“Summertime and the living is easy” as the famous song goes and that means it is time for grilling and great summertime food.

A favorite in our family is grilled corn on the cob. There is nothing like bringing home that paper sack of fresh picked sweet corn and getting it ready for the grill. Since the kids liked to help, we prepared it the easy way…

1. Pull of the husks and remove the silk. You can get off any excess strands of corn silk by running a damp paper towel down the cob. They should pull away and be gone.

2. Tear off pieces of aluminum foil that will completely roll around the corn.

3. Put a dab of butter/margarine on each piece of aluminum foil. You can also use the margarine spray (in the refrigerated section by the butters/margarines).

4. Roll the corn around in the butter. Season each piece with a bit of fresh ground pepper and coarse ground salt. If you have kids, they might not like the pepper, but give it a try.

5. Roll the aluminum foil around the corn to enclose it.

6. Pop the corn on the grill for about 20 – 25 mins (depending on the size of the ears). Turn occasionally.

7. Now for the fun part – and this can also be the messy part.

Unroll that gorgeous piece of corn and slather it with butter and go for it. The slathering is the messy part, especially with kids. The other part of the butter thing is that you can end up with pepper and corn and an indent in the top of your butter for the summer.

Daisy will love this one! Here is the perfect kitchen gadget that will keep your butter looking like a stick of butter all through the corn season. I was given one as a gift years ago and absolutely love it.

Corn Butter Holder

There are a several options available and in various price ranges. My experience is with one similar to the Fox Run Craftsman model. Jacard makes excellent, high quality products also.

So enjoy that corn even more with this wonderful little butter spreader and take the mess out of cleaning up.