Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Wed 01 Jul 2009 06:02:30p, George Shirley told us...
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Wed 01 Jul 2009 08:56:13a, George Shirley told us...
>>>
>>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>> I did a Google and found the seed available in several places. You know
>>>> you're old when the seed you planted as a young man is now called
>>>> "heirloom" seed. <G>
>>>>
>>> Oh, George, that's *too* funny! I'm guessing a few of us here might be
>>> alled "heirlooms". :-)
>>>
>> I truly am Wayne, I have two great granddaughters and another great
>> grand on the way.
>>
>
> Well technically, George, I'm old enough to have great grandchildren.
> However, I don't have children so I don't have to count generations. :-)
>
When my kids were teens there were times when I wished I didn't have to
count generations either.