roasting ear

[roasting ear] {n.}

An ear of corn young and tender enough to be cooked and eaten; also corn cooked on the cob.

* /The scouts buried the roasting ears in the coals of their campfire./

* /At the Fourth of July picnic we had fried chicken and roasting ears./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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