On 13-Jun-2006, "JohnO" > wrote:

> > I'm even more impatient. I like to shuck them in the corm field and eat
> > them raw. It doesn't get any better.
> >
>
> I suspect you're joking, but some of the new supersweet varieties can
> really be eaten that way. I don't prefer it, but I've tried it. My
> grandpa showed me how to taste food direct from the garden, and I
> showed my kids the same.
>
> -John O

I was a farm brat briefly between 1950 abd 1953. I don't know anything
about new supersweet varieties, but my sisters and myself always
scarfed an ear or two while harvesting sweetcorn, (by hand). Same
with tomatoes. I don't find produce like that anymore. More's the pity.

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