On Wed 01 Jul 2009 04:57:50a, George Shirley told us...

> 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.
>

Yep, that's the type I meant. Nearly impossible to find anything like it,
but occasionally find it at small fruit and veggie stands locally.

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Wayne Boatwright
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