Anybody heard of this?????

[Doug Rucker]

I rec'd the below by email and was wondering if anyone here has tried this or heard of it????

The Best Way to Cook Corn on the Cob for a Crowd? It's Cooler Corn!
Am I the only person who hasn't heard of "cooler corn"?

As an obsessive food nerd, you'd expect that I would have at least heard of it, but over the weekend I was blindsided by the simple genius of this method for cooking loads of corn on the cob (which is still in season, no matter that summer already seems like a sad memory) perfectly.

I was hepped to it while visiting my family in Maine .

Short story: We like corn on the cob. And with eight adults at the table, that means a couple of dozen ears. We would have used the lobster pot to cook them all, but the lobster pot was busy steaming lobster. (And please don't spell it "lobstah". It's not funny.)
Then my sister, a capable Maine cook with years of camping experience says "let's do cooler corn!"

Before I can ask "what the hell is cooler corn?" a Coleman cooler appears from the garage, is wiped clean, then filled with the shucked ears. Next, two kettles-full of boiling water are poured over the corn and the top closed.

Then nothing.

When we sat down to dinner 30 minutes later and opened it, the corn was perfectly cooked. My mind was blown. And I'm told that the corn will remain at the perfect level of doneness for a couple of hours.

Turns out, Cooler Corn is pretty well known among the outdoorsy set. (I found a handful of mentions on various camping websites). But for those of us who avoid tents as much as possible, it's perfect for large barbecues and way less of mess than grilling. In fact, I may even buy another cooler just so I'm ready for next summer ~ Now that I'm in the know.

 

[Christopher]

Never heard of that.

I have seen it cooked in the microwave with the husks on them, boiled in a pot, cooked in the oven, bbq'd on the pit, smoked on the pit, fried in oil and maybe a couple of other ways but not ever heard of cooked in a cooler.

I am guessing if the plastic did not melt with the boiling water and/or did not leach out any chemicals out of the plastic with those high temperatures then maybe soaking in the hot water for 1/2 an hour might do the job. I would rather use a cooler that has a metal insert instead of plastic, it would help retain the heat and not possibly leach out chemicals out of the plastic with the high temperatures.

I have used coolers to keep meat warm for a while after cooked but not actually try to cook anything in them.

 

[Paul Kassander]

Haven't you herd Chris those chemicals are good for you now...jk

 

[RGilliam]

stay away from the styrofoam coolers. they tend to leak alot when cooking corn.

 

[Nichole]

Never heard of it...but I will be using it! We go camping for our family reunion and there is about 50 of us that go. Very useful!!!