Larry's Kitchen
🍳 Meet the Sweetcorn
🦁 Why Larry Likes This One
Larry loves how each kernel is like a little yellow tooth!
Serves
1
Prep
2 min
Cook
5 min
Level
⭐ Easy
⚠️ Allergen Information
🥛Milk
Always check ingredient labels every time you cook. Ingredients can change. If your child has a diagnosed food allergy, follow their healthcare team's advice.
🥕 Ingredients
- •1 cob sweetcorn
- •10 g butter
🔧 Equipment
saucepanknife
📝 Method
🔥 Oven/Cooking temperature: Hob medium
- 1Look at the sweetcorn cob — see all the little kernels in rows.
- 2Feel the bumpy kernels.
- 3Adult: boil the cob for 5 minutes.
- 4Add butter.
- 5Look at how bright yellow it is now.
- 6Smell it.
- 7Taste if you want to.
🦁 My Jobs
- ✓ Look at the kernels
- ✓ Feel the bumps
- ✓ Smell it
- ✓ Taste if you want to
👨👩👧 Grown-Up Jobs
- ⚠️ Use the hob
- ⚠️ Handle hot cob
- ⚠️ Use a sharp knife
⚠️ Food Safety
- • Adult must handle boiling water
- • Corn cob will be very hot — let it cool slightly before touching
🧩 Try It Your Way
Try tinned or frozen sweetcorn instead of fresh cobs.
