Fava vs. Corn

The L.A. Times today this week: Oh, blah blah blah grills, blah blah blah fava beans! We found an adequate substitute for corn on the cob! – silly L.A. Times! I’m still deeply suspicious of people who put “corn on the cob” and “grilling” in the same paragraph. I understand on an intellectual level that grilling is a potentially acceptable way of handling corn, particularly inadequate corn. But.

1. Corn is to be boiled.
2. No crazy yuppie beans can possibly be as satisfying as corn on the cob.
3. In any climate where fresh local produce is available year-round, corn-on-the-cob satisfaction is at best an agreeable illusion anyway.
4. So there.

I’m in Iowa for a wedding this weekend, but the sweet corn ain’t quite here yet, sigh.