Corn is great. Cutting it off the cob is not. Can a corn stripper make the process easier, neater, and safer? We bought seven models, priced from about $7.50 to about $24.00, and used them to shear off kernels from ear upon ear of both cooked and raw corn.
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This is one of the first time I have disagreed with the test results, especially throwing out a device that may not have been tested to its full potential. I have one of the wooden kind, which was the same kind my grandmother used. However, we never used it to remove just the kernels. It was and is used to remove the kernel but to also score the kernel to obtain the milky substance, which results in one of the best cream-style corn dishes – without any cream. Our favorite corn for this is Silver Queen. All you need is the right corn, the stripper and salt and pepper. You can make corn chowder dishes out of the results or eat it straight – minimum three servings!
Nothing better that fresh sweet corn cut off the cob! Thanks for sharing.
The one they threw out immediately was what we use to cream corn when I was little. It made the most delicious creamed corn. It was dangerous and messy, but my gosh was it so tasty!
I have the oxo corn stripper. It's your technique that is making it unevenly cut the corn off the cob and spatter everywhere. You don't hold the cob up in your hand or in the air. Lay the cob down flat on your plate or cutting board. Then draw the tool down the corn cob. I can cut the kernels off the cob from tip to end and the kernels cut evenly and stay in place on the cob. Try it.
Sounds more like a commercial
But all cobs are not the same size. I don't think it would work with a thick cob.
I like the wooden stripper. It mashes the kernels and makes a slurry. Add three eggs to the slurry (6 ears), salt and pepper and ladle out very small portions on a hot griddle, delicous.
I bought the winning corn stripper and it was an epic fail. Took a lot of strength to use it, and then the bottom lid jammed. We have corn stuck in it. Forever. And to make matters worse, even though it’s amazon prime, when you try to return it it says item is not returnable.
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Knife works well.
The RSVP Stripper ALSO has limitations regarding the cob size. Should be a fail.
Two things; how is the wining one any less of a wrist workout than the one you guys complained about? Also, the wining one will have the same issues with varying cob size as the other one you disliked. How is this one a "winner"…?
I am loving this type of Strippers and not the one at the club. 🤣
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Knife. Period. Sometimes the simplest is better.
I have used a few of those. The OXO type or the Kuhn Rikon – yellow one with corn cob handle work great if you place the ear of corn flat on a sheet pan with sides. Not vertical as they showed. Then you simply run the tool over the ear from end to end, while turning it. All of the kernels are removed and are contained in the sheet pan. IMHO the one they suggest would be a pita to remove the ear from and clean. When corn is in season, I use it all the time to make corn souffles and corn salads.
Alton Brown called items like this "unitaskers." Basically, if a kitchen tool only does one thing, don't buy it. The amount of time you save isn't worth the space it takes up in your kitchen and the time it takes to pull out of the drawer/cabinet to do its one job
as someone who cans corn the answer for me is YES it is worth it. The Oxo corn stripper was worth the $10 I paid for it. Once you figure it out it's so much faster. Then used the leftover cobs to make creamed corn.
I use my electric knife. Cut close to the handle of the knife. Makes quick easy work with no flying kernels.
Try using a bundt pan
the tested one of the Y type, the row of corn seemed to move BEFORE it was cut. I had to rewind it twice before I was certain enough to suspect a 'fix'