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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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 Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:06 am Post subject: Re: Korean corn on the cob |
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| Kimchifart wrote: |
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I teach mostly adults and so sometimes they'll bring me food. The other night one of my students brought me 3 cobs of corn (already cooked, still warm). I tried it after class and I could only choke down half of one cob. It was so rubbery (probably no the best word for it, but I don't know how else to describe it) and there was nothing appealing about the taste.
Don't get me wrong, I definitely appreciate the gesture, but that's probably the 3rd or 4th time I've been given corn here, and every time it's tasted terrible. I grew up in the Fraser Valley area just outside Vancouver, and we get fantastic fresh corn there every summer/fall and so maybe I'm spoiled, but I don't know how people could willingly eat the stuff I've had here. So I'm wondering if all Korean corn is that bad, or have I just been really unlucky.
Any of you had good corn here? |
That's because it's maize I think. It's the stuff we feed to pigs and cows in the west. |
It's all maize. Maize is just another name for corn, not a different product. |
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orosee
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Location: Hannam-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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I can't believe how you're doing it all wrong!
There is only one way to eat corn, and it doesn't matter whether it's rubbery or soft or sweet.
- get corn
- feed corn to pig
- kill pig
- grill pig
- eat pig
You'll need one pig I might add.
Remember that the civilization that invented corn was practically wiped out because corn is animal feed! |
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rainman3277
Joined: 13 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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This annual Daves discussion.
Corn here is essentially a different food from the sweet corn you're accustomed to back home. They dont compare. A lot is grown in my region of Korea & available fresh. Its grainy tasting, chewy, & has some nutritional value. I quite like it.
But if you bite in expecting something it isnt, you're likely to be disappointed. |
I bit into it expecting flavor. Yes, I was disappointed. |
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rainman3277
Joined: 13 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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| orosee wrote: |
I can't believe how you're doing it all wrong!
There is only one way to eat corn, and it doesn't matter whether it's rubbery or soft or sweet.
- get corn
- feed corn to pig
- kill pig
- grill pig
- eat pig
You'll need one pig I might add.
Remember that the civilization that invented corn was practically wiped out because corn is animal feed! |
Corn was invented? Cool! How about apples? I always thought they seemed engineered.
And corn wiped out a civilization? Man, the plague must be jealous. |
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orosee
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Location: Hannam-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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| rainman3277 wrote: |
| orosee wrote: |
I can't believe how you're doing it all wrong!
There is only one way to eat corn, and it doesn't matter whether it's rubbery or soft or sweet.
- get corn
- feed corn to pig
- kill pig
- grill pig
- eat pig
You'll need one pig I might add.
Remember that the civilization that invented corn was practically wiped out because corn is animal feed! |
Corn was invented? Cool! How about apples? I always thought they seemed engineered.
And corn wiped out a civilization? Man, the plague must be jealous. |
I won't apologize for keeping scientific precision in writing to scientific blogs. In this case, read "domesticated" for invented. Domestication today is in fact more engineering than farming trial & error. Your thoughts are correct.
Corn will probably be the cause of the decline of two civilizations, the one that inven... domesticated it and the one that followed it. I'm not saying it's doing this on purpose although tomatoes once tried to.
Apples are another story altogether. |
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3DR
Joined: 24 May 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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Yes! It is awful! My teachers also give it to me. One trick I have learned for food I don't want is to take it, say I'll eat it later, then slip out and give it to a random kid (or kids) I see in the hallway.
My girlfriend who is Korean also loves the corn. She fed it to me one day and I couldn't stand it. She hates peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, so I told her that's how I feel about this corn. |
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wishfullthinkng
Joined: 05 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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koreans like chewy rubbery things take for example, squid, octopus, makchong, kopchang, etc. it totally makes sense for their corn to be the same way.
that said, corn is a terrible plant. not good for your digestive systems, the sugars whether they are broken down or in the plant are awful for the enamel on your teeth and is a leading cause of obesity when broken down into simple sugars.
corn used to grow no taller than a man's waist until it was genetically modified and crossbred/exacted over time.
as another poster alluded to, it's not human food. humans were never designed to be able to eat corn. in fact it disrupts the digestive system of pigs and cows too. the only things that should be eating corn are birds and locusts. the only reason why people eat it now is because food companies realized you can engineer it to grow incredible amounts in small spaces with little required nutrients (a reason why the corn itself has very little nutritional content). |
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rainman3277
Joined: 13 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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| orosee wrote: |
| rainman3277 wrote: |
| orosee wrote: |
I can't believe how you're doing it all wrong!
There is only one way to eat corn, and it doesn't matter whether it's rubbery or soft or sweet.
- get corn
- feed corn to pig
- kill pig
- grill pig
- eat pig
You'll need one pig I might add.
Remember that the civilization that invented corn was practically wiped out because corn is animal feed! |
Corn was invented? Cool! How about apples? I always thought they seemed engineered.
And corn wiped out a civilization? Man, the plague must be jealous. |
I won't apologize for keeping scientific precision in writing to scientific blogs. In this case, read "domesticated" for invented. Domestication today is in fact more engineering than farming trial & error. Your thoughts are correct.
