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Local Corn

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perchdog

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Well this is one of my favorite times of year. I just love locally grown corn and home grown tomatoes, look foward to the next season as soon as the present ends.

As it turns out the tomatoes are a bit slow but have been kicking ass past few weeks, I am not worried the few I have had were everything they are suposed to be,

I usually get my corn from one stand and yes because of the weather the price has gone up but I only buy a few ears at a time so big deal. This is the third week it has bbeen available, normally the first week is hands down the best I have ever had. Thisyear is definately different though. Usually the earlier corn has the real delicate kernals and the taste is very sweet, especially when the tri-color comes in. As the season progresses the skins on the kernals get thicker and tougher althought the sweetness is stillm there but it seems to get starchy and I am not sure how to describe other than bland. This year it seems there was no early season, it started with mid to late season qualiitiy, I am not sure if it's just me, but has anyone else noticed this ? I am kind of bummed, I think the frozen stuff at the supermarket is actually better this time around.
 
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I get white sweet corn here in NJ. The first batch is actually usually not the best. Its sort of bland. Give it a week or so, and its fantastic right up to the end of the season. We've been getting good corn for 3 weeks already.
 
Haven't noticed any difference down here in Tennessee. My wife fixed up some creamed corn a couple weeks ago that was simply Out-Of-This-World...
 
The local guys around here want $7-$8 a dozen which I won't pay. I have gotten some excellent corn in the local store for .33 an ear. Mostly bi-color but sometimes white corn. So far it has come out of Florida. I pick the smaller ears as they seem more tender and sweeter than the big ears. I did pick up some Olathe sweet corn a couple of weeks ago that was exceptional.
 
I haven't had any real good sweet corn from SE MI for a few years. It all seems to have taken on a grassy flavor with tough kernels. Some is better than others but none has been melt-in-your-mouth of yore.

Popcorn seems to have gone the same route, particularly the stuff in microwave packages. I find that stuff inedible anymore. Also there is a powder in there that clings in the mouth like fine sawdust. It's nasty.
 
microwave popcorn is only good once in great while for me, usually at work. at home i do it on the stove top, always thought it much better
 
$7-$8 a dozen is just plain crazy... I would not buy it either, locally they went up to 40 cents a ear where I go
 
I think we're around 5 bucks a dozen at the roadside stands here. I buy it around the corner from my house, and the guy grows it in the field behind his house.
 
gadget73 said:
I think we're around 5 bucks a dozen at the roadside stands here. I buy it around the corner from my house, and the guy grows it in the field behind his house.
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Thats pretty much the same deal we have here except they lease property about 5 miles away to grow. Usually it is very good especially right now, not this year though.
 
Back in the late 90's ...

...I was the Chef at Partridge creek GC. I used to call Boyke's on 25 mile rd in the morning,and they would go out and pick what I ordered. I would pick it up around 2 PM to serve the next day !!......:drool:
 
Stephen J said:
...I was the Chef at Partridge creek GC. I used to call Boyke's on 25 mile rd in the morning,and they would go out and pick what I ordered. I would pick it up around 2 PM to serve the next day !!......:drool:
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Did you stop at Klemm's for travellers? :D

I used to run around with the farmer crew in that neck of the woods - Van Haverbecks (tree nursery), Penziens (potatos), and Altermatt's (berries).

Good times. Nothing fit for print, though. :smoke:
 
Steamed Crabs and Sweet White Corn on the Cob. Summer in Baltimore. I knew there had to be something I liked about living here.
 
Stephen J said:
...I was the Chef at Partridge creek GC. I used to call Boyke's on 25 mile rd in the morning,and they would go out and pick what I ordered. I would pick it up around 2 PM to serve the next day !!......:drool:
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Ya know,

That is one course I never played when I used to. At the time I was at Cross co and many of those guys were regulars, our leagu=e was out at wolverine
 
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