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PaperTiger
Joined: 31 May 2005
Location: Ulaanbataar
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 Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 1:14 am Post subject: Korean corn... |
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Is it cultivated to be rubbery or is that a result of their cooking process? I've bought some corn and just boiled it, and it still turned out all creepy and rubbery. Last week, I found something labelled "yellow corn" and it turned out to be the real McCoy...crisp and almost creamy, great with butter and salt.
What's the deal? Are Koreans eating cattle corn? My aunt had a field of corn on her adjoining lot, and when I asked if it was good to eat, she informed me it was corn for livestock and not considered fit for human consumption.
I realize Koreans like different things...but dude...rubbery corn? It's cattle corn, ain't it? |
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maeil
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Location: Haebangchon
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| Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:39 am Post subject: |
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I can't really answer your question, but I can pose another: Where was it you found this "yellow corn" that was so delicious? Was it on the cob or in a can?
I could sure go for some good old corn on the cob. |
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PaperTiger
Joined: 31 May 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:06 am Post subject: |
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| Star Super, man....Shinsegae. Two buck for two ears of corn...a bit of an extravegance (no, I don't feel like going to www.merrriamwebster.com just now, sorry) but well worth it. Watched "Jaws" + ate corn with the little woman= good. |
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brento1138
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| Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:18 am Post subject: |
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| Corn, Jaws, and a little woman. Livin it up!!! |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:49 am Post subject: Re: Korean corn... |
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| PaperTiger wrote: |
| Are Koreans eating cattle corn? My aunt had a field of corn on her adjoining lot, and when I asked if it was good to eat, she informed me it was corn for livestock and not considered fit for human consumption. I realize Koreans like different things...but dude...rubbery corn? It's cattle corn, ain't it? |
oh, so the corn is good enough for cows but not for you?
ya anti-bovine snob |
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PaperTiger
Joined: 31 May 2005
Location: Ulaanbataar
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| Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:52 am Post subject: Re: Korean corn... |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| PaperTiger wrote: |
| Are Koreans eating cattle corn? My aunt had a field of corn on her adjoining lot, and when I asked if it was good to eat, she informed me it was corn for livestock and not considered fit for human consumption. I realize Koreans like different things...but dude...rubbery corn? It's cattle corn, ain't it? |
oh, so the corn is good enough for cows but not for you?
ya anti-bovine snob |
I resent that characterization, I am not anti-bovine. An animal that easts vast quantities of something as unpalatable as grass isn't going to start being picky about the quality of its corn. I don't hate cows...I eat them every time I get a chance, they're marvellous. |
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brento1138
Joined: 17 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:52 am Post subject: Re: Korean corn... |
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| OK, but to actually respond to the OP in a postivie manner... heheh... actually, I've found the corn of most countries to taste much worse than the corn of Canada (and I will assume US corn is the same as Canadian). Canadian corn crunches, bursts with watery flavor, and actually tastes good. That rubbery stuff is disgusting, and I've known Europeans who hate the stuff, only to find out that North American corn is much better. |
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jaderedux
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Lurking outside Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:54 am Post subject: Re: Korean corn... |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| PaperTiger wrote: |
| Are Koreans eating cattle corn? My aunt had a field of corn on her adjoining lot, and when I asked if it was good to eat, she informed me it was corn for livestock and not considered fit for human consumption. I realize Koreans like different things...but dude...rubbery corn? It's cattle corn, ain't it? |
oh, so the corn is good enough for cows but not for you?
ya anti-bovine snob |
Being raised in corn country (NEBRASKA) and in the south. I can say most of the corn here is feed corn. We feed it to the cows. It has not been detassled and allowed to fertilize. The best eating corn is detassled so it doesn't fertilize. Once it does this it usually becomes a bit woody and the kernals are very large and tough. (end lesson on corn)
Some of the corn here is a sin against mankind in the eating department. I miss the white and yellow corn mix on the cob that is so sweet and tender you don't even need butter.
Jade (GO CORNHUSKERS!) |
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PaperTiger
Joined: 31 May 2005
Location: Ulaanbataar
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| Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:55 am Post subject: Re: Korean corn... |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| PaperTiger wrote: |
| Are Koreans eating cattle corn? My aunt had a field of corn on her adjoining lot, and when I asked if it was good to eat, she informed me it was corn for livestock and not considered fit for human consumption. I realize Koreans like different things...but dude...rubbery corn? It's cattle corn, ain't it? |
oh, so the corn is good enough for cows but not for you?
ya anti-bovine snob |
I resent that characterization, I am not anti-bovine. An animal that easts vast quantities of something as unpalatable as grass isn't going to start being picky about the quality of its corn. I don't hate cows...I eat them every time I get a chance, they're marvellous. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 5:20 am Post subject: |
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| PaperTiger wrote: |
| Star Super, man....Shinsegae. Two buck for two ears of corn...a bit of an extravegance (no, I don't feel like going to www.merrriamwebster.com just now, sorry) but well worth it. Watched "Jaws" + ate corn with the little woman= good. |
m-w.com is faster to type.
One of my 3rd graders asked me if I like corn, and I replied by saying I normally do, but don't like Korean corn. He responded with:
No! NO! KOREAN CORN .. NUMBER ONE! Canada corn .. NOT GOOD!
And I was like, dude, what's Canada? |
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maeil
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Location: Haebangchon
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Shout out to Jade - I'm Jade too. In Bundang. 
I've always been the only Jade I know/hear of. Funny to find another one now that I'm halfway around the world. |
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bluelake
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
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When I first lived here in Korea, twenty-two years ago, I brought with me seeds for Kandy Korn (a high sugar content hybrid, not the stuff you get on Halloween  ). My late father-inlaw gave them to a farmer friend of his to plant. When the growing season was over, we went out to the farm (actually a vineyard) and found that most of the corn didn't survive--it seems as though the high sugar content gave the indigenous corn pests a buzz and sent them into overdrive. The few ears we did save tasted pretty good, though.
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PaperTiger
Joined: 31 May 2005
Location: Ulaanbataar
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| Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:38 pm Post subject: Re: Korean corn... |
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| jaderedux wrote: |
| VanIslander wrote: |
| PaperTiger wrote: |
| Are Koreans eating cattle corn? My aunt had a field of corn on her adjoining lot, and when I asked if it was good to eat, she informed me it was corn for livestock and not considered fit for human consumption. I realize Koreans like different things...but dude...rubbery corn? It's cattle corn, ain't it? |
oh, so the corn is good enough for cows but not for you?
ya anti-bovine snob |
Being raised in corn country (NEBRASKA) and in the south. I can say most of the corn here is feed corn. We feed it to the cows. It has not been detassled and allowed to fertilize. The best eating corn is detassled so it doesn't fertilize. Once it does this it usually becomes a bit woody and the kernals are very large and tough. (end lesson on corn)
Some of the corn here is a sin against mankind in the eating department. I miss the white and yellow corn mix on the cob that is so sweet and tender you don't even need butter.
Jade (GO CORNHUSKERS!) |
Yeah, I knew Nebraska rocked for some reason. Thanks man, I knew these folks were eating cow food. Now for a very appropriate HAWHAWHAW HEE HEE HA HA HA HA HO HO HO!!!! |
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mindmetoo
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| Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| You never realize how far corn science has progressed in the west until you try Korean corn on the cob. It's without taste. |
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