jmcquown wrote:
> My dad asked to "get on the computer and ask whoever" about Parched Corn.
> Apparently this is something his grandmother made for them (in Pennsylvania)
> during the Depression.

Does this look like it might be what he's talking about?
http://www.copefoods.com/

I bought a box of John Cope's Toasted Dried Sweet Corn in the gift
shop of a rural restaurant at the intersection of MD/PA/WV at the
beginning of this year. My friend and I ate there and had gotten
whatever the corn special was. It was a regional specialty, so I
bought the corn on impulse. There are a few recipes on the box and
some on the web site.
If you want the box I've got, email me with an address and I'll send
it to you. I imagine this is one of those impulse purchases that will
sit in my pantry for years, until I'm not sure it's good anymore.

BTW, the corn dish at the restaurant was okay, but I can't recall it
well enough to describe it. It was not like any creamed or stewed
corn I'd had before. I suspect it might be the kind of old time
specialty your father is thinking of. That's the kind of restaurant
it was, anyway--my friend and I are well into our 40s and were the
youngest customers there;-)

I wish I could remember the name of the restaurant.

pat