On Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 5:49:41 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 2/19/2019 5:04 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2019-02-19 12:20 p.m., Gary wrote:
> >> jmcquown wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I've *never* had freshly picked corn.Â* I didn't grow up on a farm.Â* I
> >>> buy corn at the local farm stands or the grocery store.Â* It may have
> >>> been picked near here, sure, but I didn't take it from field to table..
> >>
> >> Fresh picked is best. From there, the longer you wait to eat it
> >> the quality goes down. Probably true with any vegetables if you
> >> think about it.
> >>
> >> I have been in a cornfield a few times and did pick a fresh ear
> >> right off the stalk and eat it. So very good and tasty. No need
> >> to cook it. Just like eating a fresh garden tomato.Â*
> >
> >
> >
> > Many vegetables are so much better when freshly picked. That is one of
> > the reasons so many people go to the work to maintain a garden.
> >
>
> I remember going to Styer's Orchards many years ago. There was a bin of
> corn from the day before but many of us waited for the tractor to come
> back from the field with the fresh picked.

We know a family with a truck farm. They do amazingly well by putting
the corn under refrigeration immediately after it's picked. And, of
course, growing modern varieties that are sweeter (but not supersweet)
than when we were young.

Cindy Hamilton