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Re: I fear the cafe at lunch time
« Reply #105 on: March 12, 2010, 07:46:11 PM »
Quote from: Andee on March 12, 2010, 06:36:01 PM
I am the same way!  It's one of my pet peeves.  It's *corn* unless it's a particular variety like sweet white corn, etc. (ah, NJ roadside stands always had the best!)

No, sorry, but Maryland has the best. ;) :P
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Re: I fear the cafe at lunch time
« Reply #106 on: March 13, 2010, 12:28:19 PM »
Quote from: balmerhon on March 12, 2010, 07:46:11 PM
No, sorry, but Maryland has the best. ;) :P
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Re: I fear the cafe at lunch time
« Reply #107 on: March 15, 2010, 10:10:19 PM »
Quote from: balmerhon on March 12, 2010, 07:46:11 PM
No, sorry, but Maryland has the best. ;) :P

Wrong again...it's PA all the way!  ;D  ;)
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Re: I fear the cafe at lunch time
« Reply #108 on: March 15, 2010, 10:14:59 PM »
I don't know what ya'll are talking about, but Massachusetts has the best corn ever!!!!
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Re: I fear the cafe at lunch time
« Reply #109 on: March 16, 2010, 02:54:55 PM »
Ahem. You've obviously never had Silver Queen (or, better yet, Silver King) corn from Rhode Island.

(Though I'll begrudgingly admit that Massachusetts might be a close second.)  ;)
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Re: I fear the cafe at lunch time
« Reply #110 on: March 16, 2010, 03:45:02 PM »
Quote from: chary on March 16, 2010, 02:54:55 PM
Ahem. You've obviously never had Silver Queen (or, better yet, Silver King) corn from Rhode Island.

(Though I'll begrudgingly admit that Massachusetts might be a close second.)  ;)

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Re: I fear the cafe at lunch time
« Reply #111 on: March 16, 2010, 04:28:33 PM »
Another vote for PA and Silver Queen.

Although my friend from Ioaw would say anyone who grows corn in the North-eastern US is crazy.
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Re: I fear the cafe at lunch time
« Reply #112 on: March 16, 2010, 04:43:20 PM »
I second the NJ corn!  After all, we are the Garden State folks.  It's okay, if I were from somewhere else, I'd be jealous of our corn too.  ;D
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Re: I fear the cafe at lunch time
« Reply #113 on: March 16, 2010, 06:02:50 PM »
I'll pretty much take fresh-picked corn from anywhere.  Birthplace loyalty says Silver Queen from Maryland is the best, but since I then grew up in PA and RI and moved here from MA, all the while eating locally grown corn on the cob with few occasions to complain, I'll just say I want fresh corn, still in the husk and not the scary, perfect looking, pre-shucked stuff found in the supermarket either in the US or the UK. 

Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh. 

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Re: I fear the cafe at lunch time
« Reply #114 on: March 16, 2010, 06:18:58 PM »
Quote from: 0phinky on March 16, 2010, 06:02:50 PM
I'll pretty much take fresh-picked corn from anywhere.  Birthplace loyalty says Silver Queen from Maryland is the best, but since I then grew up in PA and RI and moved here from MA, all the while eating locally grown corn on the cob with few occasions to complain, I'll just say I want fresh corn, still in the husk and not the scary, perfect looking, pre-shucked stuff found in the supermarket either in the US or the UK. 

Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh. 

Want! 

I see it growing here every summer, but I've never seen it in the shops. What becomes of it??!?
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Re: I fear the cafe at lunch time
« Reply #115 on: March 16, 2010, 06:19:51 PM »
We buy corn in the husks from our green grocer, in season.
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Re: I fear the cafe at lunch time
« Reply #116 on: March 16, 2010, 06:20:56 PM »
Quote from: chary on March 16, 2010, 06:18:58 PM
I see it growing here every summer, but I've never seen it in the shops. What becomes of it??!?

I bought fresh at a farm shop in Somerset once and I was sorely disappointed. It was okay, but it was nothing like Silver Queen. It didn't even make me want to buy it again and I LOOOOOOOOVE corn on the cob!
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Re: I fear the cafe at lunch time
« Reply #117 on: March 17, 2010, 08:02:26 AM »
Quote from: chary on March 16, 2010, 06:18:58 PM
I see it growing here every summer, but I've never seen it in the shops. What becomes of it??!?
I asked my husband this a while ago.  He said it's for animal feed.  So it's probably not the most tender and tasty a variety--not good for people food, in other words.
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Re: I fear the cafe at lunch time
« Reply #118 on: March 17, 2010, 08:09:06 AM »
I've gotten fresh corn in the husk at Tesco every summer.  But it is only there for like one week and there aren't the bins of it. 

It just doesn't get hot enough here to grow good eating corn. 
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Re: I fear the cafe at lunch time
« Reply #119 on: March 18, 2010, 03:58:12 PM »
Quote from: bookgrl on March 16, 2010, 04:28:33 PM
Another vote for PA and Silver Queen.

Although my friend from Ioaw would say anyone who grows corn in the North-eastern US is crazy.

The friend is right.  There is no better corn than Iowa corn.  ;D
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