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sweet corn
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sweet corn
a variety of maize, Zea mays saccharata, whose kernels are rich in sugar and eaten as a vegetable when young


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For fresh corn-on-the-cob, check the kernels for milky sap as sweetness and flavour disappear once the kernels go dry.
GARDENING: Amazing number of uses for the ancient corn on the cob by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Witnessing the rolling corn-on-the-cob shack woman slathering copious amounts of FAT FULL mayonnaise on corn on the cob and then stuffing it into the mouth of a 2-year-old.
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You'll notice that fresh corn-on-the-cob is now at its lowest annual price in supermarkets, but there's nothing like growing your own.
Good enough to eat sweetcorn by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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