The Comfort of Corn

Funny how you have to be miles and miles away from home to figure some things out. Though its always talked about, it has a new meaning to me now: comfort food. Uusally used in a negative connotation, as food that we pig out on when we're depressed or anxious, as something we unnecessarily overindulge on. However, I've discovered a more positive reality of comfort food: genuine healthy comfort. This reality occured to me the other week as I was making supper. As I was boiling the corn-on-the-cob the aroma began to stir up emotions within me. As funny as this sounds, the feelings only intensified as the corn was cooked and I rolled it through the block of butter. The creamy butter just drizzled over each golden kernel which was then crowned with crystals of salt. OHHH, AHHHH, my heart was overwhelmed as I smelled the sweet aroma! What joy filled my heart. The truth was then proclaimed: "I LOVE CORN-ON-THE-COB !!!" In truth it was soo much more than the delicious taste of sweet golden corn covered in butter and salt- it was the lane of memories it walked me down... Good ol' Canadian BBQ's with the family all around. The aroma raising from where Dad stood BBQing the meat and tinfoil wrapped baked patotoes, the steam boiling up from the corn into mom's smiling face in the kitchen, the rays of warm sunshine beating on your back, the sweet flavored breeze brushing your hair from your face, the dog wisely choosing his location from where he'll get the most table scraps...man all those childhood memories all the way to adulthood!!! Summer BBQs with corn-on-the-cob reminds me of all those years filled with love, laughter and fabulous company!!!! Man do I miss it!!! But hey, atleast we can have a blissful moment carrying on the tradition as we eat our buttery golden corn-on-the-cob! So Ronnie, consider yourself informed of why we may be eating nothing but corn in the coming months!!!