If you've always thought that there should be a more elegant and hygienic to eat corn on the COB, certainly was not alone. Look what I found in the store (C)&(C) the North Mall!
It is an underwriter of corn made of silicone that has the sole function of allowing the cob consumption without manual contact and without risk of burns.
Each package comes with six insurers who allow eating up to three ears of corn at the same time! You can put insurers on the cob before cooking, According to the manual.
Talking on instruction manual, There's a funny part that says: “Place the tongs to extremes of an ear”. Serious? I thought it was in the Middle…
For those who want to buy, the product was on sale in September 2012 in C&(C) the North Mall (Rio de Janeiro).