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Corn
Corn is a type of cereal grass that is grown and harvested for its seed for use in everything from salad dressing to corn bread to livestock feed. It is the most popular cereal grass grown in North America, and one that grows very well in hot and relatively humid environments. Ask and answer questions about corn here.
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Does corn contain cholesterol?
no, foods derived from plants contain NO cholesterol. Only animal-based foods contain cholesterol because of their fats.
yes, you can grow them here is some info about growing them:
Lighting: Low
Watering: Moderate
The Corn plant require very little care. The Corn plant has long leaves stemming from a wooden cane like stalk. The variegated leaves resemble corn foliage thus the name. The foliage using contains a yellow or crème center with dark green borders.
The Corn plant enjoys low light, making it perfect for corners and hallways. The Corn plant requires moderate watering. Water thoroughly once every 7 - 10 days or when the soil is dry to touch down 1 inch into the soil. The roots of the Corn plant are located close to the canes. It is also a very shallow root system, therefore when watering, place the water near the base of each cane to be sure the roots are able to absorb the water. If the leaves begin to drop or yellow, try watering the plant less frequently. You could be over watering it.
The Corn plant tends to be resistant to many of the pests that other houseplants encounter. If your Corn plant does become infected with bugs or mites, spraying a soapy mixture of water and dish soap over the plant should take care of the problem.
This houseplant is one of many poisonous houseplants. To be safe, keep it away from pets and children.
The Corn Belt is a region of the Midwest of the United States where corn is the predominant cash crop. Primarily, it includes Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio - approximately 50% of all corn grown in the U.S. is from these four states. The Corn Belt also includes parts of South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri, and Kentucky.
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How do you preserve sweet corn?
By adding a bit of salt as an preservative and storing in refrigerator in a bowl of water
Where is the corn palace located?
Mitchell, South Dakota
Corn Palace is located in South Dakota. The original corn palace was established in 1892.
Does frito-lay use genetically modified corn?
If Frito Lay cannot boldly say "we do not use GMO corn in any of our products"
then they are obviously using GMO corn in at least some, if not all of their products.
The sugar you buy in the grocery store or market (powdered sugar, white granulated, brown sugar, etc.) is not made from corn stalks. They are made from either sugar cane or sugar beets. Corn syrup is made from the grain of field corn. That said, there are new cultivars of corn which have been bred and selected from tropical varieties to produce high levels of sugar in the stalks. In more northern areas of the US, these varieties will not produce an ear with grain, but will produce large of amounts of high-sugar-content biomass which would likely be moved into ethanol production. This is similar to the way Brazil uses sugar cane for ethanol production.
How many calories in fresh sweet corn?
Without anything yet added such as butter, there are:
- Approx 96 cals in 1 small ear (5½ to 6½"), 3.1 0z or 89g, of roasted corn
- Approx 120 to 127 cals in 1 large ear (7¾ to 9"), about 4.2 oz or 118g of roasted corn.
For the calorie content of other vegetables, see the page links, further down this page, listed under Related Questions.
Ground yellow corn is yellow corn that has been ground into meal or flour.
Individual corn (maize) stalks have both female and male plant parts, so there is no such thing as "male corn stalk".
Does chili con carne mean it has corn in it?
No it doesn't !
Chili Con Carne is a South American dish, where the major languages are Spanish & Portugese, brought by the invading Spanish & Portugese. 'Carne' is their word for meat, which went very well with Chili which the locals used a lot to spice up their food.
Can corn be used for food and fuel?
No. Coal, natural gas, and oil are examples of fossil fuels, as they are the products of organic material that was buried for millions of years. Alcohol is derived from corn, and considered a biofuel.
Corn was first grown by Native Americans of the Southwest and it was used a food as well as a religious object. Eastern tribes also used corn as a food. The wonderful thing about corn is that it can be used in many ways and the seeds can be saved for the next year planting (except for modern-day hybrid corn). The Spanish explorers took corn back to Europe with them, but it wasn't grown until much later.
Corn (maize) wasn't really "discovered" so much as developed by the native peoples of northern Mexico, possibly as much as 12,000 years ago. It's unclear exactly which plants they started with in the development process, but one of them may have been teosinte, a tall native grass with its seeds where the tassels are on modern corn plants.
What essential amino acid is missing in corn?
