Cryambers wrote:
> 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

You know, that might be very much like what he's talking about, although his
grandmother "parched" the corn herself!

Jill