Re: corn

On 2024-10-01 21:08, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 11:51:23 -0500, Crash Gordon <uucp@crashelex.com>
wrote:
 

On 9/30/2024 8:58 PM, john larkin wrote:

"Women who boil corn should be boiled."

>
Had a neighbor many years ago who hated to make corn-on-the-cob for her
family.  She said it made the whole house steamy, and nobody ever ate it
anyway.  Turns out she thought you had to boil it until the *cob* was
tender!  My mom gave her obvious pointers, and the neighbors began
enjoying corn-on-the-cob.
>
True story.

 Seems to be an American thing. Do any other countries eat this stuff
with the same relish?[1]
 [1] Relish: in this instance means enjoyment, not the sauce you put on
burgers.

Ha! New word for me. (relish as sauce)
It is at least a north american thing, including Canadians, thus the lower case. Although I have seen fresh corn in the cob since a year or two in the supermarket here (Spain), tentatively.
In the 80's, my mother did not know you could eat corn. I had to show her, you cook the grains the same as peas (bought as a clean grain, tinned or frozen). She never took a liking for it, she had the idea that it was animal food only, not fit for humans.
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Cheers, Carlos.