is a summertime staple, but if you aren't a fan of eating it on the cob or need to cut the kernels off to make a salad, you know that removing them from the ear comes with its own hazards. Holding the cob so it is standing straight up and slicing the corn off can cause errant kernels to fly all over your countertop, table, or floor. Luckily, are never-ending, and she has a clever trick to mitigate this corny peril.
The Barefoot Contessa turns to her trusted kitchen towel to get the job done neatly and efficiently. In a 2019 interview with to promote her Food Network show "Barefoot Contessa: Cook Like a Pro," Garten shared, "Everybody wants to be able to cook with confidence. When I'm doing something, I find myself thinking, 'Is this the best way to do it?' It's really about recipes and techniques from 40 years in the food business.
So for example, what's the best way to cut corn off a cob? If you put a kitchen towel up on the cutting board and cut it into the kitchen towel, it doesn't bounce all over the kitchen." Use a sharp knife Ina Garten demonstrated the corn removal technique in a video on her page. It starts with clean kitchen towel spread on top of the cutting board and a sharp knife, The celebrity chef notes, "You want a really sharp knife, so you can get most of the kernels.
" But you also need it to be sharp so you can cut off the knobby end of your corn on the cob. Garten slices this end off so the cob can stand straight up without any wobbling while you cut. But t.