Corn

We picked a bunch of corn today. It would have been better to leave in the field a little longer but with the pending frost warning, we opted to err on the side of too early.   

Popcorn versus Sweet Corn: Although the popcorn has more starches (and tastes nasty raw) I was more surprised to learn that there is a big difference in the kernel itself. You can see in the photo, the popcorn has smaller, almost pointy kernels. They even feel pokey to the skin when caring the cob. I was amazed.  

Popcorn (left) Sweet Corn (right)

Did you know? Did you know that the hair on each cob of corn, attach to a different kernel. Each kernel has one strand of hair.  So weird. I had no clue. 

Each kernel has a hair attached

Living in the north we should have planted a quicker growing, shorter growing time, for our corn. It was hard to drive past all the fields of corn that was producing such huge amounts of corn. Of course most of it is GMO corn, which I have no interest in. However, there are hybrid versions that will offer a shorter timeline. We will look into that on the off season. 

So, the whole corn experience has taught us a lot. We will take what we learned and hopefully have better results next year.