Re: Friday Night Dinner Plans? 5/23/2025

On Sun, 25 May 2025 09:15:50 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
<chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:

On 2025-05-24, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Sat, 24 May 2025 18:19:55 -0400, Jill McQuown
<j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
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They do grow and eat sweet corn in Australia.
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https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/horticulture/vegetables/commodity-growing-guides/sweet-corn

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Now I'm wondering. Is corn that people eat always sweet corn, which is
not GM most of the time? Where does non sweet corn go? Animal fodder?
Maybe I have to talk to my artificially intelligent acquaintance about
this.

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Corn that is eaten as a (reasonably) fresh vegetable is "sweet" corn.
It's harvested at an immature stage, so its sugar content is higher
and its seed coat is softer.
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"Dent" corn is used for animal feed and as feedstock for industrial
processes such as ethanol or high-frucose corn syrup manufacture.  It's
also used for cornmeal, grits, polenta, and masa harina.
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A third type, "flint" corn, is grown in much lower quantities.  Popcorn
is flint corn, as is the colored corn used as autumnal decorations.

Ok, thanks. And dent corn is the one that's often GMO.

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Bruce
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