Do You Know About Corn

Do you know about corn
When monsoon Is around there is definitely corn around, there are 600 kernels in each ear of corn. Corn always has even no of rows each ear [math wizard] vow.

The corn plant has both male and female parts, the silk is the female and tassel is the male. Farmers grow corn on every continent except <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1lace>Antarctica</st1lace>.

The main ingredient in our pet food is corn; does your doggie eat more corn than you?
Sorbitol produced from the corn sugar dextrose Is used in toothpaste as a low calorie water based soluble bulking agent. We brush our teeth with corn every morning.

The corn cob is actually the part of the corn plant’s flower. Each tassel on a corn plant
Releases as many as 5 million grains of pollen..

Pioneers planted 4 corn kernels for every plant they hope to harvest, “1 for maggot, 1 for crow,1 for the cutworm and 1 to grow….

Now coming to the nutrition part of it,

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Nutrition Grade
96% confidence​

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Bad Grade?​

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Good points
Low in saturated fat
No cholesterol
Very low in sodium
High in dietary fiber
High in magnesium
High in phosphorus
High in thiamin
High in vitamin C​

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The baby corns have flooded the market, you can start from kabab, to cutlets, to corn rice, anything even the aromatic roasted corn on fire with some lemon and mint chutney, with rain in the air…sunkan

 

dear srini,
according to study corn can reduce weight like hell so dont feed the kids too much of it, yes it has protein so twice a week is good, in the pop corn form or make cutlets, or if they like make it with cheese on a toast, they will love it..sunkan

 

dear malspie,
what with mumbai rains and hot hot corn cobs roasted and brushed with chutney i can imaging enjoy..sunkan

 

dear nivedi,
you must write more about ur place now that you mention about corn, what are the other things that are tender in this season and how u cook them...sunkan

 

dear nischel,
where did you tell me sorry i missed out, kindly add my id in ur messenger and we can work it out together in a jiffy, hope to catch u there...be specific i did not get u...abt the picture i mean..sunkan