" ¢Â The miracle of corn whiskey ( that a wild grass that is barely able to reseed could be so domesticated , and sodominant ) is mostly a Western one . Sweet corn whisky as we know it today was not developed until long after Columbus landed in the New World . In fact , the swift rise of corn as a major solid food rootage remainscontroversial .
" ¢Â Anatomy of a corn hazelnut : the numeral of rows on an pinna will usually be even , assuming a normal environs , because of a schism of the first kernel ( much like a prison cell splitting into two , then four , etc ) . Silk is connected to likely kernels within the ear - it ’s a office of the female part of the works , but require pollenation to call on into an real kernel ( out of or so 1000 potential kernels , typically only 400 - 600 develop ) .
" ¢Â Who said the monkey nut was the most versatile food?Corn is in everything ! For illustration : Corncobs , when fine ground , are comparatively dust devoid and very absorbent . This absorbency makes corn cob useful carriers for pesticides , fertilizer , vitamins , hired man soaps , cosmetics and beast litters . Paper products utilize raw starch in the manufacturing cognitive process . An oxidized starch paste , which dries to a clear , adherent , continuous film , is spread in a thin bed over the aspirin . Also , the major saccharide in the production of whiskey is Zea mays .
" ¢Â Thisamazing cornstarch experimentshows how cornflour , though a liquidness , can be walked across ( Mythbusters did a similar test , as I recall - and yes , it could be walked across ! Although quickly ) .
" ¢Â Corn arise fast . Just how fast ? " When corn originate to a certain point , you actually couldhear it grow . A few folks are skeptical of that , but if you grew up on a farm , you know it to be true . On those blistering , humid days of June , you could discover the leaves creaking and extend out those inches in a single Clarence Shepard Day Jr. . And if the confidential information was gently blowing , you got the rustling of the farewell mixed in with moan and creaks of growth . "
" ¢Â Several midwestern states are roll in the hay for their corn yield . Iowa can boast that theirtallest corn whiskey stalksexceed the median height of an adult Asiatic elephant ’s middle . Unfortunately , the intermediate annual number of dealings accidents in ( as of 2000 ) make by gloomy visibility due to maize stalk ? 65 . The Iowa Department of Transportation statistic show there were 48 entire crashes during 2009 at rural intersections due toobstructed viewsby trees or crop .
" ¢Â Nebraska suffer a positive change thanks to maize : before 1900 , Nebraska football team were lie with by such names as the Old Gold Knights , Antelopes , Rattlesnake Boys and the Bugeaters .  The team changed its name fromBugeaters to Cornhuskersthanks to Lincoln sports writer Charles S. ( Cy ) Sherman .
" ¢Â And South Dakota is the only state who can boast deliver agenuine corn castle .
" ¢Â Corn can be fashion into all sorts of things , includingpipes , internal ear , horror flick , and even has its similitude have on awater pillar .
" ¢Â We pick a honest month to have corn , withseveralfestivalshappening in August . Have any of you attend to these , and are there expert cornhuskers among us ? Has anyone ever gotten lose in a Maize Maze ? My corn hazelnut story : my grandmother had an amazing relic ( now in antic form ) from the day when her family used outhouses - a little corner with a corn cob in it , protected by glass , and a lilliputian hammer that said " in case of pinch . "
" ˜Dietribes ' come along every other Wednesday . solid food photos taken byJohanna Beyenbach . You might remember that name from our post about hercolorful dieting .
