A new pile of corn is sold in the traditional market near my home. I bought one, brushed with salt water, nibbled with it, and felt a hint of happiness; the roasted corn steak in the night market is fragrant, which is the heavy flavor of the sand te...
A new pile of corn is sold in the traditional market near my home. I bought one, brushed with salt water, nibbled with it, and felt a hint of happiness; the roasted corn steak in the night market is fragrant, which is the heavy flavor of the sand tea sauce, and it is enjoyable.
It was late for a few days ago. I grabbed a handful of meat with soy sauce, simmered wine, and eggs, and opened a can of corn kernels and stir-fried. It was a dish that was suitable for stools. Corn soup was also a common "urgent" soup.
There are many alias of corn, including corn, banana, banana, etc. It is native to Central America and is the main food crop of Indians. It was introduced to Europe by Columbus during the voyage period and was introduced to China in the 16th century. It may have been available in Taiwan earlier. When the ancestors came to Taiwan hundreds of years ago, they saw that indigenous people used this as their staple food, so it was called "banana". "Taiwan Magazine" records that "the rice is like millet and is like pomegranate seeds, with hundreds of grains of leaves and ears". It can be seen that the corn at that time should be red hard grains, etc., which is different from the corn we eat now.
The corn originally cultivated in the Americas has mostly hard grains, with black, yellow, brown, etc., and it has a symbiotic ear, which is not easy to grind. About 200 years ago, the American continent accidentally discovered that the corn has changed. The grains are deep yellow but soft, and the sugar content is higher than that of ordinary corn, which is called sweet corn, and corn has also changed from food to vegetables to be used as vegetables.
"Corn is not rice, but rice is not rice." The advertisement keeps filling our corn with "golden vegetables". However, corn has a high carbohydrate content, and rice and rice are both of the five kinds of miscellaneous species, not vegetables. Fortunately, the diet of corn is rich and is considered "resistant powder", which is difficult to digest by the body. After eating it, it feels like a foot but is not easy to turn into heat. It has a weight control effect, but it can be recorded to control the amount.
Since its birth in the Sweet Corn, breeders from all over the world have focused on improving the varieties. There are currently three types of edible corn: white corn, sweet corn and glutinous corn. Popcorn is used for burst corn, which is different from the general consumption of corn.
The current edible white corn was introduced during the Japanese treatment period. It developed into a local variety "Tainan White" in Tainan. After the Tainan Agricultural Reform, it introduced sweet corn from the United States in the 1950s. The import of glutinous corn should be the latest, and after the enlarged land exploration, many veterans brought back different corn seeds from their hometowns. The first black glutinous corn appeared behind Miaoli. The glutinous corn introduced became a fresh food after the product was improved in Taiwan.
Sweet corn can be further divided into sweet corn (su1) and super sweet corn (sh2). The sweetness of sweet corn is about 10 to 12 degrees, and the sweetness of super sweet corn is even higher. The white beauty, white dragon king, silver fox, snow wolf and other varieties can sometimes reach 16 to 17 degrees.
Corn cuisine keeps deep into our daily life. If you don’t bring a large bucket of popcorn when you go to the cinema, it seems like something is missing. This is influenced by American culture. The United States even ordered January 19 as the National Popcorn Festival, and the average annual meal is about 14.1 billion liters.
Watching movies and eating popcorn is a big turn. The movies in the early 20th century are silent films. There will be a sound of popcorn when biting popcorn, which is quite harsh in quiet cinemas, so many cinemas are not allowed to sell popcorn.
During the economic crisis from 1929 to 1933, many cinemas were in a crisis. Operators put their money on popcorn sold by Xiaofeng on the road. In addition, the movies had sounded at that time, so they first rented the space to Baofeng. Later, they found that the profits of selling popcorn were very high. They gradually changed to cinemas to sell themselves, which also formed a culture of eating popcorn when watching movies. It can be seen that "the world is absolutely right."
About 30% of the world's population eat corn as their staple food. In the South American Mythology, the corn god Yum Kaax is one of the nine gods. The Maya Saint describes that the Creator first created man with clay, but the clay man was destroyed by heavy rain. The Creator also created man with wood and sacred man, but they did not know how to be grateful. Finally, "God used yellow and white corn noodles to create man's trunks, flesh on his arms and legs, and created human personality", and then he successfully created humanity.
The hard-quality corn production of Yizhu Township in Chiayi County ranks among the highest in Taiwan. Since 2013, it has been held to market the "Corne Palace" locally and has been well received. Unfortunately, due to the difficulty of renting land and the difficulty of resource raising, it was suspended in only four years. Fortunately, there are corn palaces in Dongshan District, Tainan City recently.
The corn mistress may not be considered. How to not get lost on the road of life with a wrong root and keep the original intention is a personal lesson.
Responsible editor: Gu Zihuan
