Re: CHAT: corn (was: [CHAT] Aussie terminology question)

On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 07:33:12PM +1100, Tristan McLeay wrote:
> >Maize is also known as 'sweet corn' or 'corn on the cob' when eaten
> >by humans. But when grown as cattle-feed it's always maize.
>
> Oh, is that all sweet corn was? I'd always presumed it was a special
> sort of (maize) corn, and the one preferred by people. Just like
> there's lots of forms of apples. It's more than frequently enough
> called 'sweet corn' here...
No, you were correct, Tristan.  The kind of maize eaten by people, "sweet
corn", is in fact a different variety, or set of varieties.  The ears are
larger than the variety usually used for animal feed.  Within "sweet
corn" there are subdivisions based on color: yellow, white, or mixed,
and the mixed has a special name which I can't recall at the moment.

-Marcos

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