Talk:Sweet corn/Archive 1

Removed unverifiable content
This was added some time back: ''In 2005, a poll of 2,000 people revealed that sweetcorn was Britain's second favourite culinary vegetable. ''. So it went away. --Brandnewuser 19:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Why "Ear"
Where does the term "ear" come from in reference to corn?

-M
 * Presumably by analogy with Old World cereals. The word is etymologically unrelated to the word for the body part. --Krsont 17:33, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Sweetcorn
Can anyone explain why the linear alignment of kernels often differs from one ear of corn to another, even though they are the same hybrid variety and were harvested the same day? Some rows are straight, some rows are slanted, some have a few kernels in line and then jump a half row to produce a few more. Musicwriter 16:28, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Some say it's a zionist conspiracy to confuse the corn eating gentiles of the world. --NEMT 19:19, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

I am quite certain is the same reason that no two people (even twins) are identical. Is there any particular reason you are asking this question?

Each kernel is the rezult of a seperate pollination event, so there will be gaps etc. Also, even genetically identical plants look different due to phenotypic plasticity. Wachholder 21:51, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Plastic Corn
One of the most often asked questions I have heard from my sweet corn customers is about plastic corn. It is sweet corn grown for the first part of the season under a sheet of plastic.

Someone maybe should write an article about it to educate those that think it is a kind of artificial sweet corn

71.121.73.160 09:33, 8 November 2007 (UTC)