Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Tue 30 Jun 2009 06:47:09p, Tracy told us...
>
>> gloria.p wrote:
>>> George wrote:
>>>
>>>> The yellow/white corn seems to be the most popular here but a few grow
>>>> yellow corn. I remember asking at one stand and they said everyone
>>>> wants the white or white/yellow.
>>>
>>> The yellow corn of my childhood was very starchy and not nearly as sweet
>>> as today's yellow and white hybrids or plain white corn. IMO, the
>>> yellow, when only slightly over-ripe, tastes very starchy.
>>>
>>> The best tasting corn I have ever eaten in my life was a bicolor hybrid
>>> from the San Pascual Valley in northern San Diego County.
>>>
>>> gloria p
>> But, but, but, I like the yellow corn because it's not as candy sweet as
>> the white or bicolor stuff.
>> Starchy is ok in my book.
>>
>> Tracy
>>
>
> Me, too, Tracy. It's getting harder to find the old-fashioned yellow corn,
> but it's the only kind I will buy.
>
As a youth my favorite corn was yellow Trucker's Favorite, normally
grown as animal fodder it was very sweet and tasty at the "sugar" stage.
Dad used to grow three or four acres of it to feed the stock and we
would eat it young. Ears up to fifteen inches long, about two or three
inches in diameter, and really, really good stuff. Haven't seen any of
it in nearly fifty years though.