 Dude111An Awesome DudePremium
join:2003-08-04
USA
kudos:11 | reply to Mele20
Ya organic chicken might be OK..
Here is a thread on it Mele:
"Playing With Fire" Chicken and Cancer Rates?
I posted a link to the article within it..... A very good thread! |
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 DarkLogixTexan and ProudPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | reply to Ken
Re: [Rant] KFC's "sweet" corn said by Ken:I seriously doubt that it was regular corn, humans typically don't eat regular corn, we only eat sweet corn. also did you know that most corn grown now isn't edible till it's processed?
watch King of corn sometime. |
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 sivranOpera convertPremium
join:2003-09-15
Arlington, TX
kudos:1 | reply to Dude111
Re: Did you know global warming is linked to the decline in pirates on the high seas? Arr! |
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Mele20Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
kudos:4 | reply to DarkLogix
Re: [Rant] KFC's "sweet" corn said by DarkLogix:said by Ken:I seriously doubt that it was regular corn, humans typically don't eat regular corn, we only eat sweet corn. also did you know that most corn grown now isn't edible till it's processed? watch King of corn sometime. What do you mean it isn't edible until processed? I always eat corn on the cob raw with no butter/extra virgin olive oil, salt, pepper on it. I eat it plain and raw. It tastes much better raw (raw foods are really good for you anyway).
What is "sweet corn"? I have never heard that phrase used before. I eat corn on the cob and that is how it is described ....not described as "regular" vs "sweet". It is just fresh, just picked corn on the cob. I don't ever eat frozen or canned corn on or off the cob. I don't eat corn much anymore because most "fresh" corn is not fresh and has lost all nutritional value of which it didn't have much to begin with. (You check by piercing a kernel to see if the fluid runs clear or milky. If milky it is fresh. Also check the tassel, it should be silky and light colored. Never remove the husk until ready to cook and don't buy corn that has the husk removed or that has been in sunlight after being picked). It won't harm you if not fresh and will probably still taste good (but not sweet) but it has lost nutritional value. What will hurt you is that even organic corn on the cob has probably been affected by the GMO's in the regular (non organic) corn.
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Dude111An Awesome DudePremium
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USA
kudos:11 | reply to Dude111
Well SWEET CORN is just corn soaked in a sweet sauce to make it taste even better  (Price chopper sells some) |
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 thegeekPremium
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Re: [Rant] KFC's "sweet" corn well if you're from HI we don't expect you to know the differences between the types of corn. sweet corn is the kind you eat. pop corn you also eat but you pop it first.
field (sometimes called dent corn) you eat in an indirect way as it is used to make syrups and starches and HFCS and shit loads more things. many plastic containers that delis use are made from corn based plastics. you can even buy clothing made from corn. field corn is also used for ethanol and as livestock feed. |
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Mele20Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
kudos:4 | Considering that it was Mosanto HERE IN HAWAII that created the first GMO corn I doubt that Hawaii residents don't know about the different types of corn as it has been a subject of great political controversy. Companies like Mosanto have ruined much of our local food supply and have, just as predicted, contaminated the soil of organic farms. I have just never heard of "sweet corn" vs "corn". All fresh, edible corn is "sweet". Soaking fresh corn in a "sweet sauce" so that it is "more" sweet sounds awful to me.
Besides, I grew up on the Mainland. We had a huge garden every year with lots of rows of corn (I almost amputated my big toe when about 8 years old hoeing the soil but that was to plant red radishes and I guess I mistook my toe for a radish). The best way to eat corn is to go into a row of it and pick a ripe stalk of corn, shuck it right there and devour it before even getting out of the row.  I guarantee it won't need any "sweet sauce".
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davePremium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio
kudos:8 | reply to Dude111
Ignore the dude, he eats at fast food joints, so can't be expected to know about unprocessed food.
'Sweet corn' is simply corn with a higher-than-average sugar content. If you're eating corn on the cob, it's sweet corn.
»oxforddictionaries.com/definitio···EET+CORN
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_corn
Serve according to taste, with butter and black pepper. Not "sweet sauce", whatever that is.
