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One issue with Corn in México is that we have hundreds of different varieties of corn (including those fancy coloured corn used for tortillas). Introducing High

• hinkley 5y ago
  The high yield corn isn’t edible. You have to do food science to it or feed it to livestock.
  • colechristensen 5y ago
    This is not true. It isn't sweet corn, which is essentially a mutation variety from hundreds of years ago eaten like a vegetable instead of a grain. All field corn (dent corn, lots of names) is perfectly edible. There are varieties with different characteristics like protein, oil, or starch content, or varieties grown to grind up and feed the whole plant to animals. Regulation approves only certain genetics and grain millers will have certain approved varieties that mill well, and in general lots of extra care must be taken for human food corn. Ultimately though, it is extremely similar to all other corn.
  • steve_adams_86 5y ago
    Unless I'm mistaken, I think this misconception arises from people not realizing that a lot of corn is actually intended to become flour, not to be eaten off of the cob like sweet corn. So yes, these corns aren't edible when rolled in butter at a barbecue, but they do grind into flour just fine to become other things.
    • MichaelZuo 5y ago
      I think the parent meant ‘not palatable’ instead of ‘not edible’, it’s an understandable mistake for someone who’s rarely, or never, experienced edible but not palatable food.
  • bserge 5y ago
    > feed it to livestock So, it's edible?