corn

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]

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.

I have heard that Germans think corn is only good to feed pigs.

Fresh-picked sweet corn from the farmers' market is great. After a day or so, the sugar turns to starch and it isn't as good.

Ideally, cook it minutes after snapping it off the stalk.

We got some dark purple corn at the Alemany Farmers Market. It was beautiful, but not good to eat.

The purple onions, shallots, asparagus, and carrots are great.