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Finally, an answer! (lemmy.world)
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[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

What about all of the other varieties of corn? Are they not relatives to each other?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 45 points 7 months ago

Look, if you keep asking questions, we're never going to get these crappy corn husk crafts finished.

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

They're called tamales!

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

I just watched the Good Eats episode about corn so I can answer this: Yes, popcorn, hard corn, and sweet corn are all related to each other.

[-] bitwaba@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

What about candy corn?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

It's a candy grass.

[-] Floey@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Corn syrup.

[-] frezik@midwest.social -1 points 7 months ago

It's to be thrown back at the asshole who gave you candy corn.

[-] ignirtoq@fedia.io 5 points 7 months ago

I knew of popcorn and sweet corn, but what is hard corn used for today? Animal feed?

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

A lot is used for animal feed, but we eat it in corn flakes, corn tortillas, and cornbread, plus it's where they get corn syrup which is in damn near everything. It's also processed into ethanol for both fuel and bourbon.

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

and bourbon.

The most important use of all.

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

And the most useful!

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I'm about to use it.

[-] bluewing@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

The cause and relief from all our problems.......

[-] bluewing@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

You forgot degradable packing peanuts. Turns out you can modify Cheetos(tm) enough they become viable for packing items for shipment.

[-] The_v@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

All corn varieties are all the same species.

Domesticated corn can also still cross freely with the wild teosinte.

[-] JoMomma@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago

All the corn we eat is basically the same, this is referring to the original ancestor to all of them

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