The "Wasn't sure where to put it" Thread

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h2o in reply to @Chaley

Maize as in the foodstuff of the Americas since the Incas? And whose predecessors were cultivated maybe 6000-7000 years ago? Rather than the modern varietal sweetcorn with the higher sugar content?

Yeah, must be cattle feed.

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hugo7 in reply to @h2o

Yeah, must be cattle feed.

There are many, many varieties. Chaley is clearly not talking about a variety that is no a human food stuff.

A French farmer I know used to grow a type of maze that was turned into popcorn to use as a biodegradable packing chips. I'm sure it would be possible to eat them, but you wouldn't want to.

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h2o in reply to @hugo7

That’s the type of maize that is used to make masa, which is the dough you make tortillas etc out of. You wouldn’t want to eat it the way we eat sweetcorn, for sure, but we eat it and have done for millennia.

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