Bring water to a rolling boil. Add the corn. Return the water to the boil as quickly as possible and time for 3 minutes. Some cooks go so far as to say, as soon as the water returns to the boil, the corn is cooked. The point here is, keep the cooking time to a minimum, to retains corn's sweetness and flavor.
Billiards is played with three balls: white, red and yellow. The white and yellow balls are the cue balls of the two opponents respectively and the objective is to score some set points. The player who scores the required points first, wins. In snooker, there are 15 red and six coloured balls and one cue ball.
Types of Billiard Games. Most billiards players take part in one of five varieties of the game: Nine Ball, Eight Ball, One Pocket, Cutthroat or 14.1 Continuous. All are played on a large, carpeted table with four corner and two side pockets, up to 15 numbered and colored billiard balls, a cue stick and a cue ball. The object is to pocket a certain group of balls, sometimes in a particular order. Eight Ball is played with 15 balls and the cue ball.