On 2016-09-16 12:40 PM, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:

> Think about it, Jill. You make those nice corn fingers or whatever you
> did. Looked good and I'm sure they tasted the same. BUT.... if they are
> "all that" how come you haven't made them again lately?
>
> Good for a rare novelty but not a staple food, imo.

It probably was a staple food for a lot of people in the not too distant
past. Supplies were limited. Things were shipped by boat and by wagon,
later by rail. They ate mostly locally grown food, and in much of North
America, that local produce included a lot of corn.