"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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> On 1/22/2014 5:13 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
>
>> Fresh corn on the cob is a food for the gods. There is nothing better
>> and I have made many a meal out of just fresh picked corn. As a kid we
>> didn't grow corn, but there was a small farm down the road and Mom would
>> put the water on to boil and then go to the farm. They picked the corn
>> as it was requested so it came right off the stalk. Nothing better!!
>>
>> Since then I've had to settle for corn from farmer's markets, but as a
>> resident of the midwest (recently Iowa) the corn is about as fresh as
>> you can get without picking it yourself.
>>
>> Now you've got me drooling for sweet corn on the cob!!!
>
> Me too! I had to go several years without fresh corn on the cob when I
> had braces. Yes I had braces in my 40s. I think I dreamed about that
> first cob of corn weeks prior to getting the metal out. It did not
> disappoint.

I had braces in my 30's. I missed popcorn. These days people with braces
seem to be allowed to eat that. But not when I had them. I also couldn't
eat a sandwich unless I cut it up into little bites. Bread, meat and cheese
would stick in the brackets. Horrible. I had to carry a toothbrush with me
everywhere.