The zen of corn on the cob

[unixronin]

Comparative corn-eating styles:

• I start at the small end and eat kernels in a continuous spiral until I reach the large end.
• cymrullewes starts at the right end and eats in a row to the other end, then indexes à là typewriter and works in the other direction.
• Goose starts at the big end, eats a continuous ring with sort of rapid squirrel nibbles, then indexes over.
• Pirate just sort of attacks hers at random as she rotates it, leaving it looking as though it's been savaged by a ferocious chipmunk.
• Wen gives hers to Goose to eat.  :-)

(Crossposted to caerllewys)

Comments

[robbat2.livejournal.com]

I can add a further style.
1. Consider the longitudinal surface of the cylinder.
2. while viewing said surface as a plane, produce a spiral starting at one corner, and turning 90 degrees when hitting an edge, until you find the centre.

For buttering:
1. Take a forkfull or two of butter
2. Mash with fork and desired spices (Black pepper and Aromat for me)
3. Shape mashed mix into a line on your plate, the length of the corncob.
4. Rotate entire corncob such that the line contacts all critical points (the surface of the cylinder as mentioned above).

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

The challenge is now open for corn-eating in the pattern of a Sierpinski gasket mapped onto a tapered cylinder. :)

(Amusingly, I think the early stages wouldn't look too different to Pirate's corn attack ....)

[fatcook.livejournal.com]

Type-writer the large end, index and return. After rolling it in soften butter. I get my corn from a local farmer. Who needs salt?