Round here in New England, they're very fussy about it, to the extent of having preferences about variety. Me, I think it's 'okay'. |
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thegeekPremium
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there is most definitely a difference in field corn and sweet corn. i have no fucking clue what the other person is talking about with sweet sauce.
i highly doubt you ever grew field corn in your garden. you do not want to eat field corn. it is gross. you can easily identify field corn because it is much drier, has a dent in the top of the kernel, and takes longer to grow.
History Channel's series Modern Marvels did an excellent episode on corn once. Here is a youtube video of it. It's worth watching.
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1tHgpPycmQ
and the best sweet corn is grown in iowa btw. |
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 KenPremium,MVM
join:2003-06-16
Markle, IN | reply to Dude111
Re: said by Dude111:Well SWEET CORN is just corn soaked in a sweet sauce to make it taste even better (Price chopper sells some)
No, not at all. Sweet corn is a type of corn that humans eat. Field corn is a type of corn that animals eat. All the corn on the cob or canned corn you have ever had in your life has been sweet corn. Humans don't eat field corn. |
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| said by Ken:said by Dude111:Well SWEET CORN is just corn soaked in a sweet sauce to make it taste even better (Price chopper sells some)
No, not at all. Sweet corn is a type of corn that humans eat. Field corn is a type of corn that animals eat. All the corn on the cob or canned corn you have ever had in your life has been sweet corn. Humans don't eat field corn. Before I knew how to tell the difference while they were growing (field corn grows much taller and fuller plants than sweet corn), I ate it. Once. It's OK if you like cardboard.
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 dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | reply to Dude111
said by Dude111: Im afraid to eat chicken since I found out it has ARSENIC in it!
Dude, arsenic occurs in the human body naturally allbeit in minute amounts. |
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dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | reply to fatness
said by fatness:It's OK if you like cardboard.
I couldn't describe KFC any better myself! |
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DarkLogixTexan and ProudPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3
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Re: [Rant] KFC's "sweet" corn said by Mele20:What do you mean it isn't edible until processed? I always eat corn on the cob raw with no butter/extra virgin olive oil, salt, pepper on it. I eat it plain and raw. It tastes much better raw (raw foods are really good for you anyway).
thats a different type of corn than what is mostly grown now. Please watch king of corn it dives into it far more.
90% of corn grown these days tastes like sawdust and is only ment for being made into HFCS and the like.
Dent corn has been altered to make it provide more corn per land so that they can get more but the drawback is that the outer part is so thick that the human body can't digest it.
Sweet corn on the other hand has a thinner wall and higher starch content but the drawback is sweet corn has to be kept cold or it'll go bad.
technicaly sweet corn is better for making ethanol than dent corn but the US grows mostly dent corn. |
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DelmarPip
join:2011-10-15
South Padre Island, TX | reply to Dude111
i only eat the chicken and mashed potatoes ar kfc its finger lickin good the other stuff i dont know |
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 KoilPremium
join:2002-09-10
Irmo, SC
kudos:1 | reply to DarkLogix
Mele20 went off half cocked, again? Oh, that Mele20! |
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 FronkmanAn Apple a day keeps the doctor awayPremium
join:2003-06-23
Saint Louis, MO | reply to Dude111
i think the problem here is that that the OP thinks "sweet corn" is regular corn soaked in some sort of sugar/corn syrup sauce when, in fact, sweet corn is the type of corn human eat (with nothing added to it).
personally, i think the problem is that the OP won't eat corn unless it is soaked in syrup first. IMO there is nothing better than stopping at a roadside stand in the midwest, buying some freshly harvested sweet corn and cooking it on the grill.
to darklogix, not that many foods are edible until they are processed. cooking is processing. shucking is processing. heck, butchering is processing. do you expect us to believe that you kill an animal in the field and start gnawing on it right there like some sort of hyena?
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DarkLogixTexan and ProudPremium
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Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | While I don't and wouldn't eat raw meat it is edible. (though yes there is a risk of catching something but the meat itsself won't hurt you)
Sweet corn can be eaten right off then and there, where as dent corn won't even be absorbed by the body.
The shell (forgot the name of the part of the kernal) on dent corn is to thick for the human digestive tract to break. |
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thegeekPremium
join:2008-02-21
right here
kudos:2 | you must not have ever looked at your shit. the body doesn't break down the shell of sweet corn either. |
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DarkLogixTexan and ProudPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | Its been proven that sweetcorn is broken open by the body's acids |
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