boil order question

drop the corn in, turn it up to high....and then there's only one thing left to do....






pray

Stew21 said:

my town is under a water conservation and boil order right now.

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And where do you live?

Nicaragua?

Stew21 said:

STL. we've had bad storms, power outages here and there, lots of high windes damage, and now apparently a possible water contamination.
All hell is breaking loose! I think they called out the National Guard

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I blame Rove.

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You are fine without boiling before the corn. The boiling process just kills any possible microbes and/or bacteria type things that might appear in potentially contaminated water.

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Uh, Trish, boil the water, first, for a few seconds at least, before putting the corn in. Otherwise, whatever's in the water is gonna be in the corn.

Big bummer. It's been buried in the news because of the Middle East. There's a huge power outage in NYC, too. Not as bad as where you are, though.

Even when the water is clean, it's supposed to boil before you drop the corn in. Vegetables lose less flavor and nutrients if you start them in boiling water.

Hmm. Less flavor and fewer nutrients.

Does STL mean Seattle? Pardon my ignorance if not.

Trish is in Saint Louis.

I tend to remember all the people who are fairly close to me. I'm promise I'm not stalking.



ETA: I'm late as always

Stew21 said:

i have always put the corn in before the water boiled...hhmmm....

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Me too. The quicker the food starts cooking the quicker I'm eating. I don't have the time to wait for the water to boil first and then drop the food in.

reph said:

Does STL mean Seattle? Pardon my ignorance if not.

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I live in the Seattle area. So does Mac.

But yeah, it's St. Louis.

Stew21 said:

really in IL...but only about 20 minutes from STL, and I drive over there for work every day.

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So do you live near Belleville, and if so, does that mean you're a shop-a-holic?


(I just love this lil guy, btw)

Stew21 said:

i have always put the corn in before the water boiled...hhmmm....

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Your corn will come out sweeter if you wait to drop it in after the boiling starts.


And I used to live in Peoria.

Go Cardinals!

Have you been to the new stadium?

Well, we always have to boil drinking water here. It's not considered safe otherwise. We have two pots dedicated to the sole purpose of boiling drinking water. *sigh*

You can buy bottled water - there are apparently 300+ companies that sell bottled water. Problem is, only 40something of those are certified. The rest? For all we know, they fill the water from the same taps that everyone elses use, then they seal it and sell it, with no boiling. And some companies here do exactly that, contaminants and all.

Yeah, we'll stick to boiling our own.

You want the water safe? First boil the water. As it's boiling get this huge copper funnel and set on top. Get some coiled copper tubing and run that from the funnel to another empty pot. As the steam rises it will collect in the tubing, cool and become clean, purified water.

Then take that water and use it to boil your corn.

If that's too much trouble, then just boil the water for 5 minutes before you put in the corn.

Stew21 said:

My husband has but I haven't. I was offered tickets last week, short notice, no babysitter, and it was 100 degrees outside, so I passed. Maybe I'll get there eventually!

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My best friend Cheryl is from St. Louis. We keep saying we're going to go to a ballgame at the new stadium but we haven't made any plans to do it yet. And no, it wouldn't be in the middle of summer!