Corn buying etiquette

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I always peel back a bit to check. I'm picky about The quality of the food i eat and I've come home with too many crappy ears of corn not to. (I don't seem to have the touch for just "feeling" bad spots.) I don't generally husk it in the store unless there's a bin and I'm headed straight home to cook it.

For the PP who made the Skittles analogy, sorry but it's not the same at all. Skittles are made in a factory and designed and checked specifically so every bag comes out the same. A "bad" bag would be very very rare. Not so for corn at all.

I cut open the tomatoes to make sure I get one that's not too grainy. Sometimes it takes 5-6 before I find a good one. This is not rude in any way, shape, or form.

Again, not applicable. You can examine a tomato pretty well by just feeling and looking at it, and you have a pretty good idea of what you're going to get. With corn you can't even see it if it's in the husk. You run a decent chance of coming home with a bunch of crappy corn. Buying an extra 1-2 ears isn't necessarily enough. Also, unlike a tomato, peeling back a small edge of the corn does not make it unusable. (And anyway, if it looks OK, you buy it.)

Do you have any more analogies to share?

As I and countless other posters here have said, you can examine an ear of corn pretty well by feeling it through the husk as well. Now, you may not be competent enough to do so, but maybe I'm too incompetent to examine a tomato just by looking at it from the outside.

Well I guess you guys are just going to have to put up with my "rudeness" because I'm certainly not going to stop peeling. In fact I'm going to do so this afternoon. I love corn so much. Hate away.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I always peel back a bit to check. I'm picky about The quality of the food i eat and I've come home with too many crappy ears of corn not to. (I don't seem to have the touch for just "feeling" bad spots.) I don't generally husk it in the store unless there's a bin and I'm headed straight home to cook it.

For the PP who made the Skittles analogy, sorry but it's not the same at all. Skittles are made in a factory and designed and checked specifically so every bag comes out the same. A "bad" bag would be very very rare. Not so for corn at all.

I cut open the tomatoes to make sure I get one that's not too grainy. Sometimes it takes 5-6 before I find a good one. This is not rude in any way, shape, or form.

Again, not applicable. You can examine a tomato pretty well by just feeling and looking at it, and you have a pretty good idea of what you're going to get. With corn you can't even see it if it's in the husk. You run a decent chance of coming home with a bunch of crappy corn. Buying an extra 1-2 ears isn't necessarily enough. Also, unlike a tomato, peeling back a small edge of the corn does not make it unusable. (And anyway, if it looks OK, you buy it.)

Do you have any more analogies to share?

As I and countless other posters here have said, you can examine an ear of corn pretty well by feeling it through the husk as well. Now, you may not be competent enough to do so, but maybe I'm too incompetent to examine a tomato just by looking at it from the outside.

Well I guess you guys are just going to have to put up with my "rudeness" because I'm certainly not going to stop peeling. In fact I'm going to do so this afternoon. I love corn so much. Hate away.

Maybe I'll see you there. I'll be the one hacking away at the tomatoes, trying to figure out which one's extra juicy! If the manager comes by and tells you to stop being a rude pain in the ass, I'll be the first one to stick up for you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I always peel back a bit to check. I'm picky about The quality of the food i eat and I've come home with too many crappy ears of corn not to. (I don't seem to have the touch for just "feeling" bad spots.) I don't generally husk it in the store unless there's a bin and I'm headed straight home to cook it.

For the PP who made the Skittles analogy, sorry but it's not the same at all. Skittles are made in a factory and designed and checked specifically so every bag comes out the same. A "bad" bag would be very very rare. Not so for corn at all.

I cut open the tomatoes to make sure I get one that's not too grainy. Sometimes it takes 5-6 before I find a good one. This is not rude in any way, shape, or form.

Again, not applicable. You can examine a tomato pretty well by just feeling and looking at it, and you have a pretty good idea of what you're going to get. With corn you can't even see it if it's in the husk. You run a decent chance of coming home with a bunch of crappy corn. Buying an extra 1-2 ears isn't necessarily enough. Also, unlike a tomato, peeling back a small edge of the corn does not make it unusable. (And anyway, if it looks OK, you buy it.)

