The Norpro butter spreader spreads butter corn on the cob evenly and easily without any mess. This tool at Amazon is a must-have for corn on the cob lovers and it’s just $7 at Amazon.

A corn holder that looks like a tiny ear of corn — with a blade to stick in the cob, like a whimsical little corn sword — was patented in the U.S. in 1909, and evolved over the years, shifting ...