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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I never peel back to check.  No one ever buys those ears afterwards, so it is a huge waste of food.  I buy two extra ears, just in case.
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how is this any different?  if you get a bad ear you wouldn't use it.  it's exactly the same as someone discovering in the store the ear is bad and leaving it there.  the only difference is that you pay for bad corn.[/quote]

No, it is not the same.  If you are buying corn at the farmers' market - as I do - then the farmer is losing money since no one will purchase the already peeked-at ears.  And I believe strongly in nurturing our local farms.  I can afford to lose the $.50 for one bad ear.  But people reject okay ears all the time.  People don't buy those rejects, and the farmer loses several dollars.  Entirely different.[/quote]

He can feed it to his animals. There are really many other uses for corn, not just corn on the cob.[/quote]

Depends on the animals he's raising.  Corn makes cows bloat and requires treating them with antibiotics.  My grandfather had to kill cows that got into his corn, because of how sick they got.

There's a huge difference between cows getting into a cornfield and gorging themselves on corn and feeding them unsold green ears.  You also don't treat bloat with antibiotics - bloat is excessive gas, antibiotics won't make a difference.  You have to get rid of the gas either through the GI tract (farting), putting a tube down their throat to the stomach or piercing the stomach with a trocar.  It's like trying to release the air from a ballon without it popping.

Also, I agree with the gal from PA.  Corn here is way too expensive and there's nothing wrong with gently peeling back the top of the husk to see a few kernals, if we had any doubts, we'd stick a thumbnail on it to see if it was plumb to bursting - which is the way it should be.  We used to do it right on the stalk to see which ears were the ripest and most ready.  Different varieties of corn have different sizes and plumpness.  You might be able to tell which are the fullest ears in a bin by just feeling but you don't know if it's been allowed to stay on the stalk long enough or if you're getting white corn or yellow corn.  I also never buy it at Giant/Safeway.  It sucks.  I grew up on a corn/dairy farm in Indiana and we sold produce from our farm/2 acre garden.

So, maybe if the farmer has chickens, pigs, etc.  But even then, he's probably growing field corn for them, not good sweet corn that fetches a few dollars a dozen at the farmer's market.[/quote][/quote]

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