Serves: 5
Corn:
Start with the freshest ears possible. Pick or purchase them no more than two to three days before grilling. Keep them chilled. Look for ears with fresh-looking (not dried) cuts at their stems. The brown silk should be slightly sticky and the kernels should shine. Pop a kernel with your thumbnail the liquid should be milky and plentiful.
Soak ears in the husk in cold water for 30 minutes or more before grilling. Give them a good shake, trim any silk off the top, and grill. For extra flavor, peel back the husks, remove the silk, and brush the kernels with plain or seasoned butter, about 1 tablespoon per ear. Fold the husks back up, tie with wet string, and grill over Direct Medium heat for 25 to 30 minutes, turning three or four times during grilling.
For tantalizing grill marks, you can grill husked ears, too. Husk them, brush them with seasoned butter, and grill them over Direct Medium heat for 10 to 12 minutes, turning every few minutes.
Winter Squash:
Grilled squash spiked with warming spices can melt a snowman's heart. Try it with miniature or pie pumpkins (4 to 9 inches across are best for grilling), acorn, buttercup, butternut, or golden nugget.
Cut a lid for a small pumpkin as you would for a jack-o'-lantern. For other squash, cut the squash in half vertically. Careful! The rind can be tough. Scoop out the seeds and strings. Brush with butter and season to taste.
Put the lids back on pumpkins and grill them, right side up, over Indirect Medium heat there's no need to turn them. Grill other squash, cut side down first, over Indirect Medium heat until grill marks appear, then turn and brush with a seasoned or sweetened butter-which will pool temptingly in the hollowed middle. (For a sweetened butter, blend softened butter with brown sugar, maple syrup, or honey and cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, or pumpkin pie spice.) Grill until flesh is tender (see REFERANCE & APPENDIX, _Vegetable Grilling Chart). Top with toasted pecans, if desired.
From Weber’s Big Book of Grilling. Copyright © 2001 Weber-Stephen Products Co. All rights reserved. First published by Chronicle Books LLC, San Francisco, California.
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