Corn Memories...

What spurred this memory is I was browsing Facebook (It is a social internet network that is becoming more and more popular. EVERYONE in St Andrews has a Facebook account.) and someone had written on their profile, "Who knew you couldn't microwave corn on the cob to make popcorn." A flood of memories came when I was little and my dad planted Indian corn (I am not sure if that is the politically correct name, or if it just what I call it.) Anyway, it is the corn used to make popcorn.

I remember that you have to let it get REALLY, REALLY dry. We had the drying corn cobs sitting on these grates in the back shed. When it was ready, I remember spending tons of time "peeling" the corn off the cobs. Or if we wanted popcorn, we would go get a cob and start peeling. To "peel a cob", basically, you have to pick a small area on the top of the cob off to start it and then you rub the cob with your thumb or hand to get the rest off. My thumb hurt SO bad after getting the kernels off the cobs!! The popcorn was fantastic. We had purple and yellow kernals. YUMMY!