm a man. I like to go to a barbecue and see beans that I like: baked beans, red beans, black beans, big plump garbanzos. But in the end, I always come home to my sweet, sweet corn.” MenYearsLooksMadeEndsHomeBigsBlackSweetCommitmentRedYears AgoComing HomeCornBeansBarbecueBaked BeansSweet Corn Author:George Lopez
“Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.” PeopleLooksGreedInvestingVanityGentleCampingSmall TalkCampfireSweet Corn Author:Garrison Keillor
“Southern political personalities, like sweet corn, travel badly. They lose flavor with every hundred yards away from the patch. By the time they reach New York, they are like Golden Bantam that has been trucked up from Texas - stale and unprofitable. The consumer forgets that the corn tastes different where it grows.” Has BeensDifferentPoliticalGrowsLosesForgetNew YorkSweetPersonalityTasteHundredGoldenConsumersTexasSouthernYardsFlavorCornPatchesStaleSweet Corn Book:Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer Source: Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer
“Millions of American women, and some men, commit that outrage every summer day. They are turning a superb treat into mere provender. Shucked and boiled in water, sweet corn is edible and nutritious; roasted in the husk in the hottest possible oven for forty minutes, shucked at the table, and buttered and salted, nothing else, it is ambrosia. No chef’s ingenuity and imagination have ever created a finer dish. American women should themselves be boiled in water.” MenShouldWaterImaginationMillionsMinutesSweetSummerTreatsTablesMereCommitFortyDishesChefCornOutrageIngenuityOvensSuperbAmerican WomanHottestSummer DaysAmbrosiaSweet Corn Author:Rex Stout
“You really get the most out of sweet corn if you pick the corn off the stalk and rush it to a pot of boiling water. The longer you wait, the more sugar you lose. But if you get it in the first half hour, that is the sweetest corn ever.” IfsFirstsWaitingWaterHoursLosesHalfSweetPicksPotSugarCornCornySweetestStalkingHalf HoursBoilingBoiling WaterSweet Corn Author:Sam Donaldson
“What keeps faith cheerful is the extreme persistence of gentleness and humor. Gentleness is everywhere in daily life, a sign that faith rules through ordinary things: through cooking and small talk, through storytelling, making love, fishing, tending animals and sweet corn and flowers, through sports, music, and books, raising kids-all the places where the gravy soaks in and grace shines through. Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people. Lacking any other purpose in life, it would be good enough to live for their sake.” PeopleLooksBookEnoughWould BeKidsPurposeSportsAnimalGraceSweetFlowerOrdinaryCookingShiningGreedSakeExtremesBe GoodStorytellingVanityPersistenceGentleFishingDaily LifeGood EnoughPurpose Of LifeMaking LoveLackingCheerfulGentlenessCornKeep The FaithOrdinary ThingsRaising KidsSmall TalkGravyCampfireSweet Corn Author:Garrison Keillor