Entries tagged with 'corn'
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When a real corn kernel likes a candy corn kernel, how does he get her attention? This animation by OddBot Studio gets into the head of a lovesick corn kernel, and shows what happens when he can't control his nerves. Watch the video after the jump....
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[Robyn Lee] Summer's coming to a close and what better way to enjoy it than with some fresh corn? Whether simply grilled or gussied up in salads, soups, and pastas, there're countless ways to use up the bounty. Fresh corn is notoriously short-lived; as soon as it's picked, its sugars begin to convert to starch. Less sugar means less of that delicate sweet corn flavor that everyone loves so use it as soon as possible after purchase. When picking corn, look for bright green, moist husks with a golden brown tassel and try to get a feel for plump, full kernels. Keep ears cool and moist and place in the refrigerator until ready to use. There are a variety...
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“I’ve basically become a corn-averse vegan." Last week, I wrote about my first seven days without corn. Trying to learn more about just how much of the stuff we consume, I swore off all corn-laced foods for a full week. But as I sipped on cow’s milk and scrambled eggs for my omelets, I started to realize that the corn on package labels was only part of the story. More than half the corn produced in the United States isn’t used for human food—it’s fed to our animals. Eating a steak, in a sense, entails far more corn than drinking a soda. If I really wanted to call myself corn-free, I had a long way to go. So this week,...
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Why would anyone give up corn for a week? And how hard could it possibly be to do so? Follow my seven-day challenge to eat no corn.
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Note: On Mondays, one of our various Market Scene correspondents checks in with what's fresh at farmstands, what's coming up, and what you better get while the gettin's good. Today, Leah Greenstein (SpicySaltySweet) drops by from Los Angeles. Heirloom tomatoes. It's baseball season—almost the All-Star break—which in my house means Red Sox games are playing on my TV every night. It also means screening phone calls, not checking text messages, and avoiding sites like Twitter and Facebook, where the multitudes seem to forget we live in the era of the DVR and inadvertently publish game spoilers. The nonstop baseball marathon also means that summer is in full swing, the grill is hot, and the produce at the Hollywood Farmers' Market...
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Who wouldn't want to try a rod of corn-flavored ice cream covered in a chocolate shell and wrapped in a cob-shaped wafer? Daniel Gray of food blog Seoul Eats excitedly tried this Korean ice cream novelty, but was ultimately disappointed. He described the taste as, "Sorta like soggy popcorn that fell on a pile of yellow snow." Yeah, I'm going to skip that one. Related Photo of the Day: Pasta in a Waffle Cone Photo of the Day: Fave Popsicle...
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What has this family of corn terrified? See if the answer pops into your head before clicking play on the video after the jump....
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The Huffington Post has Rachael Ray suggestively shucking corn in an amusing (and potentially NSFW) video titled "Rachael Ray Corn Porn." It's worse than you think....
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Many people know they don't want high-fructose corn syrup (or HFCS) even if they don't know why. The fuzzy grey area—like how HFCS affects your body, what it's made from, and how it differs from cane-based sugar—is exactly what the Corn Refiners Association is tapping into when promoting the ingredient in new commercials and print ads, now visible nationally and on the site SweetSurprise.com. The ads ask what's so wrong with a little HFCS? The complexities are hardly known or explained—people just know to avoid it. In one commercial, a girl picnics with her boy and offers him a popsicle. He declines. It's not you, it's the high fructose corn syrup, babe. Instead of taking offense, she merrily explains that...
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Caution: Does not contain any actual corn. But that's the fun part! Blogger Peabody's corn-on-the-cob cupcakes employ jellybeans, yellow fruit chews and white decorating sugar to create the adorable impression of salty, buttery summertime goodness....
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