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Skriven 2010-09-24 14:34:05 av Stephen Haffly (1:396/45.27)
   Kommentar till text 1968 av Mike Roberts (45819.cooking)
Ärende: Corn
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Hello Mike,

On (23 Sep 10) Mike Roberts wrote to Dale Shipp...

 > You shucked the corn and then they had butter bars to roll it in, and
 > salt shakers tied to a pole.  Not only was it fun (sort of like grabbing
 > luggage at an airport) but the corn was delicious.  As you said,
 > probably picked within the hour.

 MR> Man, is that or is that not the way to eat Corn! 8-) The corn starts
 MR> breaking down froms sugar into starch within 20 minutes of picking. If
 MR> You get it under 4 hours, it is usually sweet and tasty. Thats why I
 MR> don't understand how some people can go into like a walmart
 MR> superstore, in the middle of winter and grab that stuff in the fresh
 MR> food isle. I mean that stuff probably came up from Chile and was
 MR> picked a week ago. Rather eat paste <grin>

IIRC, The only thing that makes it possible is the hybridization that
incorporated a mutation which meant that the plant did not produce one
of the enzymes needed to convert the sugar into starch.  This slowed
down the process enough so that it became possible to have sweet corn
more than 4 hours from the field. See this article for details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_corn

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.04

      Title: Corn Pudding
 Categories: Side-dish, Vegetables
      Yield: 2 servings

      1    Egg
    1/3 c  Milk, evaporated
    1/2 ts Onion, instant minced
        ds Nutmeg, ground
    1/8 ts Salt
        ds Pepper
      8 oz Corn, whole kernel; drained
      2 ts Butter; melted

  Beat egg; stir in remaining ingredients.  Spoon into 2 greased custard
  cups; cover with aluminum foil.  Place cups in saucepan; add hot
  water to within 1/2 inch of top of cups.

  Bring water to a boil; cover pan with tight-fitting lid, and turn
  heat down as low as possible.  Cook until set, about 17 minutes.  Do
  no disturb during cooking.  Remove cups from pan; place on rack to
  cool slighlty. Unmold to serve.

  SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, March 1974. Typos by Nancy Coleman.

MMMMM


Regards,

Stephen
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