- What's the best kind of drink to have with corn?
- What are the do's and don'ts of serving corn?
One has best to keep in mind, when contemplating such questions, that these conventions are socially contrived. This is no great revelation, but one must remember that social rules are quite geographically defined. Why, do you know, some areas don't even have corn etiquette! It's true! I think it best, then, to follow what you find sensible.
Personally, I prefer my corn--ears fresh from the produce aisle, shucked and then boiled, served hot with butter and salt--served as a side dish of a larger meal, with a tall glass of ice-cold water. Not everyone is able to appreciate their food on a clean palate, however, so I do try to keep some favorite drinks in emergency supply in the refridgerator machine.
As corn is usually served hot, I find that hot drinks rarely complement the dish well. But be careful! If you have English guests, you will need some hot tea packets in reserve at all time, lest you find yourself in dire refreshment straights.
- Does batter fried cream corn taste as good to you as it does to me?
I have not actually sampled this dish myself, although I have had pan-fried corn--it tastes a lot like chex mix.
(Someone, somewhere, thought I was going to write 'chicken.')
- corn question here! is it true some kind of impotency causing corn leaked out on some fields and is slowly taking over regular corn?
<s>I don't think so. Impotent corn would have a hard time reproducing.
It would be neat, however, to be able to take birth control via eating corn. Corn does many things! You know, I bought a bucket of spinach the other day by the brand of Newman's Own(R) Organics. The container looked to be made of plastic, but was, in fact, made from CORN! Imagine that!
Sadly, the box and lid melted and warped in the sun on our commute from Florida to Maryland. I still have the lid, which I will need to scan in some day.</s>
So it appears this wasn't a light-hearted comment, but something serious. Wacky. At any rate, in the article Idran links, I read:
"Contraceptive corn is based on research on the rare condition, immune infertility, in which a woman makes antibodies that attack sperm." Like most contraceptives, I don't think this is meant to render unto the woman (or man--note that I feel the action of the contraception is likely going to work within the woman, as the condition mimicked appears to be a female condition, not a male condition) a permanent status of infertility, but that of temporary, controllable infertility. It's
mimicking the typically undesirable condition of immune infertility; I'm unsure if we have the ability to induce or cure this condition on its own, but the article implies that it's on the genetic level, so I doubt it.
If this sort of item caused permanent infertility, it wouldn't really have any desiribility or market as a product--many, perhaps most people who use contraceptives want the option of procreation for the future, and those who don't already have the option of surgery--which is, might I add, reversible in all cases but the complete removal of the female organs. Vasectomies can be reversed, as can "tube tying" (surgery to sever the fallopian tubes, which isn't entirely reliable, actually, given that there have been instances of the fallopian tubes
reattaching to the uterus, post-surgery).
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