simple, comforting, surprisingly healthy. great grilled, boiled, steamed or microwaved!

remove the husk, wrap it in foil, throw it on the grill and one hell of a meal is on its way. One should realize that there is big a difference between this and canned corn (which i hate) - the taste is incredible.

I don't think corn on the cob is necessarily an American food. I think it's become traditional all over the place. But I do think Americans love corn on the cob, and I'm one of them.

We had a very sweet crop locally this year.  I've been cooking it up all summer.  Doesn't even need butter!

I know this is an American Foods list, but the US is not the only place that does a good job with corn on the cob.  When I lived in Brazil, every beach that I made it to would have vendors rolling carts with giant cauldrons of boiling water.  These cauldrons would be filled with corn on the cob.  When you order one, they pull one steaming from the pot, dunk it in salt water, and hand it to you.  Man are those things good.

Europeans, some Asians, and many in South America are appalled by Americans eating corn,  either cut or on the cob.  This is considered animal food in those parts!

Get it fresh at a roadside stand if you can.

Definately counts as a food that originates in the Americas, maize is native to the Mezo-American area (and in a much different form than we are accustomed to today: some sources say that the corn we're familiar with is descendant from a wild grass called teosinte approx. 7000 years ago; the first ears of corn were also considerably smaller, and the sweet corn that we like to eat as corn-on-the-cob came much later on)

Definately one of my favorite dinner staples, corn on the cob is easy to make (which is a great asset for someone that is an accident waiting to happen in the kitchen . . . . like myself) and it only takes a little bit of butter and salt, if that, to make it perfect.

http://www.nativetech.org/cornhusk/cornhusk.html, http://www.campsilos.org/mod3/students/c_history.sh tml

Five stars, as long as you know where the corn comes from. I've had some that tastes like someone just went out and picked some field corn.  But as long as you're talking about good sweet corn, one of the best vegetables out there. The best way to cook it is on the grill, still in the husk, this way you are steaming it instead of charring the kernals, or losing flavor if you just boiled it. So husk it after you've grilled it, then add liberal amounts of salt and butter.

One of the BEST American side dishes (especially bbq) of all time!  With lots of butter,  sprinkled with some salt. Mmmmm

always like corn on the cob during those summer months. especially when we barbeque. for the most part we are lucky enough to get some good corn. one less start just because sometimes the stores  sell some bad corn that tastes nasty. otherwise corn on the cob is great in the summer.

Yes, either boiled or seared on the barbeque.

I really get excited about corn on the cob and like to get my corn at those little stands in the country where the corn is fresh picked. I can eat it for dinner solo.  It's part of my summer.

Hot, and smothered in butter with salt and pepper, pure bliss.

we have a guy here we call the corn man. about 2-3 times a week we hear his horn honking and we rush out to stop him. he sells the best corn on the cob. he puts a creamy cheese on it then he drizzles butter and then sprinkles a little red chile powder. it is truly heaven.