On Jul 6, 5:10*pm, George Leppla > wrote:
> On 7/6/2010 7:05 PM, K wrote:
>
> > I have seen corn-on-the-cob for sale all over Eastern Europe, throughout
> > Central America (and yes, people were buying and eating it). *It's actually
> > quite *popular steet food on the Western shore of the Adriatic amd the East
> > coast of the Black Sea. *There is a resort town (Varna) in Bulgaria where
> > they sell real corn-on-the-cob right next to imitation popcorn, so go
> > figure.
>
> A couple of months ago in a Mexican town on the Texas border, I found
> out that you can get roasted corn on the cob from street vendors.
> Served with mayo and whatever spices you want (salt, pepper chili
> powder, etc).
>
> It was an unexpected treat... something different.

Elotes are indeed a popular street treat.