On Wed 01 Jul 2009 07:19:33p, George Shirley told us...

> 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.
>

:-)

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Wayne Boatwright
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We plan, we toil, we suffer ~in the hope of what? A camel ~load
of idol's eyes? The title deeds of Radio City? The empire of
Asia? A trip to the moon? No, no, no, no. Simply to wake just in
time to smell coffee and bacon and eggs. ~J.B. Priestly