We like you, we really like you!

[Big RR]

I think it comes from curing with rock (corned) salt (probably related to your mention of "corning" solids into wheat grain sized particles).

[oldr_n_wsr]

Interesting, I don't think they ever asked me for ID on reentry into the US--only asking how long I stayed in Canada and what I did. Maybe it was because you were yong, or travelling with a non American? Or maybe you just look shifty.

I did have a mohawk haircut.
it was during the HS football season. I skipped school AND missed the team picture to take my cousin to Niagra falls that day.

[oldr_n_wsr]

Also
Canada has some of THE best snowmobiling trails I have ever ridden on. Almost as wide as a four lane highway. Very good maps of the trails and good descriptions of what's along the trails.
Gotta get back up there and do that again.

[liberty]

Well, it is a problem, do Europeans eat corn, isn't it. What is corn? In many parts of Europe, the word 'corn' (similar pronunciations, different spellings) is used as a general word for various grains. In England English, 'corning' is a manufacturing process label, that seems to mean converting some kind of stuff into particulates resembling the physical shape of what Americans would call grains of wheat.

Specifically what I know as 'corn' is called maize in some parts of Europe that I have visited. But it certainly was eaten, just not perhaps as commonly as in America. As a money crop, it is not well suited to farming conditions generally in Europe.

I never have figured out what 'corned beef' has to do with that yellow stuff mixed with lima beans and called succotash.

snailgate

When I was in the air force and stationed at my first duty station, I was told by a sergeant who had been stationed in Germany just after WW II that the Germans didn’t eat corn. According to him they looked down on it as animal feed.

[Scooter]

Did you ever think that he was testing how much of a moron you were and told you that to see if you were stupid enough to believe it?

ETA - and your original claim was that Europeans do not eat corn, not that Germans do not eat corn, so if this is yet one more attempt to slither away from your own words, it's not working.

[oldr_n_wsr]

I spent a summer in Germany and now that I think back on that time, I don't remember having corn while I was over there. Memory might not be that great, but I like corn and might/should have remembered having it there. They did like asparagas (I don't) and I remember those being served often. And steaks came with a big dollop of butter on them. And the bratwurst was to die for, especially at Schützenfest.
Who knows, maybe we need a gov funded study to see how much corn per capita is consumed by each nation. probably already done, but I am not looking for it

[Crackpot]

Just how liberty picks his reliable sourc s of information is both a mystery and terrifying.

[Scooter]

It's always "this was something I heard" or "this was something I remember" when he is asked to back up any of the asinine turds he lays here.

[BoSoxGal]

My father's a 2nd generation German-American, his parents were in utero on the trip from Germany to Ellis Island in the very late 1800s. My Oma used to make Maissalat every time she came to visit - that's corn salad, FYI. My father loved corn on the cob and corn chowder, which my English grandma made every holidays. Granted corn is not in a lot of German recipes, but there are some - like scalloped corn and maissalat - which are very common.

Just my .02

[Big RR]

I also recall having cornbread at restaurants in Germany, both in Frankfort and Munich. I know my Danish grandmother used to make cornbread and corn muffins as well, although I never recall having it in Scandinavia (but I haven't been there as many times).

[Scooter]

Polenta is of course a staple in Italian cooking, and roasted corn on on the cob can be had from street vendors everywhere. But we're all expected to believe the village idiot rather than our lying eyes.

[Scooter]

And apparently the village idiot cannot distinguish between this flag:



and this one:



which is why he believes that Canada was an ally of the Soviet Union.

To be fair, they both have a lot of red in them, so it would be an easy mistake to make for someone with the IQ of a pet rock.

[Econoline]

What is corn? In many parts of Europe, the word 'corn' (similar pronunciations, different spellings) is used as a general word for various grains. In England English, 'corning' is a manufacturing process label, that seems to mean converting some kind of stuff into particulates resembling the physical shape of what Americans would call grains of wheat.

I never have figured out what 'corned beef' has to do with that yellow stuff mixed with lima beans and called succotash.

snailgate

I think it comes from curing with rock (corned) salt (probably related to your mention of "corning" solids into wheat grain sized particles).

Big RR is right about corned beef, but IIRC it actually stems from the (British) use of the word "corn" as a generic word applied not only to any grain (e.g., barleycorn...I think even oat grain can be called corn) but also, sometimes, to any particle that resembles grain (e.g. peppercorn). If there are pepper corns, why not salt corns?