How To Butter Corn

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Tired of chasing fast-melting butter around your plate? There are new and improved ways to butter your corn on the cob.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Butter
Corn
A piece of bread
A ramekin
A pastry brush
A pot of boiling water
An empty, sanitized deodorant stick
A butterer
A jar of boiling water
Butter roll-on gadget

Step 1: Use a piece of bread

Take a slice of bread, generously butter it, and wrap it around a cob. A heel of bread works best.

Step 2: Brush on melted butter

Pour melted butter into a ramekin or small dish and use a pastry brush to dress your corn with it.

Step 3: Pre-butter it in the pot

Cook the ears in a pot of boiling water. Shortly before they're done, add a stick of butter to the water. The butter will float to the top, coating each ear as you lift it out of the pot.

Tip: If you're grilling your corn, achieve the same effect by pulling down the husks when the corn is done and, holding each ear by its husk, plunging it into a jar of hot water into which you've melted a stick of butter.

Step 4: Roll it in a stick of butter

Unwrap a stick of butter, put it on a plate, and rotate each ear of corn on top of the butter.

Step 5: Make a butter roll-on

If you enjoy a good do-it-yourself project, take apart an empty deodorant stick, wash it thoroughly, shove a stick of softened butter where the deodorant used to be, and chill it in the fridge. Voila! A butter roll-on that's perfect for corn on the cob. Just be sure to label it so you don't end up with buttery armpits.

Tip: If you don't want to make a butter roll-on, there are similar gadgets on the market that you just fill with a stick of butter and rub over your corn.

Step 6: Use a butter utensil

Use an old-fashioned utensil known as a corn on the cob butterer, which is a regular utensil handle attached to a square that's just larger than a pat of butter. Put butter in it and glide it across the cob.

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[prplaya1392]

and why dont you get a sense of humor?

[thecarnivoresboombox]

Or...

Just put the butter in your plate, and take the corn and roll it in it.

(:

[d0rkiMinnie]

lol if i put deodorant in my fridge... people would think I'm weird! XD

[sadbutsandman91]

I suppose your next video will teach me how to tie my shoes

[mrfailford]

hoo actually has stick deodorant

[mrfailford]

or you could use a knife

[bluecheeserulz]

LOOOl this is hilarious

[jdog9945]

get spray butter 

[MultiRump]

last comment

[myreborns101]

wtf this is so easy 

[stonedcowz]

WTF... r u serious

[9tdicrazy]

Why?