Monday, September 20, 2021

Corn silks

The corn cobs in the two corn fields out back have matured. There aren't many, and most of them are thin, not like good eating corn. I'm sure it's not eating corn, anyway. The French get their corn out of cans. Corn on the cob is not sweet and is grown as feed for pigs and other livestock.

Corn silks on tiny corn cobs.

Every once in a while we'll find sweet corn on the cob in the supermarket. Ken did once this summer and we enjoyed it cooked on the grill. It's one of those things that remind me of summer in the US.

14 comments:

  1. Fresh corn on the cob is one of SG’s favorite things. Being from South Dakota, his after wouldn’t eat corn on the cob that hadn’t been picked that day. After that, he didn’t consider it fresh.

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  2. I've never really liked corn but I don't hate it like brussel sprouts. Corn is quite suitable as pig food.

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  3. And there are things that are common in France and rare in the USA. Frozen corn is better than canned.

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  4. Corn, blueberries, and tomatoes.... summer.

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  5. Being from Kentucky this pops into my mind, "the corn top's ripe and the meadow's in bloom".

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  6. The French don’t know what they’re missing by not having fresh, sweet corn on the cob available to them. My late summer memories of Ontario always include corn on the cob and tomatoes.

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    1. I have had corn on the cob several times and I know for sure that I don’t miss it when I’m in France. Neither do I miss it here. See my comment below.

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  7. Corn is definitely not a French thing. The closer I got to corn growing up was with Gaudes and Maïzéna. Gaudes were very good and tasty. I have never heard of Gaudes in the States. Different cultures, once again.

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    1. I must say that Gaudes come from the Franche-Comté region of Eastern France.

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  8. We love corn on the cob, but in England it is grown to produce biogas in an anaerobic digester, and thence the gas is combusted to produce electricity. On our farm we have a 22acre solar farm.....I'd rather eAT the corn cobs!

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  9. Why don't you and Ken grow corn? For me, it isn't summer without some corn on the cob meals.

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  10. mitch, a discerning customer!

    andrew, corn and brussels sprouts are among my favorite vegetables!

    travel, I haven't had frozen corn in a long time. I don't think I've seen it here, but I'll look again.

    judy, true!

    evelyn, poetic!

    bettyann, well, the French have cheese and bread. And pâté. And wine. Good melons. Plums. We will survive. LOL

    chm, we like polenta, but gaudes are not quite the same.

    pats, interesting!

    diane, we did grow corn for a couple or three seasons. The first time was a great success. After that our harvests dwindled, so I stopped trying.



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