Hot tip

FRESH sweetcorn is now available from Catherine and Vincent O’Donovan’s roadside stall on the main Cork to Innishannon road, about a mile and a half from the Halfway Roundabout.

Tel [phone] to order. To cook, pull off the husks and silks, pop into well-salted boiling water and cook for no more than 3 minutes. Serve slathered with butter and sprinkled with Maldon sea salt.

Corry Lane Home Smoked Fish: Particularly delicious eel, warm smoked salmon and mackerel. Tel John Rogan: 043-76264 or 087-9904707; Rathowen, Co Westmeath.