Corn on the cob is the freshly picked ear of a type of cereal crop, maize, which has been cultivated in the Americas since Mesoamerican times. The variety used is that which has a high sugar content, and thus is therefore known as sweet corn.
The leaves are stripped from the outside of the corn, and the cob is then cooked. Popular ways of cooking it are by barbecuing, grilling or boiling it, in each case it is cooked until the corn kernels affixed to the cob are tender. The kernels themselves are eaten directly from the corn - special skewers can be purchased that stick into each end of the cob allowing it to be easily eaten - and it is frequently slathered in butter after being cooked and eaten that way.
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