Here’s how to cook up to four ears of fresh corn on the cob on the stove top. ______1.
Get pot. Get water. Get up to four ears no husks, peeled, fresh corn on the cob. Get strainer. or Get tongs and plate.
______2.
Put water into pot.
______3.
Put pot on to stove.
______4.
Turn on stove to medium.
______5.
Boil water.
______6.
Careful!
______7.
Turn off stove.
______8.
Let corn stand in pot 5 minutes.
Put corn on the cob into pot.
______9.
Decision. Careful!
Drain with strainer.
or ______9A. Decision. Careful!
Put on to plate.
Drain with tongs.
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CORN ON THE COB
Here’s how to cook up to four ears of fresh corn on the cob on the stove top. Use as a side dish. ______1.
Get pot. Get water. Get up to four ears no husks, peeled, fresh corn on the cob. Get strainer. or Get slotted spoon and plate. Get a clean pot for cooking, water from a faucet, clean up to four ears, no husks, peeled, fresh corn on the cob, a clean strainer placed into a clean, empty sink, or a clean slotted spoon and a clean plate.
______2.
Put water into pot. Hold the pot under the faucet and fill the pot with enough water to cover the corn on the cob by at least an extra one inch.
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Put pot on to stove. Put the pot on to a stove burner.
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Turn on stove to medium. Turn on the stove burner to a medium heat.
______5.
Boil water. Heat the water until it reaches a boil.
______6.
Careful! Put corn on the cob into pot. Using your one hand, hold the handle of the pot so that it’s steady and safe. Using your other hand, and being very careful, put the corn, one at a time, into the pot of boiling water. It’s important to put in the corn as carefully as possible to avoid any splashing.
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Turn off stove. Turn off the stove burner.
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Let corn stand in pot 5 minutes. Let the corn sit in the pot of water for five minutes.
______9.
Decision. Careful! Drain with strainer. Drain the boiling water from the corn by using the strainer, which should be placed in the sink.
or ______9A. Decision. Careful! Drain with tongs. Put on to plate. Drain the boiling water from the corn by using the tongs. Put the drained cobs of corn from the tongs on to the plate.