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Sometime before 1779is when sweet corn originated.

Specifically, sweet corn (Zea mays convar. Sccharata var. rugosa) owes its origins to an internal, natural process by which sugar-to-starch conversion is controlled and high sugar contents are produced. It was a favorite food of the Iroquois, who called the sweetly mutated form of field corn papoon. It was integrated into their meals before European settlement even though its first recorded provision to settlers only dates back to 1779.

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