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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-11 10:05 PM
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Poll question: Corn on the Cob
Edited on Sun Jul-17-11 10:22 PM by Angry Dragon
Which type of corn on the cob do you prefer??

I like yellow corn, can not find it.
Only can find bi-color corn
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dana_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-11 10:11 PM
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1. white corn
I don't think that we could find bi color corn here. Only white and yellow.
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-11 10:23 PM
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2. I added white corn for you
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21st Century FDR Donating Member (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-11 10:39 PM
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3. Organic corn from natural seed
I cannot eat the Monsanto crap, or anything made from it, without seriously ugly allergic results.
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-11 10:45 PM
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4. When I was young, it was "Field Corn" and "Sweet Corn".
The field corn was huge hearty yellow ears of corn as long as the dinner plate was wide. The white corn was smaller, and extremely sweet compared to field corn.

We used to get it from roadside vendors all over the midwest.

Field Corn is by far my favorite.
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RobinA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 07:21 AM
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8. I Tried To Cook
field corn once. I got it at a produce stand in the sounth. It was being sold to tourists as sweet corn, but this tourist knew the difference. Being from the North, I had never seen even the suggestion that field corn was meant for human consumption, so I decided to try it as an experiment. I cooked it as sweet corn - not done. Cooked it some more - not done. Cooked it for an hour and some - not done. Tossed it. Figured it must be heat proof.
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 11:27 AM
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9. I have toasted it in the fire - if you don't burn it, it can be pretty good
lightly toasted. never tried baking it, but I bet that would work.

as to the question, i'll go bi color since that is what most the sweet corn around here is anymore.
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 12:59 PM
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12. I have tried bi-color many times and to me has very little taste
Give me the big'ol yellow corn
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surrealAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 08:07 PM
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24. Perhaps this is a regional difference ...
... but isn't "field corn" the stuff you make cornmeal from? It's still meant for human consumption, just not for eating "fresh".
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A Simple Game Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 09:53 PM
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26. If by field corn you mean cow corn, we used to eat it raw when we were kids.
You had to pick the young ears though, the older ears were tough.

It wasn't as sweet as sweet corn, but it wasn't bad.
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pscot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 02:57 PM
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19. Absolutely
We used to soak it in the lake for a while and roast it in a beach fire while we were night fishing. That probably had something to do with the taste.
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-11 10:45 PM
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5. I think I've only had yellow and bi; never plain white.
It all tastes pretty good now. When I was a kid, it had no flavor. In that respect, corn has trended in the opposite direction of most fruits and vegetables, which seem to have had all the flavor bred out of them. (Tomatoes and strawberries come especially to mind). I guess this makes sense since humans pretty much are responsible for corn, such as it is, in the first place.

http://martinigod.com/blog.htm
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-11 11:04 PM
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6. A, B, and D
:9
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 07:20 AM
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7. Eastern shore (MD) Silver Queen is really the best - you can eat it raw.
There are other decent sweet corn varieties, but nothing compares to that - and you can tell if it was grown on the Eastern shore. There's just something about the soil and air that makes it unique.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 11:49 AM
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11. Road trip for me coming up real soon to the Eastern Shore!
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Paper Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 02:27 PM
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15. Here in NE, Silver Queen shows up for a few weeks.
It is my favorite. I find the yellow corn with big kernels to be tougher than the other varieties. I prefer corn with small kernels, it seems to be sweeter.
Maybe I cook the yellow ears too long.
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 03:01 PM
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21. 3 minutes
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 03:00 PM
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20. Had any this year? Haven't seen it in grocery,+what they have ain't good.
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A Simple Game Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 09:55 PM
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27. Pre salted? n/t
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RedCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 11:40 AM
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10. I used to pretend I was a typewriter eating row by row!
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 01:00 PM
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13. You are not suppose to play with your food ............
:hi:
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-19-11 06:53 AM
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34. (I still eat it that way)
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 01:23 PM
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14. Don't like corn-on-the-cob...anymore!
Pre-dentures? I loved it.
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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 02:33 PM
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16. Don't like it.
I can't stand anything getting stuck in my teeth.
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Oceansaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 02:39 PM
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17. peaches-n-cream...Iowa grown
corn on the cob...its the best...
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 02:57 PM
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18. I prefer white, but haven't found any decent this year, white, yellow or other.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 07:48 PM
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22. silver queen.
88 days. Bright white kernels with succulent flavor that holds well.
Sturdy 8-ft. stalks produce 8- to 9-in. ears with 14-16 full, flavorful rows of juicy kernels.
Disease resistant; tolerant of most leaf blights.

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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 08:02 PM
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23. Are you a racist about corn?
Seriesly. It's all good!
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 08:36 PM
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25. I do not think I am a corn racist
I have eaten yellow corn my whole life, my preference
I have eaten bi-color, and has no taste to me
I have never had white corn
I have eaten Indian corn on the Hopi reservation

Give me large kernel yellow corn any time.......
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dimbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 10:11 PM
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28. One of the few foods actually better microwaved than otherwise:
break off the stalk, strip most of the husks and in she goes. Delish.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 10:17 PM
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29. Where's the "all of the above" option???
Love it

But shouldn't it be 'corn' and canned corn 'corn off the cob'?
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 10:50 PM
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30. I have only seen canned yellow corn
and creamed corn - do not like
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-11 11:01 PM
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31. I do not like either
I prefer Corn (aka Corn on the Cob)

Someone did get me some Bixby Corn from OK once - yes, it is delicious

I also did RAGBRAI in Iowa and the corn there was nothing short of corngasm
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-19-11 04:38 AM
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32. Try it with extra virgin olive oil.
Much better than butter.
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JustABozoOnThisBus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-19-11 05:24 AM
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33. Bi-Color, grilled & buttered
but I'll try Enthusiast's recommendation of olive oil.

:hi:
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