When I was in Meijers (regional grocery chain) I noticed that they had corn pots for sale. They were prominently displayed on the end of the isle in the cooking section.

They peaked my curiosity. A pot, just for cooking corn. I wondered what made them so special for cooking corn.

Were they like a rice cooker? Did they guarantee perfect corn every time? Did they have a heat and hold feature? I had to check them out.

As I examined them, they look like an enamel pot that was the color of light yellow. (I guess the light yellow color was to look like corn.) Since they weren’t electric, I thought that they must have some special rack on the inside of the pot.

Perhaps it is a rack that allows you to steam the corn. Or maybe its a rack that makes for easier removal of the corn. But, when I examined the inside of the pot, it was empty.

Nothing electric, nothing inside, no moving parts, what makes this pot so special that it has earned the name of “corn pot”? The best that I can come up with is the yellow color of the enamel coating.

P.T. Barnum had it right all along.