On Sat, 27 Mar 2021 18:24:46 -0400, Boron Elgar
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>On Sat, 27 Mar 2021 10:18:40 -0600, US Janet >
>wrote:
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>>On Sat, 27 Mar 2021 09:14:52 -0400, Boron Elgar
> wrote:
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>>>Home made? I have never made it, myself.
>>>>
>>>> The creamed corn didn't turn out as thick as I wished because I
>>>>didn't give it enough time and used the wrong pan.
>>>>I should have prepared the corn in a skillet so the flour, butter and
>>>>cream would have had a beter chance to thicken.
>>>>The corn was very tasty as the corn that I bought was very sweet. I
>>>>didn't add sugar as the old recipes say to do. It would have been too
>>>>sweet.
>>>
>>>I used to love creamed corn. I assume there is no way the canned stuff
>>>I recall as a kid is anything but yellow paste now....
>>>>
>>>>All in all a decent meal for not much work
>>>>Janet US
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>>The rolls and consumme were not home made. I simply assembled the
>>sandwiches. Canned creamed corn is not what you remember from
>>childhood. It's easy to make and a treat. Try it sometime. I've
>>never bought corn on the cob from a store but the stuff from Costco
>>was very sweet. I'm assuming it was one of the sugar enhanced or
>>super sweet varieties that hold sweetness for a long time after being
>>picked.
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>I have gotten the frozen corn on the cob and niblets from Costco when
>we have a hankering off-season. It's been pretty nice.
>
>>BTW. I am growing TripleSweet this year. It does not require
>>isolation from other corn varieties and is more tolerant of soil
>>temperature for planting.
>
>You are braver than I. I have never had what I consider a terrific
>crop of corn. Something usually eats it before we do, or we have too
>much rain, or the earwigs take up residence. I have sworn off growing
>corn.

We no longer bother with growing corn, as the weather becomes warmer
all the farms here put out tons of corn at road side at a very low
price, often a dozen ears for a buck, even three ears for a buck is a
bargain compared to growing ones own. Corn takes up a lot of garden
space and often the ears are small and not as tasty as from the farms.
The farms probably use the right fertilizer, we don't use any
chemferts. We probably buy no more than 2 dozen ears a season, not
worth the effort to grow our own... there have been times we bought
more corn than we can eat and after a week we toss it out for the
critters. Corn cobs and husks don't compost well, five years later
they are good as new. We'd rather grow tomatoes, cukes, and salad
greens, peppers and squash grow well. We don't bother growing green
beans anymore, too much trouble to harvest plus frozen are cheap.
Eggplant is nice to grow and bell peppers.
There are other crops we'd rather use the garden space for than corn.
The last few years we've been growing lots of melons; cantaloupe,
persian, even those small water melons.... and we even grow pumpkins
for Halloween. We also grow lots of cabbages and brussel sprouts. Our
veggie garden is 50' X 50', really too big for two people, but we
enjoy it and nothing gets wasted, we give a lot away to neighbors who
give us different crops from their gardens... we end up with garlic,
onions, potatoes, and more honey than we can use. We do use a lot of
honey, we like it on berries when in season.
And we have neighbors who raise livestock, and since my wife knits we
get lots of fleece... last year a ton of alpaca. My wife taught their
kids how to wash, spin, and dye... kids are learning to knit and love
it. They knit wonderful garments that can't be purchased at any
price. When my wife teaches school mostly she teaches the kids
knitting. Knitting is very mathematical. The boys like knitting more
than the girls, the boys like designing.