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And then what? Paint a wall with these things?
 
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In Europe there is no tradition of eating corn, other than in popcorn and cornflakes.
The corn we plant over here is all for animal food during the winter.
 
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In Europe there is no tradition of eating corn, other than in popcorn and cornflakes.
The corn we plant over here is all for animal food during the winter.
It’s a particular kind, sweet corn, that is eaten like a vegetable. Freshly picked it’s soooo good. It’s not actually sweet but that’s to contrast it with other types.
 
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It is true that the main frustration with corn on the cob is getting it adequately coated with melted butter.
Mexican street corn solves that problem pretty well.



(Actually, I'm not sure elotes are buttered. But smothered in Mexican cheese and spices and served on a stick more than makes up for it.)
 
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Corn tastes really sweet to me, especially when raw. I think I must taste sweetness more than other people do, because milk tastes sweet to me too.

You must. Corn is a little bit sweet to me, not enough to be dessert. Milk is a little sweet to me if it's evaporated or if it's the kind with added lactase. I don't think my taste buds are as sensitive as they used to be.
 

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I also find corn to be somewhat sweet, depending on the variety and where it's grown. Fresno State University grows and sells corn that is famous in this area for being deliciously sweet. Not dessert sweet, but just right. There's other farms around here that also grow sweet corn. Grilled and buttered, or made into elotes, it's to die for!

Sometimes milk tastes sweet to me, but it varies widely by brand and where it was produced.
 
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Who's hungry?

 

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I'm still trying to get past Sid saying that Europeans don't eat corn! What?! This is the first I've heard of it. How can you not like corn?
I think it is most of all a climate thingy.
There are other crops that do better, make more profit to grow over here.

How good corn ripens in Western Europe is to unpredictable for commercial food production. But the large plants make excellent animal food for the winter whether or not the plant ripens completely. So a lot of farmers with cows grow corn, but not for the corn cobs. They grow varieties that grow high and make large leaves. Cobs? Not important to them.

We eat popcorn and cornflakes. You can even find corn based bread if you really look for it. But all that corn has to be imported. That's why a corn bread is generally more expensive here than a bread made of wheat. Hence only for the real fans of it.
If I have the choice between a more luxury whole grain bread or a corn bread (price wise almost the same), the corn bread looses.

There is an increase of corn production in some countries in Eastern Europe though. They have longer, warmer and sunnier summers.