Most recommendations for cooking corn on the cob suggest putting it in boiling water for 10 minutes. I find this very undesirable for a number of reasons

• it takes a long time to boil the required water
• takes too much of the flavour out
• the water is wasted
• so much energy is wasted

so I cut them in half and place them upright in a tiny amount of water - about 1mm depth - in a covered saucepan for 10 mins, making sure the water at the bottom is gently simmering. The result?

• takes little time to cook in total - 10 mins for the corn, 2 mins for the water
• can use the water to favour
• barely uses energy once the water is boiled and the saucepan is covered.
• the corn is juicy and delicious retaining its maximum flavour

Now I seriously doubt I'm some sort of culinary genius that has invented a new way of cooking corn, but I've never come across this method, so maybe there are more modern methods?

Most recommendations for cooking corn on the cob suggest putting it in boiling water for 10 minutes. I find this very undesirable for a number of reasons:

• it takes a long time to boil the required water
• takes too much of the flavour out
• the water is wasted
• so much energy is wasted

So, I cut them in half, and place them upright in a tiny amount of water—about 1mm depth—in a covered saucepan for 10 mins, making sure the water at the bottom is gently simmering.
What is the result?

• It takes little time to cook in total: 10 minutes for the corn, and 2 minutes for the water.
• I can use the water to flavor.
• I barely uses energy once the water is boiled and the saucepan is covered.
• The corn is juicy and delicious retaining its maximum flavor.

Now, I seriously doubt I'm some sort of culinary genius that has invented a new way of cooking corn, but I've never come across this method, so maybe there are more modern methods.