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 鈥楥razy Chilliwack Corn Man.鈥�
Whether you鈥檙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鈥檛 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鈥檚 on Main Street. You can鈥檛 miss his mounds of corn coming from the back of his truck.
鈥淢y name, the Crazy Chilly-wack Corn Man, koo-koo ka-chew. I come up with a truck full of sweet Chilliwack ladies, it鈥檚 true. Why have I done that for nine years? Because I鈥檓 the only one that鈥檚 got the balls to do it.鈥�
For close to 10 years, he鈥檚 been bringing corn up to the Okanagan from Chilliwack; seven years in Westbank where he lived and for the last three in Penticton.
鈥淚t鈥檚 because of the people that live here; more open and light-minded. 98.7 per cent of [my customers], very open, loving people. Care about each other, care about themselves, and that鈥檚 what I like,鈥� said Crazy Chilliwack Corn Man.
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鈥檛 a challenge.
Chilliwack corn sellers across southern B.C. never gain the kind of notoriety Corn Man does, they鈥檙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.
鈥淲ell鈥e鈥檚 got great corn,鈥� one corn-enthusiast said about why they come to Corn Man.
鈥淗e鈥檚 just so loose and open and fun, he鈥檚 great to be around,鈥� another said.
The easiest way to prepare corn is generally to boil it. It cooks quickly and it鈥檚 hassle-free. But corn man, being quite the expert, says, 鈥渄on鈥檛 boil it.鈥�
鈥淥n the barbecue. Trim off her beard, trim off her leaves, and just roast her nice and golden brown,鈥� 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鈥檛 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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