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minus-squarewieson@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up10·30 days agoCorn used to be a general term for grain kernel. Like wheat corn, spelt corn, oat corn and maize 🌽 corn. Someone started to use corn interchangeably with maize.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·29 days agoWait so that means Sweet Corn isn’t even corn.
minus-squaremoobythegoldensock@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoIt is, it’s a variety of maize corn.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-223 days agoIt might be maize, but it doesn’t fit the old definition of corn. Sweet corn is a vegetable when consumed in the immature stage and not a grain.
Corn used to be a general term for grain kernel. Like wheat corn, spelt corn, oat corn and maize 🌽 corn.
Someone started to use corn interchangeably with maize.
Wait so that means Sweet Corn isn’t even corn.
It is, it’s a variety of maize corn.
It might be maize, but it doesn’t fit the old definition of corn. Sweet corn is a vegetable when consumed in the immature stage and not a grain.