Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 01:56:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: No shucking, please
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

On Wed, 30 May 2007, Ted White wrote:

>  Pre-shucked corn (displayed in sealed packages) won't
> keep well, but is being done in some stores.  Invariably when I've seen
> such corn on display, it has been way too maturely picked, with fat
> kernels crammed next to each other, a guarantee of tough and tasteless
> corn.  Sadly, far too many consumers *look* for such ears, thinking
> they're getting the best bargain.  (These are also the kind of ears of
> corn found cooked -- usually cut in half -- in carnivals, at fairs, at
> Coney Island, etc., usually thickly bathed in butter.  *Sigh*....)

Corn is only an excuse for eating melted butter anyway.  *sigh* which
I can no longer do.

=Tamar