Corn Silk Tea
4 for $1. 5 for $1, even 8 for $1! That's summer - bounty of fresh corn on the cob (and strawberries, blueberries, peaches, nectarines, apricots etc.).
Occasionally, I husk the corn - remove and discard the layered leaves and corn silk at the grocery stores (since the stores provide bins to contain the "waste") so that at home, I am saved from the chore of cleaning - picking up those string-like, silky fibers that tend to "stick" to the kitchen counter-top, and sink (where the corn is husked). Even when I do line the counter-top with paper to contain the "waste" , there is bound to be few strands of stringy fibers lying around in the sink, and worse, on the kitchen floor! There is no way to get not messy.
Wait a minute. "Waste"? Corn silk is not waste.
Do you know? These golden fibers found at the end of the corn is a source of plant sterols as well as beta-carotene, riboflavin, selenium, niacin; and can be made into corn silk tea which offers health benefits such as boosting digestion, regulating glucose levels in the body and preventing high cholesterol.
Enjoy this healthful, light-tasting, slightly-earthy, subtly-sweet corn silk tea.
