"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> raymond wrote:
>> On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:56:57 -0500, "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.
> (snippage)
>
>> By the way. This was all made with field corn. Not sweet corn. Rural
>> farmers where I lived grew field corn for their cattle and hogs and
>> they ate the same corn. Sweet corn seed wasn't generally available
>> where we lived until after WWII. Sweet corn seeds were expensive and
>> there was a lot of extra labor and expense involved to grow it. You
>> grew field corn and you bought sweet corn at the store. Sweet corn was
>> always boiled or steamed and served on the cob. If you make parched
>> or fried corn with sweet corn you get something entirely different,
>> both in texture and taste, and it probably won't be like your dad
>> remembers. In the 1950s, when my uncle in Wabbaseka, Arkansas called
>> to say the fresh field corn was ready we went for a visit and came
>> back with enough to fill one freezer shelf. When he called a few
>> months later to say the dried field corn was ready we went for a visit
>> and came back with enough for several sacks of kernels and several
>> bags of meal, which my father ground himself. This would last most of
>> the winter.
>
> Yes, Dad actually asked me about "parched field corn". Problem is, I have
> no idea where he could actually buy field corn that isn't in a quantity to
> feed livestock. Obviously he doesn't need that! He lives in South
> Carolina
> now on one of the barrier islands. Not a lot of livestock down there
> Thanks for the information!
>
>
Jill, I've seen dried corn kernels in the Mexican / International section of
one of the supermarkets down here. I misremember which one, I'll keep an eye
out. Did you check the Melissas.com website?
http://www.melissas.com/search/index...H&ACT=DoSearch They have
a bag of roasted sweet corn. Probably a cornnuts sort of thing.
Edrena