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.

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

I say, do not peel back the corn.

Consider this issue CLOSED.

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.

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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.

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.

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

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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.

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!

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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.

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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.