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Default Are we (USA) the only ones who eat corn on the cob?

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merryb > wrote:

> On Jul 6, 10:20*pm, Nathalie W > wrote:
> > Kate Connally wrote:
> > > It seems that way. *I tried googling it this morning.
> > > I found reference to corn on the cob done up in a Mexican
> > > or other fashion but that was being sold in this country
> > > not in the country associated with the "flavorings". *I know
> > > many countries have corn on the cob but can't find any evidence
> > > of them actually eating it off the cob the way we do here.
> > > There a Columbian stew that has chunks of corn on the cob in
> > > it but I have no idea how they actually eat that when they
> > > come to it. *It seems quite messy to pick it up and eat it
> > > the way we do corn on the cob, but then how would you be able
> > > to eat it with a fork and knife? *And even if the do pick it
> > > up and eat it off the cob, it doesn't count since it's not a
> > > whole ear.

> >
> > > Kate

> >
> > You 're not. We eat it here in Belgium, boiled, and served with butter
> > and salt.
> >
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> > Nathalie from Belgium- Hide quoted text -
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> Hey! I thought you were Nathalie from Switzerland?? Did you move?


No, that's Nathalie C., not Nathalie W.

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