Most people who know me probably know that summer is my least favorite season. I shall spare you the (long) list of all the things that create significant drag for me in the summertime, because this blog is a happy place. Instead, I am going to try to embrace summer this year by celebrating the things about it that are good.
For example, corn. Corn is good. It's really hard to beat fresh local sweet summer corn. It's so good, you don't even need to do anything to it. Just eat it right off the cob. It's like candy.
That being said, there are ways to kick up corn, and my favorite way is Chili Lime Butter. Oh my goodness.
Here is what you do. Mash up about 1/2 a stick of room temperature butter with about a teaspoon (heaping) of chili powder and the zest of a lime until it's combined. Cook some corn. It really should be fresh summer corn, but you could do this with frozen stuff if it's the middle of winter and you're desperate. Put some of the chili lime butter on the corn when it's nice and hot so it melts through. Then, squeeze some lime juice over it. Don't be shy with the lime juice. You can add salt and pepper if you want, but you won't really need it. Taste it first, and then decide. So good. I swear. Thank you, summer, for corn.
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