Mmm...Is this corn hand shucked??

Our friend Brother Brinkerhoff called and asked if we wanted to come to Montezuma and pick some sweet corn..."heck yeah, we do!"

One of his *Mennonite neighbors planted some *sweet corn among his *field corn, and was generously sharing with others.

Here we are picking in the middle of the cornfield

 

 We picked nearly 60 ears of corn

(can't believe I got in there with all those spiders, mice, bugs & snakes)

Brother Brinkerhoff, who took us out to the cornfield

 

The most ingenious way to skin a cob of corn for freezing

(I think I learned this from Erin)

 

 

*Mennonite: A religious group. Known around these parts for their

                       skilled craftsmanship and delicious baked goods.
(Often called Amish, but only by dorks like us, because they aren't even close to being Amish, as they use electricity and drive some pretty sweet cars.) (The women, however, wear little black bonnets which I totally could use on those crazy-humid days of summer, here in Dodge!)                                                        

*Sweet corn: Also known as 'table' corn or 'sugar' corn. Eaten off the

                        cob or removed from the cob and bagged and frozen.

 

*Field corn: Also known as feed corn. Used primarily as feed for live-

                       stock or for market grain for cereals. Also used a lot by

                        Mexicans like in corn meal because it isn't sweet.