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On 23 Aug 2004 21:29:20 GMT, (Agnes7777)
wrote:

> >From: "Tank"
> >
> >Am I the only person who dislikes this trend?
> >
> >--
> >Tank
>
> Nope.
>
> I've always seen folks pull back husks to check quality, but this was the first
> year I ever saw folks actually shucking their corn at the grocery store. There
> was no trash can. We had to wait to reach the corn bin because the pair
> (father and daughter) stood directly in front of it and took about 10 minutes
> to shuck 2 dozen ears,

It took 10 MINUTES for two people to shuck 24 ears of
corn??? Did they have one arm each?

> tossing the shucks and silk and stems on the floor and
> back into the pile of ears.

That was crass.
>
> When we asked the produce dept. guy what was up with those folks shucking their
> corn in the grocery store, he said it was a regional thing or something.
>
He should have been prepared for it in that case.

> It would have been less annoying if there'd been a trash can around...
>

I'm surprised there wasn't one there. In the Old Days, corn
had one side stipped so people could see kernal development
down the entire length of the ear. In the interest of
saving money on labor they don't do it anymore, so instead
they provide bins for people to throw corn shucks.

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