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

On Sun, 25 May 2025 12:31:05 -0400, Jill McQuown
<j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

On 5/25/2025 5:15 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

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

>
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.

 
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.
 
"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.
 
A third type, "flint" corn, is grown in much lower quantities.  Popcorn
is flint corn, as is the colored corn used as autumnal decorations.
 

Maybe his artificially intelligent friend can tell him what he has
against FOOD.  Tonight I'll be making tex-mex tacos using corn
tortillas.  We all know he has something against eating meat.  I suppose
he has a problem with cheese, too.

I only have something against meat and steamed asparagus, Biddy.

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Bruce
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