Corn in N. Europe, modern usage (was: Re[2]: SC - Late-period is NOT Medieval )
Decker, Terry D.
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Tue Oct 28 07:14:01 PST 1997
>> Europe doesn't grow the American Hybrid Sweet Corn we know and love so
>> well. It was true over thirty years ago and from my conversation, I
>> believe it is still true. This is probably a psychological block from
>> the idea that corn is animal fodder.
>>
>> The only place I know of it being in common use in Europe is as polenta
>> in Northern Italy.
>
>In Sweden you can (in every supermarket) get tortilla chips (even the blue
>kind), taco shells, froozen corn (either alone or part of a veggie mix),
>canned corn, corn-on-the-cob (fresh when in season, canned or froozen at
>other times), and corn starch. But then we've never grown it as animal
>feed here. It is only in the last few years that they've started to grow
>it here at all.
>
>/UlfR
>
>--
>Par Leijonhufvud par.leijonhufvud at labtek.ki.se
>Tum pultus sicissentem ur ne lus sem ittibus profugnatreius.
I stand corrected. Thanks for the information.
Bear
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