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I've had some grilled white corn in some parts in south Mexico, prepared in different ways, they're all pretty good and non are sweet, I've been looking to grow some but most of the seeds I find say sweet corn, anyone know what kind they are? some searching led me to hickory king, is that a good candidate or what other options are there (that are not the result of human tampering :)

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Just because something is labelled "sweet corn" doesn't mean it tastes sweet. Those are usually labelled "super sweet" somewhere. A better name for what we call sweet corn would be soft corn. The other kind of corn-on-the-cob we called "cow corn" as children because it's fed to them, and also ground up for cornmeal, corn syrup etc. The cobs are huge and the kernels are much harder. BTW all corn is the result of human tampering, going back to the Inca – Kate Gregory Sep 23 '12 at 17:24
ok so they call all corn sweet corn in the US? weird but ok, and by tampering i was referring more to monsanto style tampering – geermc4 Sep 24 '12 at 17:17

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