Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> On Sat 09 Aug 2008 07:45:52p, Arri London told us...
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> >
> >
> > Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat 09 Aug 2008 09:55:03a, Ophelia told us...
> >>
> >> > cybercat wrote:
> >> >> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> >> >> ...
> >> >>> sf wrote:
> >> >>>> On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 21:21:48 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> >> >>>> wrote:
> >> >>>>> Mush?
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>> Here ya go....
> >> >>>> http://southernfood.about.com/cs/cor...a/bl30930u.htm
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Thank you. I have never eaten corn in such a way.
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >> Have you ever had corn pudding, or corn custard as some call it? Good
> >> >> stuff!
> >> >
> >> > No, I haven't. I am not sure I have eaten corn as such. We talk
> about
> >> > cornfields but it is wheat really. Cornflakes I used to eat but not
> for
> >> > a long time.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> I'm not sure I understand your distinction between "wheat" and "corn".
> In
> >> the US we have wheat fields and corn fields. They are totally
> different.
> >> If you call corn wheatfields, what do you actually call corn grown in a
> >> field? Curious?
> >>
> >
> >
> > Maize or sweetcorn. The older usage of 'corn' usually means
> > kernels/seeds of grain, as in 'John Barleycorn'.
>
> Thanks for clarifying, Arri. Actually, I think I once knew that, but it
> had escaped me. :-)
>
>

LOL we *do* keep telling you to reinforce that electric fence around
your brain Wayne :P