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“Corn (maize)”

The word corn was used in England as a type of measurement of a corn size in granularity and nothing to do with maize (the crop).

Why do we call it corn? It is after all maize.


24 posted on 08/24/2020 9:43:40 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: Clutch Martin

“The best thing about southern foods is that we don’t analyze it, we just eat it because ti [sic] tastes good.”

I will have to kind of disagree, we ate “cuz mama said so” or else the strap showed up. Our household version was effectively wielded by both parents

I still don’t care for mustard greens, and turnip greens. But kale and collards are fine. And as much of that creamy frozen squash I had to choke down... good grief THAT was disgusting... I find fresh squash to be delicious.

Bacon makes me thirsty for the rest of the day, honey glazed spiral ham truly makes me a hero to the dogs around here. And btw whenever I get a takehome plate it’s destined for the dog bowl, and it doesn’t contain Turkey or turkey fat, which can kill a K9.

A lot of those holiday meals taste great on the day they’re pulled out of the oven. But the next day? I never thought that leftovers tasted all that good. But again, the dogs think quite differently about that.


78 posted on 08/24/2020 10:08:13 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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Don’t worry, leftards will get to it. The white man changed the name; its another symptom of our racist hegemony; and it will be renamed to maize.
Maize-fed beef just doesn’t have the same ring to it though.


133 posted on 08/24/2020 10:53:58 AM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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Why do we call it corn? It is after all maize.

Maize sounds better for the University of Michigan's colors:

"Maize and Blue" or "Corn and Blue".......LOL!

184 posted on 08/24/2020 1:08:48 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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