What is the difference between sweet corn and cow corn

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In fact, the majority of corn you see growing in the Lone Star State is what we call field or feed corn. Here are five major differences between field corn and sweet corn: 1 Field corn is often used to feed livestock, in ethanol production and manufactured goods. Most of the corn you see growing on the side of the road in Texas is field—or feed—corn. When combined, field corn is stripped from the cob. Fresh field corn is marvelous for canning or even cooking if you were lucky enough to learn from your great grandma.

If they were starchy he would leave them on the stalk. Just thought I would share. I also grew up on white field corn also called mule corn. In middle Georgia I can find it at the local farmers market for a short time in the summer.

It helps to talk to the people working in the sheds. They can sometimes tell you when you are more likely to find the field corn at the market. As Jennie described, I also scrape the top off the corn and then scrape the cob clean of corn. I melt butter in a large skillet and add the corn. Season with salt and pepper. Cook until bubbly. Taste to check for doneness. Allow to cool.

I then put the corn in freezer bags. It keeps well and can be thawed and served with more butter and the addition of whole milk if it is too dry. I would like to find a place to buy from the farmer. It is delicious. Did your grandma thaw the frozen corn on the cob and then scrape the corn off the cob and proceed to make cream corn or fried corn? I have wondered if that would work! Field corn is so much better than sweet corn.

I was raised on field corn and yum. Maybe you have never had field corn prepared properly. I read some of these comments, love it bcuz I grew up eating field corn. I scraped it off the cob, scraped the cob for the starch, put it a pot with water covering to the top of corn, a stick of butter and cooked it until it thickened.

Never had to use corn starch or flour to thicken.. You have a special way to cut it from the cob and then you fry it in a pan. Sweet corn is nasty! Field corn is the best period! Keep in mind that there are lots of different varieties of sweet corn, and field corn and some of them are quite different. The sweet corn that is canned in cans that you find in grocery stores is quite different than fresh sweet corn you find at a farm market. They are not the same at all.

Got that Awesome old fashion field corn out of the field this morning in SW Ga. It is that time of year. Only a short time frame to pick before it is too hard.

Check with your local extension agents. They can tell you who has it where you may can get some. Blessed to have been raised on it… Nothing is better. Put up a pint, cooks into a quart. Also have canned it in jars.. Got a truck load right now waiting on ME…. I totally disagree. If you are frying it after you cut it off the Cob.