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I LOVE CORN! I grew up in southern MN buying sweet corn with my mother from the backs of farmers’ trucks during the harvest season. My mother said it was best if it was prepared straight from the field for dinner.  Pick it, boil it, and eat it! And oh, is that good! I also remember going to the Corn Fest in WI every year where they roasted fresh ears of corn by the bushel-full.  They used paint brushes to cover them with farm fresh butter (no RSBT in those days).  And jars of salt were hung from make-shift scaffolds for an extra spice. Bands were performing and children were playing. Oh, those were the days…

My father calls this part of the U.S. “God’s Country”. And I do believe that he is correct. It is an amazing place in our country, and in the world. But now the corn grown there is not for us to feast on as it used to be.  It is used primarily for manufactured sweeteners and animal feed. You can learn more about this when you see the film by two young men determined to discover the genesis and path of our food production. They set out on a journey to grow one acre of corn, and they learned more than they ever knew they would. See King Corn. You can rent it at your local video store. It is worth a watch.