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99% of the corn grown in the USA is not edible directly. It is called "field corn".
by bombela 5y ago
99% of the corn grown in the USA is not edible directly. It is called "field corn".
- jimnotgym 5y agocould you explain that term please? When you say corn, is it maize, wheat, barley or something else?
- kwhitefoot 5y agoWhen USians say corn they almost invariably mean maize also known as sweetcorn.
- eesmith 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize#Names https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize#Names > The word "corn" outside the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand refers to any cereal crop, its meaning understood to vary geographically to refer to the local staple. In the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, corn primarily means maize; this usage started as a shortening of "Indian corn". I (from the US) learned about this when a botanist pointed out that the movie "Fellowship of the Rings" incorrectly depicted maize for what Tolkein described as 'corn' in the Shire. http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Corn http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Corn
- bawolff 5y agoI feel like that's shifting goal posts. Regardless, according to google, you can still eat field corn if you want to and it still has nutritional value.