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Post by littlemama on Aug 27, 2017 2:24:11 GMT
I do check, but I NEVER shuck it at the store. I've never understood why people do that.
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Post by paget on Aug 27, 2017 2:32:10 GMT
But you would only be leaving it after opening it if it was a bad ear - so it's not rude for the next guy but actually a helpful public service! You might be surprised by how many people leave perfectly good ears of corn behind because of a few dark kernels or bald tip.  I guess so!! It seemed like such a no brained to me! I just want it to not be rotten- I don't care about a bald tip or a couple Missing/bad kennels. I guess I'm ever considered that people would be that picky or spend that much time with it! |
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Post by eversograceful1 on Aug 27, 2017 2:42:28 GMT
I rarely buy husked corn but I don't check it when I do buy it. My dad checks it though 🙂
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 27, 2017 2:48:49 GMT
Nope, don't need to. We get all of our corn straight from the farmer who grew it, and nine times out of ten it was just picked earlier that day. We've never had a single bad one.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Aug 27, 2017 7:05:58 GMT
At our local markets (stands) nope--never ever check and have honestly never had a bad ear!
Our local grocery store now have trash cans right next to the corn and you can remove the husks and take home totally clean corn so no risk there of getting a rotten ear.
Neither of these methods--peeking or cleaning can tell if the taste is bad or if you have old corn! 😆
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Post by smokeynspike on Aug 27, 2017 8:11:19 GMT
Yes, but I just lightly peel back the top. And as long as it isn't gross, then I take it home with me.
Melissa
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Post by mcscrapper on Aug 27, 2017 14:04:30 GMT
I'm a peeler...but just the tip. I only do this at the grocery store and they are advertising "bi color" which is what I want but they inevitably mix up the bi color with the all-yellow or all-white ears. I've been burned WAY too many times.
If I'm at the farmer's market or stand, I don't peel.
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Aug 27, 2017 14:32:04 GMT
I don't peel/check corn before buying.
I rarely buy ears of corn though. I'm not sure why though because corn on the cob is really really good!
I can't imagine shucking corn at the store. I am usually trying to get out of the store quickly and I would make a huge mess at the store doing that.
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Post by Tammiem2pnc1 on Aug 27, 2017 15:31:11 GMT
I used to check the tip, my dad always did so I did. Now I just buy it. Have never been disappointed. I just cut off the tip if needed. I will only completely shuck it at the store if I know I'm going to come home and cook it right away, it just saves me from the mess at home, but I will never not buy it once I shuck it.
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Post by pyccku on Aug 27, 2017 15:39:34 GMT
No. Corn is what - 10 cents each? If I get home and one is bad, I throw it out. Shucking it at the store dries it out and I don't want dried corn.
I look for ears that nobody else has fondled. If the worst thing in my life is discovering a bad ear of corn at dinnertime, I consider it a good day.
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Post by Rhondito on Aug 27, 2017 15:58:12 GMT
I'm just jealous of all of you who have trash cans to throw husks in at your stores! I've never ever seen that in any store here.
I'd love it to take off the tops of beets so I wouldn't have to deal with bringing those home with my other groceries.
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Post by KelleeM on Aug 27, 2017 16:07:52 GMT
No. Corn is what - 10 cents each? If I get home and one is bad, I throw it out. Shucking it at the store dries it out and I don't want dried corn. I look for ears that nobody else has fondled. If the worst thing in my life is discovering a bad ear of corn at dinnertime, I consider it a good day. I don't open it. Corn here at the grocery store is usually around $2 for 5 ears. At the farm stand, where I prefer to but it, its 75 cents for one, $3.95 for 6 and 7.95 a dozen. I wish we could get it for 10 cents an ear. Also, I'm in Massachusetts and we get good local corn for a very short time. |
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Post by myshelly on Aug 27, 2017 16:10:24 GMT
I do check, but I NEVER shuck it at the store. I've never understood why people do that. Because it's super messy and I don't want the mess in my house if I can get rid of it in the store. |
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Post by scrapaddie on Aug 27, 2017 18:27:41 GMT
My mother taught me to peel it back a bit and then to stick up the mail and to one of the kernels. If it was good and ripe, it would squirt. No squirt , don't buy
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Post by gale w on Aug 27, 2017 18:53:02 GMT
My mother taught me to peel it back a bit and then to stick up the mail and to one of the kernels. If it was good and ripe, it would squirt. No squirt , don't buy Well there's another good reason not to buy one that looks like someone peeled the end. The last thing I want is an ear of corn that had someone else's nail (I'm assuming that's what you meant) in one kernel.  |
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Post by scrapaddie on Aug 27, 2017 20:45:35 GMT
My mother taught me to peel it back a bit and then to stick up the mail and to one of the kernels. If it was good and ripe, it would squirt. No squirt , don't buy Well there's another good reason not to buy one that looks like someone peeled the end. The last thing I want is an ear of corn that had someone else's nail (I'm assuming that's what you meant) in one kernel. Well, the good news is that my mother never bought corn in a store... What wasn't good for is was given to the horse to eat. |
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Post by flanz on Aug 27, 2017 21:00:44 GMT
I DO pull back some of the husk, each and every time. I love to see worms in there, a sign that the corn is pesticide free. If it's good for the worms, it's good for me and my family/friends! I knock the ear of corn on its side and shake the worm out of there. Once in a while there is too much worm damage and I set that ear aside, but usually it's just a bit at the very top.  |
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Post by sunraynnc on Aug 27, 2017 21:59:58 GMT
Heck yeah, I'm not a gambler. Corn is expensive!
I shuck it in the store. Lowe's Foods has a trash barrel beside the corn display. I don't want all the shuck & silk in my kitchen.
My mama didn't raise no fool.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 28, 2017 2:12:21 GMT
No. Corn is what - 10 cents each? If I get home and one is bad, I throw it out. Shucking it at the store dries it out and I don't want dried corn. I look for ears that nobody else has fondled. If the worst thing in my life is discovering a bad ear of corn at dinnertime, I consider it a good day. Wow, what storre do you buy yours at? I miss the days of $1 or $2 a dozen corn, as a kid back in Illinois. On a good sale, at our local Frys, corn is 5 / $2, so 40 cents an ear- I'm not willing to pay 40 or 50 cents for a bad ear of corn, nor do I want to waste my time returning something like that to the store. That's why I peel back the very tip to check: for bi-color kernels,ou and to make sure it's not slimy / rotten. (which has happened. |
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