Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Organic Corn

At the moment there are four ears of fresh organic corn sitting on my counter. I must admit I'm a bit leery of touching them. Why? Because in the CSA newsletter this week was this small note: "Typically I have the workers cut the worm out of the corn, but we're so busy this week we probably won't get to it. No worries though. All organic corn has a worm at the end because we don't use pesticides." She even included a nice little graphic of two smiley face heads hugging. Right. I feel so much better now.


There's a worm in my corn? Where is it? Do I husk it first and then chop off the end? Which end? Do I need to do it NOW or wait until I'm ready to eat the corn and just little corn worm enjoy himself until then? Am I even going to want to eat the corn after I see the squiggly thing at the end? So many questions! And, google is not giving me satisfactory answers - so I come to you dear blog readers in search of answers to these troubling matters.

At this point I'm thinking I prefer pesticides where corn is concerned.

5 comments:

  1. I'd be freaking out about the worm in the corn too. That is enough to make you want to throw it away. lol

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  2. Hahahaha! Yes, pass the pesticides please!

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  3. Eww. I don't think I could eat corn with worms. Yuck! Good luck though lol.

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  4. Ok, glad I'm not the only one totally grossed out. haha

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