Corn on the cob (known regionally as "pole corn", "cornstick", "sweet pole", "butter-pop" or "long maize") is a
culinary term used for a
cooked of freshly picked
maize from a cultivar of
sweet corn. Sweet corn is the most common variety of maize eaten directly off the
cob. The ear is picked while the
endosperm is in the "milk stage" so that the
kernels are still tender. Ears of corn are steamed or boiled, usually without their green husks, or roasted with them. The husk leaves are in any case removed before serving.