. Dr. Mercola`s book"(Dr. Mercola's Total Health Cookbook & Program)(page 18)
http://books.google.com/books?id=8Mj6PlyYFkcC
says that legumes are carb heavy?
and that they are an incomplete protein?
. here at gov`s food composition database
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
we see that the protein is merely imbalanced:
given an amount of egg with 12.58g protein (143 calories)
and a similar amount of pinto bean
10.50g protein (124 calories)
that serving of pinto bean gives us
23 grams of low-glycemic carbs,
and shorts us with some critical aminos
(mg per serving):
amino egg pinto (pinto`s percentage of what egg gives)
methionine 380 110 (29%)
cysteine 274 120 (44%)
tryptophan 167 110 (66%)
. however!
one very important mineral that is often missing from beans
is selenium -- that pro-longevity powerhouse --
which is a mineral only tolerated by legumes, not needed by them,
and which is available to farm-raised animals, salt-water wild fish,
and salt-water vegetables .
. legumes have been the most important dietary predictor of longevity
Asia Pacific J Clin Nutr 2004;13 (2):217-220
http://healthyeatingclub.com/info/articles/diets-foods/Darmadi.pdf
but when a culture`s legume is soy,
they also eat most of it fermented (reduces gas and toxins),
. the key to a legume`s healthfulness is its
time-releasing of carb' and protein,
and the fact that its soluble fiber promotes
bacterial production of butyrates and vitamin k .
Who is the goddess of tillage and corn?
Demeter has been identified as the Greek goddess of corn. However, Demeter is more properly described the Greek goddess of grain, agriculture and the harvest since use of the word "corn" can be misleading. Corn, in the American sense, refers to a plant (Zea mays) that was imported from the Americas into Europe after Columbus. Corn, in England, refers to wheat and other grains as well.
How many square inches in a bushel of corn?
This question cannot be answered as is without knowing what the yield per unit of area is. However, if you mean 160 cubic feet, a volumetric measurement, then the answer is 128.57023194 bushels.
Corn snakes eat a variety based on preference. Mice, rats, chicks, baby bunnies, quial eggs, etc. Somtimes a snake will refuse to eat anything but what their particular taste calls for. Sometimes this is trial and error, which can be frustrating. I and most herp owners recommend frozen then thawed mice/baby rats for an adult corn snake. Corn snakes can even be particular as to what kind of mice they're eating, be it African soft furred mice, white mice, colored mice, etc. Like i sad, trial and error. good luck =]
What is corn used for besides eating and fuel?
Corn has many uses. It is one of the world's most versatile crops.
Please note that 0.7% of all the corn grown in the U.S. is sweet corn, or "veggie corn." 99.3% is field corn, also called commercial corn.
You can imagine the leaves on a corn plant as solar panels. The leaves convert the sun's energy into the kernels on each ear of corn. That means that energy we cannot consume (solar energy) changes form into corn kernels. Those kernels are used in many ways.
The part of the corn plant that is not harvested also has use. It can remain on the crop land and act like a mulch, protecting the land from soil and water erosion. It also composts, adding nutrients back into the soil.
Consult the 2010 World of Corn at the related link below for a full report on the U.S. corn crop and its uses.
In the U.S., the biggest user of corn is the livestock industry. Beef cattle, dairy cattle, hogs, and poultry all consume the corn kernels and change the form of the energy into protein, which we as humans can then consume.
The next biggest user of corn in the U.S. is the ethanol industry. The corn kernels are separated into their various parts, and the starch and cellulosic parts can be turned into ethanol. The by-product of this process called DDGS can be used as a livestock feed. So making ethanol does not remove the opportunity to use that same corn kernel as livestock feed and therefore human food.
A small percentage of the corn industry is used in this country for industrial purposes, like bio-degradable plastics. Basically, any product that uses petroleum can use corn derivatives instead.
A small percentage of the U.S. corn crop is turned directly into a human food source like corn meal or corn oil.
About 7% of the U.S. corn crop is made into HFCS, or high fructose corn syrup. HFCS is certified as a natural product by the US government. The corn kernel is refined into the sweetener. This is similar to the refining process that turns sugar beets and sugar cane into what we call "table sugar."
A large portion of the U.S. corn crop is exported around the world and used for the same reasons stated above.
Why shouldn't you tell a secret in a corn field?
The corn has ears and the potatoes have eyes.
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