Corn will probably be the cause of the decline of two civilizations, the one that inven... domesticated it and the one that followed it. I'm not saying it's doing this on purpose although tomatoes once tried to.
Apples are another story altogether. |
Dude, i was just jokin around a bit. Hope that's what you're doing when you say corn will be the downfall of 2 civilizations. Nuclear war, global warming, super volcanos, disease, and you go with ....corn? |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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Corn on the cob is a foul food in general. Messy, noisy, dirty. Corn is a food of little value beyond taste. Corn only seems to do "good" in being manufactured into other things, many of which are bad for my health but fun for the taste buds. Tortilla chips (NOT the abomination known as Doritos- quite possibly the foulest food known to man, combining bad taste, bad smell, residue, noisiness, bad nutrition, and being made from corn into a singular package) and Flosted Frakes come to mind.
And will the entire U.S. ever get around to removing corn from the vegetable category? I bang my head every time I see corn listed as the vegetable on some menu. |
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orosee
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Location: Hannam-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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| rainman3277 wrote: |
Dude, i was just jokin around a bit. Hope that's what you're doing when you say corn will be the downfall of 2 civilizations. Nuclear war, global warming, super volcanos, disease, and you go with ....corn? |
Arh damn, I wasn't entirely sure about it, sorry 
[puts on solemn face]
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[takes off solemn face...]
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sml7285
Joined: 26 Apr 2012
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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Comparing regular corn to the corn here is the equivalent of comparing a nice juicy steak to a piece of dried up Slim Jim jerky.
The locals don't know how bad the corn is here, because most have never tried the crisp, sweet, juicy variety that is eaten in many other places.
My girlfriend went to the states and loved the corn. Should have seen the look on her face after the first bite. It's not just that it doesn't taste as good, it's that it's like an entirely different food. |
+1. Ignorance is bliss. I believed the local strawberry farm in NC when they said they had some of the best strawberries in the world... then I had strawberries in Korea and it blew my mind how good they were. Same with pineapples - after eating fresh pineapples in Hawaii, I will never be able to eat pineapples happily again. |
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Modernist
Joined: 23 Mar 2011
Location: The 90s
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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| this happens to be corn season in Korea. so they were trying to be nice by bringing you something that was fresh in season. it's simply a different variety of corn that you are used to, not inherently bad because it is korean. |
Sorry. You must have missed the understanding. It IS bad because it is Korean. Korean so-called 'food' is UNIQUELY terrible. Even a normal, innocent ear of corn, whilst in Korea, is somehow transformed into a waxy, tasteless, gritty, thing...may I say, it becomes, yes, DISGUSTING. Shocking. Certainly never heard of that happening with any foods in Korea before! I can hardly believe my ears! So to speak!
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| Tortilla chips (NOT the abomination known as Doritos- quite possibly the foulest food known to man, combining bad taste, bad smell, residue, noisiness, bad nutrition, and being made from corn into a singular package) and Flosted Frakes come to mind. |
I was just eating some delicious Doritos the other night. MMMmmm. Did you know I have Nacho, Cool Ranch AND Spicy Nacho all at home now? Never without at least one bag! |
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soomin
Joined: 18 Jun 2009
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Steelrails wrote: |
Corn on the cob is a foul food in general. Messy, noisy, dirty. Corn is a food of little value beyond taste. Corn only seems to do "good" in being manufactured into other things, many of which are bad for my health but fun for the taste buds. Tortilla chips (NOT the abomination known as Doritos- quite possibly the foulest food known to man, combining bad taste, bad smell, residue, noisiness, bad nutrition, and being made from corn into a singular package) and Flosted Frakes come to mind.
And will the entire U.S. ever get around to removing corn from the vegetable category? I bang my head every time I see corn listed as the vegetable on some menu. |
LOL~ I saw this and thought, "Oh no... I hope Modernist doesn't see this---" and then I scrolled down... >.<
| Modernist wrote: |
| I was just eating some delicious Doritos the other night. MMMmmm. Did you know I have Nacho, Cool Ranch AND Spicy Nacho all at home now? Never without at least one bag! |
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Maserial
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
Location: The Web
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Steelrails wrote: |
Corn on the cob is a foul food in general. Messy, noisy, dirty. Corn is a food of little value beyond taste. Corn only seems to do "good" in being manufactured into other things, many of which are bad for my health but fun for the taste buds. Tortilla chips (NOT the abomination known as Doritos- quite possibly the foulest food known to man, combining bad taste, bad smell, residue, noisiness, bad nutrition, and being made from corn into a singular package) and Flosted Frakes come to mind.
And will the entire U.S. ever get around to removing corn from the vegetable category? I bang my head every time I see corn listed as the vegetable on some menu. |
When it comes to threads involving corn in any way, shape, or form: if you build it, Steelrails will come. |
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byrddogs
Joined: 19 Jun 2009
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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When it comes to threads involving corn in any way, shape, or form: if you build it, Steelrails will come. |
You make it sound like that dude has some kind of corn hang up. Oh wait, he definitely does. |
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