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Default 1st corn-on-the-cob of the year!

On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:15:58 -0400, Kate Connally
> wrote:

>On 8/15/2011 3:19 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:22:14 -0400, Kate Connally wrote:
>>
>>> My aunt picked up a dozen ears for me at a local farm
>>> stand that we always patronize. The only corn I will buy
>>> is from a farm stand or one farm market I frequent. I will
>>> not buy corn from the supermarket under any circumstances.

>>
>> Shramm farm? My brother and I were just talking about them. We lived
>> adjacent to their previous farm.
>>
>> -sw

>
>Yes, Schramm's. But this year their corn is $6.50/doz. and it's
>no longer a baker's dozen. :-( Of course it's gone up everywhere.
>The corn I got was $5/doz. - last year it was $4/doz.


I don't know what thier corn is like but 6.50 isn't a lot for good
corn. We get Mirai from twin garden farm and it's 7 bucks a dozen.

My grandparents grew corn on their farm so I've had corn that was
picked an hour before we ate it and it wasn't as good as this stuff.

http://www.twingardenfarms.com/

Lou