"When corn is sitting there on the cob, all yellow and squishy, it's a vegetable. However, when corn is taken off the cob and dried out, it's a grain. Cornbread is made with corn meal, which makes it a grain. Popcorn is made with dessicated corn kernels, and so is also a grain. Canned or frozen corn, on the other hand, goes out of its way to retain corn's various ... on-the-cob qualities, and therefore qualifies as a ... vegetable."
Thanks again to The Brown Cow!
(I'd give them a link except s/he is evidently one of the more anonymous types. Bummer.)
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Thank you Brown Cow, and thank you Words Rock! [Do you prefer to go by Words Rock or Suzanne? I wonder this every time I write to you.]
I have often wondered about corn. Every time I prepare yet another quick and lazy dinner of some frozen chunks of protein from Trader Joe's, as I put yet another bowl of frozen corn into the microwave, I tend to think: "Does this meal contain a vegetable? Or am I depriving my family of a balanced diet, serving them nothing but protein and starch?" Now, thanks to your post, I will rest easy.
Whew. I feel healthier already. (I really do! Not being sarcastic!)
Hey - has anyone asked the corn ?
I guess spending all that day basking in the sun, with little to do except wait for a gentle breeze to break the monotony, they get a long time to think.
If we knew the true thoughts of the corn, we would be that little bit wiser.
As for me, I am more interested in Hops. Now there's a grain with an attitude.
Thanks for clearing that up. lmao
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