You know what really grinds my gears? The people at the grocery stores who feel they have the right to go up to a pile of corn husks and tear them apart right there in the grocery store to check the kernels. What a fucking mess. I don’t even eat corn and this offends me. Why should they be able to go and destroy the store’s product while cherry picking the best corn for themselves? I’m just dreading the next corn season…..
—Peter G
This article appears in Nov 19-25, 2009.
it make teepee for my bunghole….
actually..they re not allowed to do that for health reasons. signs are usually posted and my husband (who works produce) stood there and told people no to do it and why, and they still did it. and I bet these are the same people who claim to be ‘health freaks’
Some stores provide bins for the husks (I hope they compost!). Are you saying that the consumer should pay for corn that is wormy or rotten? And, are you saying that if all that is left is rotten or wormy corn that people will still buy it? As far as the hygienics of husked corn goes, I’m pretty sure I see trays of husked corn available all of the time.
Also, you should be washing your fruits & veggies when you get them home anyway. I’m with HKM, I’m not paying for rotten corn. That being said, I just crack it open a little to check the top bit I don’t usually husk the whole thing right there.
Superstore has the sign that says fuck off with husking the corn, however Sobeys has bins for the waste so go figure.
If you could find a way to check chestnuts before you pay for them and take them home, I would do that at the store too. They are expensive and I usually end up throwing away about a third of them.
I never check my corn. I select the biggest ones and have never had to discard any. People are funny!
Wwwwwhat?! And leave everyone else the littlest ones? = p
yeah, take the big ones, blanch them and freeze for a couple days….
mmmmm mmmmmmmm
never had to throw one out yet either….
now that’s good eatin’
A big, jolly green fellow with rather sexy green muscles (I’m not gay or anything, but damn! Between him and Mr. Clean, I’d totally go gay) sells frozen or canned corn so you don’t ever have to worry about anything being rotten. Tastes just as good if you ask me, plus you don’t have to worry about the mess eating it off the cob or getting those little corny bits stuck in your teeth. Seriously, even after brushing and flossing, it can be stuck in my teeth for days!
I’m with HKM, I’m a corn-checker, and by the god(s), proud of it…and, as Jenneir says, I’m pretty sure you’re OK on the health front as well…you do know that you boil corn, right?
Dumb question from the Kraft-dinner eating bachelor….but is corn sold by weight? Wouldn’t husking it also make it cheaper?
or grill it… mmmm…
typically by cob if fresh… though that’s an excellent point if I’m wrong….
Miles it is usually sold by the unit(s) not by weight, so it is not cheaper to discard the husks.
I’ll stick to buying my corn in microwavable bags for popping.
If you ate corn you’d understand, nitwit.
At least the corn isn’t covered in swine…
I just went there.
As long as there’s nothing wet and/or slimy on the corn, it’ll be alright when you boil it. Since 2 stores do corn differently as far as husks go, just pick your preference. If you’re that much of a germophobe, just buy the frozen stuff.
Wow I am actually suprised. I thought more people would be more turned off by people mauling all over the food. I know I am. I don’t normally by corn but still people are dirty. I wonder if it would be ok if I pulled back the skins to a banannas to make sure their not bruised….
apples, peppers, cucumbers, peaches…these are all things I buy that I assume people maul and kids with snotty finger touch before I buy them. Washing them solves the problem well enough for me.
# 1 reason why I veggies come from my mothers garden.
You can tell if bananas are bruised from the outside. You can tell if corn is actually ripe and not weebil-infested by exposing the top couple inches.
If you really want to be turned off, Enough said, I tell you about how much fecal matter and dead animals end up in prepared foods.
Christ I can’t spell today.
Thank you SwampDonkey but no thanks. I prepare my own food thanks and enjoy doing it.
But I do see and understand what the OP is saying. People do not need to squeeze, poke, smell, maul, breath on etc… to know what they are getting and if they feel they do need to do this they should look into growing their own garden.
yeah, like acceptable percentage of insect parts in candy…
mmmm… insect parts.
feel free to share swamp donkey.
Enough said, uh, yeah they do if they want to see if it is ripe, moldy, bug infested, etc. You take it home and wash it, which is what you do at home too.
zZz If you’re ever used flour in anything, you’ve eaten rat crap and dead bugs in some amount. 😀 I wish I could find the study I read, but anything ground up like flour, corn, etc basically has bugs, feces, and small animals that end up in it. Negligible amounts, like so many PPM or something, but they’re in there.
mmmm, tasty. I make soda bread pretty often so I’m sure I’ve consumed a rat’s lifetimes worth of shit and several bugs worth of legs and antennae .
no wonder I never get sick… I’ve already been subjected to every disgusting thing under the sun already.
I bet I am the cure for malaria too.