Do you have any more analogies to share?

As I and countless other posters here have said, you can examine an ear of corn pretty well by feeling it through the husk as well. Now, you may not be competent enough to do so, but maybe I'm too incompetent to examine a tomato just by looking at it from the outside.

Well I guess you guys are just going to have to put up with my "rudeness" because I'm certainly not going to stop peeling. In fact I'm going to do so this afternoon. I love corn so much. Hate away.

Maybe I'll see you there. I'll be the one hacking away at the tomatoes, trying to figure out which one's extra juicy! If the manager comes by and tells you to stop being a rude pain in the ass, I'll be the first one to stick up for you!

I crack eggs to see if they are fresh sometimes it takes about 8 or 9 before I find a good one. I also open bottles of wine to make sure it is good. One time it took 7 before I found one that I liked. Sometimes my wife licks all the ice cream to see which is good.

[Anonymous]

I cannot live in a world with corn buying etiquette.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought everybody peeled the corn back a little to check it. I do.

ITA. I grew up doing this, and my mom grew up on a farm, my aunts still grow corn. And you know what? About 1/3 of the time I peel it back (just a little), and see that its pink (mildew) or tiny kernals( picked too early). I'm not going to buy "extra" ears - I'm going to buy ones that are healthy and delicious.
FWIW, our local grocery stores have barrels next to the corn so people can shuck the corn at the store and not make a mess.

[Anonymous]

Oh, for Pete's sake. Shuck off!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can tell how good a piece of corn is through the feel of the husk, the stalk, and the "hair" on top. Peeling back a little tells me nothing of worth. Knowing the top few kernels are good doesn't tell me if the bottom ones are good. If the ear is a good ear, the kernels should be fine and any not-so-good ones can be cut off or eaten around.

All hail the cornwhisperer.

[Anonymous]

How much corn can a good schmuck husk if a good schmuck could husk corn? Provided there's a bin available? And what of avocados and navel lint? If a husk falls into the bin in an empty Safeway, can anyone hear it? Flat Stanley maybe? Waldo? Does a rolling tomato gather no moss? An organic mango is an organic mango is an organic mango. There's no fresh cilantro there. It's a knick nack, Patty Whack, give the frog a loan.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can tell how good a piece of corn is through the feel of the husk, the stalk, and the "hair" on top. Peeling back a little tells me nothing of worth. Knowing the top few kernels are good doesn't tell me if the bottom ones are good. If the ear is a good ear, the kernels should be fine and any not-so-good ones can be cut off or eaten around.

All hail the cornwhisperer.

LOL.

[Anonymous]

My middle name is literally CORN, okay? No kidding!

I say, do not peel back the corn.

Consider this issue CLOSED.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I too am from "corn country"--literally grew up across the street from a corn field in central Illinois. And EVERYONE there peels back a little of the top to check the kernels before buying. If you didn't, you would clearly be corn-illiterate.

Ditto. In corn country you look like an idiot if you don't check the top of the corn. It's such a minor peek that you can basically rewrap the husk. No damage done. My cousin works for ADM and she does this.

-Another IL girl

[Anonymous]

LMAO about this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My middle name is literally CORN, okay? No kidding!

I say, do not peel back the corn.

Consider this issue CLOSED.

Hi Candy!

[Anonymous]

I just have to say that I'm loving the fact that there is a corn buying etiquette thread that's 5 pages long with drama even. It cracks me up! Some grocery stores actually put a big can next to the corn so you can shuck right there.

I'm personally a peeker. There is nothing worse than getting a bum piece of corn with different size kernels all haphazard and what not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just have to say that I'm loving the fact that there is a corn buying etiquette thread that's 5 pages long with drama even. It cracks me up! Some grocery stores actually put a big can next to the corn so you can shuck right there.

I'm personally a peeker. There is nothing worse than getting a bum piece of corn with different size kernels all haphazard and what not.

I peek too, but I can imagine a lot of things worse than a bad ear of corn.