IIRC there has been speculation that teosinte was originally cultivated for their stalks which were juiced much like sugar cane. Only later when a mutation got rid of the rock hard seed coat did it become a grain crop.

I keep the wine makers in my thoughts as tapping the grape vines is even harder. Those can be super thin from what I understand.

Corn snakes, Cornish hens, Nigel Cornberry, the ethical sources of corn syrup are only restricted by the imagination.

This meme is corny

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