Corn Quest II: Panamanian Chefs' Cooking Club

Here I am again with zillions of freshly picked, organic, baby corn ears from the farm. Ohh, they are so fresh, juicy and the kernels are as big as mature corn, but with a tender texture, a unique characteristic of the young ones.

They are so many, I decided that I needed help this time. Because just thinking about my last corny experience---makes me a little shaky.

So I called Chef Elena and she contacted the rest of our group: Edna, Pachi, Jorge & Alonso. They were thrilled to be able to have a bounty of such a delicious food.

We met early today at the Academia de Artes Culinarias. This time, "to frost or not to frost" was NOT the question!

Have you ever been intimidated by a vegetable or any kind of food? I know, I know...I said the same thing last time, BUT, somehow I've got smarter :-)  I've got my friends/colleagues to join me in this tasty quest!

So, today the question was ...what  to do with 1,000 ears of corn??? The delicious ideas were endless, oh my...! we cooked so much, we ate so much, we had such a great time, AND we took some corn home to continue experimenting----We'll report on that issue later...

Tomorrow I'll post a few recipes and more photos, AND an awesome video too! Hey...I think that I finally learned how to use the video feature in my camera...Let's see tomorrow :-)

This is the first of a monthly series of cook-offs we are going to have as part of the Chef's Cooking Club of Panama.

Next time the main ingredient nt will be: COCONUT----Oh yes, one of my favorite tropical ingredients. The date: August 18, time...10 AM, place: not set yet...but one thing we sure know: it would be FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stay tuned to get the yummy recipes with corn, and to follow the Panamanian Chef's adventures.

  Head over to El Amor por la Cocina to get Chef Elena's report and photos on this fun event!

Los quiero mucho!
Melissa

P.S. I NEED a MAc.

UPDATE: This is the Video (in Spanish)

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