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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Stuart Heritage

It’s corn! 10 mouthwatering recipes to celebrate the song of the summer

Yotam Ottolenghi’s corn grilled in its husk with creamy pecorino dressing.
Yotam Ottolenghi’s corn grilled in its husk with creamy pecorino dressing. Photograph: Louise Hagger/The Guardian. Food styling: Emily Kydd. Prop styling: Jennifer Kay

Blazing in at the very last, the song of the summer is finally upon us. Entitled It’s Corn, the song is an instantly catchy, surprisingly heartfelt ode to sweetcorn as performed by a child known as Corn Boy, and it is truly inescapable on TikTok. The lyrics are not only sincerely straightforward (“It’s corn!” it goes. “A big lump with knobs, it has the juice! I can’t imagine a more beautiful thing”) but they also make the listener want to instantly go out and eat as much corn as possible. And for that reason and that reason alone, here are the 10 best corn recipes on the internet.

Sweetcorn fritters

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