"Default User" > wrote in message
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> Peter Aitken wrote:
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>> "MOMPEAGRAM" > wrote in message
>> news:1123184586.4b7d610d8910b6605d5f007246fbe9f7@t eranews...
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>> > "Jude H.Cormier" > wrote in message
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>> >> Hi!
>> > >
>> >> A neighbor gave me some of his fresh corn he grew in the garden,
>> but I'm >> not quite sure how long it needs to be cooked.
>> >> Any ideas?
>> > >
>> >> Thanks
>> > >
>> >> Jude
>> > >
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>> > Bring a very large pot of water to a rolling boil. Add some salt
>> > and sugar.
>> >
>> > Toss in the corn and time 4 minutes.
>> >
>> > Slather with butter and eat!
>> >
>> > MoM
>> >
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>> Forget the sugar - corn should be sweet enough on its own.
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> Is it just me, or is some of the corn these days TOO sweet? It's more
> like candy than a vegetable. I like it to taste like corn, at least a
> little.
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> Brian

You make an excellent point. Some sweetness is very nice, but there is too
much corn that has mostly sweetness with little corn flavor or texture.
Eating corn should not be like eating pablum. Some friends and I were
discussing how corn in the south (North Carolina) just does not measure up
to northern corn.


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