By Gretchen McKay
From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In my kitchen, the arrival of Memorial Day often coincides with corn showing up at my neighborhood grocery store. It’s not local — we have to wait until mid-July for our wonderful Pennsylvania sweet corn to arrive at farmers markets — but it’s fine, a taste of all the summer goodness to come.
We eat a lot on the cob, of course, with lots of salt and butter. Simple pleasures! But for the last few years, like so many others, we’ve also been on an elote kick.
If you’re not familiar, I’m speaking of the Mexican street corn that comes slathered with spicy Mexican crema and crumbled Cotija cheese. It’s cheesy, salty, creamy and a little bit fiery all at the same time, thanks to the addition of chiles, garlic and mayo….