It's summer time! Grilling season. A great time to work on weight loss because it's easy to embrace all of those grilled veggies. Among my favorite summer veggies is corn on the cob. I try to stay away from it until at least the 4th of July, because it tends to suck in a big, big way up to that point. But once the magic of summer starts working on it, there's nothing better. I love cooking it shucked and bare on a hot grill, turning it 1/4 every two minutes, watching it constantly. Done in about 8 minutes. It gets nice and hot, turns a little charred. Mmmmm.
Then come the accoutrements! I love drizzling it with some olive oil. I have some great spice rubs that take to it beautifully. One, particularly indulgent recipe, which will be going unused for the next few weeks, involves rolling the grilled corn in butter, sour cream, spices, herbs, and dry crumbled cheese (see pic above.) To die for.
But let's return to the butter. Certain flavor pairings were made in heaven, and corn and butter is one of them. Unfortunately, big gooey dabs of butter are not on the menu at the moment. In an attempt to try and sate my taste buds I did the unthinkable. I invested in a bottle of "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter."
Um...yeah...I can believe. Like WOW can I believe! I might have a problem thinking it wasn't salted margarine, but butter? Nope. In fact, here is a list of things that I think taste more like butter on corn than "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter."
1. Tofu
2. Bread crumbs
3. Parmesan cheese (even the shaker cheese in the green can)
4. Actual artery clogging margarine
5. Any one of several brands of canned dog food (purely theoretical)
6. Whatever it is that the chicken drips and leaves hanging on the grill bars
7. Whatever Lindsey Lohan was most recently trying to be rehabbed of (gotta love a LiLo reference!)
8. Dishwashing liquid (again, purely theoretical)
9. Hershey's sugar free chocolate syrup (we'll discuss that crap another tme)
10. And...dryer lint
I may have to trade some wine for some butter on corn on the cob nights (talk about Sophie's choice!-"No, send BOTH of my children to the Nazi death camps! I want butter AND wine!") Or maybe I try to find some non-threatening ways to flavor the corn. Or maybe I just accept that, though I may be able to believe that it's not butter, it might be the best of the worst at this point, and live for the day when all returns to being right in the world.
First of all, I can't believe you are publicly acknowledging that you purchased the product. I am certainly glad you were put in your place and reminded, "is this really worth the calories"? Brian recently shared with me his fraternity's mantra, "bros before hoes", wine before (you fill in the blank)
Posted by: Hannah | July 18, 2011 at 09:34 PM