On 8/23/2004, sf nobody wrote:

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> I like the "test" of feeling the cob to find out if it's fully
>developed w/o shucking it first.

One thing that used to get my goat (I blame myself more than the
store for this) was when I would pick ears of corn that appeared
to be bigger in the husk (thinking that since it's sold so many
ears for $1.00, then the larger the better, up to a point). Then I
get it home, shuck it and find that the extra size comes from
a 2 to 3 inch stem. I've thought in the past that peeling back the
husk just a bit wasn't all that bad (I don't really do it myself be-
cause I usually have pretty good luck with corn), but I have thought
that peeling back the husk to the base of the ear to check out
the stem might be thought as inappropriate, or even get me ar-
rested. Actually, after I burned myself once or twice, I realized that
it's pretty easy to check the stem through the husk.

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>The people I see shucking corn into the bin usually live in
>apartments and clearly want to generate as little garbage as
>possible at home.

I not being argumentative - really - but how do you know where
the people you see in the store live?