Part VI
Smokin
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ain't a corn field where corn comes from?
Post Fiend
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From: Wallingford, CT
Sweet corn is smaller in size of the overall plant and of the ear itself. The corn kernel itself also has a dent in it rather than being round like sweet corn.
Hotshot
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From: Rochdale MA
That sounds good!
I'll volunteer!
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Pulled off the web:
In order to be edible, field corn must be processed, typically through grinding it into a flour or soaking it in lye or other substances to soften the outer shell of the corn, as is the case in corn masa.
Flint (Zea mays indurata)
In order to be edible, field corn must be processed, typically through grinding it into a flour or soaking it in lye or other substances to soften the outer shell of the corn, as is the case in corn masa.
- Dent (Zea mays indenata)
- Dent corn is often used as livestock feed, in industrial products, or to make processed foods. Dent corn is also frequently referred to as "field" corn. Either white or yellow, dent kernals contain both hard and soft starch that become indented at maturity.
Flint (Zea mays indurata)
- Flint corn, also known as Indian corn, is used for similar purposes as dent corn. Flint corn is distinguished by a hard outer shell and kernals with a range of colors from white to red. (You can remember that it has a very hard exterior by thinking of flint, the stone.) Today, most flint corn is grown in Central and South America.
- Sweet (Zea saccharata or Zea rugosa)
- Sweet corn is primarily eaten on the cob, or it can be canned or frozen for future consumption. Sweet corn is seldom used for feed or flour. Sweet corn is extra sweet because it contains more natural sugars than other types of corn. (Field corn contains 4% sugar at the same stage standard sweet corn contains 10% sugar.) Almost 50% of the sugar can be converted to starch only 24 hours after sweet corn is picked, so it is best to eat it fresh!
- POP! Facts:
In 1996, 119,400 acres of sweet corn were grown in the United States.
- POP! Facts:
- Flour (Zea mays amylacea)
- Flour corn is used in baked goods because it has a soft, starch-filled, kernal that is easy to grind. Flour corn is primarily white, although it can be grown in other colors, for example, blue corn. One of the oldest types of corn, flour corn was a chief type grown by Native Americans .
- Popcorn (Zea mays everta)
- Popcorn, a type of flint corn, has a soft starchy center surrounded by a very hard exterior shell. When popcorn is heated the natural moisture inside the kernal turns to steam that builds up enough pressure for the kernal to explode. When the kernal explodes the white starchy mass that you like to eat forms. All types of corn will pop to some degree, but they won't necessarily have enough starch to turn inside out, or an outside layer that will create enough pressure to explode .
- Sweet corn is primarily eaten on the cob, or it can be canned or frozen for future consumption. Sweet corn is seldom used for feed or flour. Sweet corn is extra sweet because it contains more natural sugars than other types of corn. (Field corn contains 4% sugar at the same stage standard sweet corn contains 10% sugar.) Almost 50% of the sugar can be converted to starch only 24 hours after sweet corn is picked, so it is best to eat it fresh!
Smokin
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Ok sounds good Jim.
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Smokin
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Post Fiend
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I've tried field corn (cow corn) just to see what it tasted like and it wasn't very good. Granted it wasn't cooked, but it still wasn't very tasty.
Not only that, but taking field corn that isn't yours is stealing.
Not only that, but taking field corn that isn't yours is stealing.
Smokin
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There could be something wrong there...I did install it myself (that spells trouble). lol. But its been on there for a few years, still going strong.
It clicks...will buzz while its on, and I can hear it click off again. Really faint sound though, gotta have really good ears to hear it.
It clicks...will buzz while its on, and I can hear it click off again. Really faint sound though, gotta have really good ears to hear it.
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From: Blairsville,Ga
Maybe I never mentioned I ain't a city boy