When it comes to Absinthe preferences, it is not drunk straight, but usually consumed after a fairly elaborate ritual in which a specially designed, slotted spoon with a sugar cube inside its bowl is placed over a glass, then water is poured over the sugar until the drink is diluted in a ratio of 3:1 to 5:1.
Cooking fresh sweet corn in boiling water is simple: Shuck the corn. Bring water to a boil in a large pot and boil the corn for five to 10 minutes, depending on how soft you like your corn. You can cook fresh sweet corn in the microwave in just minutes. Shuck the ears and wrap them in plastic cling wrap. Microwave them for 90 seconds per ear.
Season each ear with salt and pepper and top with a few pats of butter. Wrap and seal with the foil and place on a preheated grill. Grill the corn on the cob for 20 minutes, turning each individually wrapped corn on the cob every 2 minutes. How long to steam corn: Fill a pot with 2 inches of water and bring to a boil. Add shucked and rinsed ears of corn to a steamer basket and place over the boiling pot of water. Cover the pot and steam the corn on the cob for 7Â­-10 minutes or until the corn reaches desired tenderness.