Talk:Sweet corn

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I read some where a long time ago that corn actually has no nutritional value and it leaves your body in basically the same state that it went in, however digested, can anyone verify or disprove that? What is the nutritional value of corn? what vitamons does it have? --The_stuart 00:31, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Corn does have nutritional value but it also has limitations. Humans have difficulting digesting many kinds of plant fiber even though we ingest it every day. At http://whatscookingamerica.net/corn.htm you can find nutritional value of corn. An interesting article abstract reveals more info here about how cooking corn increases the electrolyte levels in corn. Corn contains a high amount of protien but humans can't use all of it. We require an amino acid called lysine to help break down protien and corn happens to be very low in lycine. See this article. -Liblamb

Corn in Mexico City dating back to 70,000 BC? Does human habitation of North America go back this far? -PK, NZ

No it doesn't. In fact, the whole first part of the Botanical History, dealing with the history of Maize itself was wrong, so I removed it to focus more on the origins of sweetcorn itself. -C

Contents 1 Sweetcorn 2 Why "Ear" 3 Removed unverifiable content 4 Plastic Corn 5 Myxtamalization 6 merge

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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. ^{[citation needed]}. So it went away. --Brandnewuser 19:04, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Myxtamalization

Is that necessary for this corn? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.21.221 (talk) 06:18, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] merge

• Yes, merge of Sweet corn and Super sweet corn should be done

Ankur Jain (talk) 16:28, 24 December 2007 (UTC)