Tip: Ready-For-Corn Pats of Butter

Can we all just agree to stop rolling our corn in the stick of butter? It's one of those things; it's just not right.

Here's a more elegant solution that also looks a lot better on the dinner table than a cored-out hunk of corn-silk tangled butter: ready-made pats of butter on crackers.

Simply place a slice of butter on a cracker of your choosing, and sprinkle a little coarse salt on top. Lay out a plateful near the corn if you're serving buffet-style, or place one on each plate if plating your meal. No more paws in the butter, and no more half-melted and reconstituted butter to avoid the next morning when all you want to do is butter your toast.

Comments (9)

Oooh, I like that idea. Buttered saltines are a guilty pleasure of mine. Therefore, if there are leftover butter-topped crackers, it's just a snack for later. Just need a few more saltines to divy up the large pats. :)

What a great idea! Man, I would never have thought of that and yet it makes perfect sense.

i've always buttered my corn by buttering a piece of bread and then using the bread to wipe the butter on the corn.

verily, me too! My grandmother had those for breakfast when I was little...so it's a very comforting snack for me!

I think there's a celluloid pantry op in this post, but I can't quite put my finger on it.

My grandpa would take a cracker, butter it, then stick a square of fat from his steak on top of the butter.

Try it. It's worth the coronary.

Just to repeat previous commenters--great! idea!

Though I know many a midwestern family member who opts for the bread method.

here are my (admittedly scary) reservations:

1. would the butter stay put?

and (much worse)

2. would that be enough butter?

(worst of them all)

3. light salt would not cut it in this case.

again, i hail from new england. this is my only excuse for my bad corn behavior.

I've tried this and it really works. You need a big pat of butter kinda mushed into the cracker and a healthy dose of coarse Sea Salt. I am a salter and did salt again afterwards but otherwise, it was a great trick. Especially when you are trying to be elegant at a dinner party.