Its also the easiest!

Ive tried all the methodsboiling, grilling, steaming, air frying, pressure cooking, you name it.

None of them hold a candle to the almighty microwave.

dollop of butter on a cob of corn (close-up)

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I flip it over halfway through cooking (be careful, its hot!)

so that it cooks more evenly.

Grasp the ear from the silk end, lift it up over the cutting board, and squeeze.

Sliding the corn out of the husk to show how to make corn on the cob.

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The corn will emerge out of the cut end, clean, steamy, and ready to enjoy.

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