Perhaps nothing says summertime better than biting into a cob of corn dripping with melted butter. It’s kissed with sweetness and full of protein.
If you’re traveling through the country, take a look around. This is the time of year when corn is as high as an elephant’s eye. But that’s nothing new… Corn has been part of our diets for thousands of years, having been a staple among Native Americans throughout the Western Hemisphere well before our written history began.
This year has been a good one for corn crops in our area thanks to an abundance of rain mixed with sparkling sunny days. Twenty acres of corn stalks filled with ears are waving in the field at Ray and Elaine Weaver’s farm on the Coffee County/Franklin County line. Every Sunday, the couple make the trip to the Scenic City to sell their weekly harvest at Chattanooga Market.
Anne BralyThere are dozens of different corn varieties, but the Weavers know their customers’ favorite is peaches-and-cream.
“We’ve found our customers prefer the bi-color corn due to its outstanding qualities,” Ray Weaver says. “It’s versatile and can be roasted on the grill, cut off and creamed, boiled or even cooked in the microwave.”