"Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig" > wrote in message
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On Jun 30, 8:44 pm, "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

>That yellow corn you remember from your childhood was probably what my
>mom called "field corn". I loved it too. When it was really young it
>was just a little sweet - not starchy just "veggie". The new sweet
>corn is too sweet. That's from all that damn "high fructose corn
>syrup" I bet! Especially now that I'm cutting waay back on salt. I
>keep putting more butter on so it doesn't taste so dang sweet!

>Lynn in Fargo
>Eating all the sweet corn I can get my (bad) teeth on while I can
>because they're ALL coming out July 27th. (Full anesthesia, thank
>Alex!)

Isn't "field corn" the tough corn that's fed to animals? I didn't think
that it was edible "as is" on the cob. Someone with a farming background
correct me if I'm wrong?

Jinx