One of the best summer foods is corn, and no corn is better than Chilliwack corn. Nowhere in Penticton is better to buy your corn from than the 乌鸦传媒楥razy Chilliwack Corn Man.乌鸦传媒�
Whether you乌鸦传媒檙e in Maple Ridge, Abbotsford or Hope, there are pop-up stands selling Chilliwack corn all summer long, and locals flock to them every day to buy the best corn available.
The crisp bite.
The sweet crunch.
Everything about Chilliwack corn makes it one of the best summer foods around.
Unfortunately there aren乌鸦传媒檛 many places to buy Chilliwack corn in the Okanagan; no one makes the two to three-hour trip from Chilliwack just to sell corn.
Except, of course, if you are the Crazy Chilliwack Corn Man who shows up at the empty lot beside the Wendy乌鸦传媒檚 on Main Street. You can乌鸦传媒檛 miss his mounds of corn coming from the back of his truck.
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For close to 10 years, he乌鸦传媒檚 been bringing corn up to the Okanagan from Chilliwack; seven years in Westbank where he lived and for the last three in Penticton.
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Corn Man has spent his life driving trucks all across North America, so for him making the three-hour trip every day from Chilliwack to Penticton isn乌鸦传媒檛 a challenge.
Chilliwack corn sellers across southern B.C. never gain the kind of notoriety Corn Man does, they乌鸦传媒檙e just the ones behind the stand that collect your money and hand you your corn.
People tend to flock to Corn Man to buy their summer-fill of sweet cobs.
Pentictonites even take to Facebook to ask if the Corn Man is in town today.
乌鸦传媒淲ell乌鸦传媒e乌鸦传媒檚 got great corn,乌鸦传媒� one corn-enthusiast said about why they come to Corn Man.
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The easiest way to prepare corn is generally to boil it. It cooks quickly and it乌鸦传媒檚 hassle-free. But corn man, being quite the expert, says, 乌鸦传媒渄on乌鸦传媒檛 boil it.乌鸦传媒�
乌鸦传媒淥n the barbecue. Trim off her beard, trim off her leaves, and just roast her nice and golden brown,乌鸦传媒� he said.
If you fancy yourself a man or woman of the cob and are looking for the best value and highest quality corn money can buy, there is no better place in Penticton than the Crazy Chilliwack Corn Man.
Don乌鸦传媒檛 be surprised if Corn Man asks you to take a quick bite, to test just how delicious the Chilly-wack yellow vegetable is.
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