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Lookin' For Corn in All the Wrong Places
At the risk of getting too "corny," I just have to follow up on my blog of August 2nd titled "Lend Me an Ear." My main complaint was that this year's corn crop, and the crop for the past several years, renders ears too small. I long for the days when I could make a full meal out of three ears instead of having to bite into six.
Seems as though I may have been too hasty in my judgment. A fews days after writing that blog I happened to be on the Beekmantown Road and stopped at Shield's Vegetables/Dyer's Farms for the first time this year. Mary Dyer, who along with husband Sam, now owns the business, mentioned that someone had told her about my blog and my search for bigger ears of corn. Both Sam and Mary gave me excellent explanations about the corn crop while I ordered six ears for my evening meal.
Hours later, I realized that I'd been conned by this corn-pickin' family, including son Ryan and daughter Emily, who had smiled politely all through their parents' story to me about corn on the cob. Husking my first ear out of the Shields' bag I noticed a heaviness to it. And then there it was! Stripped of its husk I was staring at an ear of corn like I hadn't since the turn of the century. Big juicy kernels on a long ear. Not a little teeny cob like I've been purchasing.
Obviously, I've been lookin' for corn in all the wrong places for the past several years. It will be nice to see the Dyer family regularly now that they are back on my shopping list. Needless to say, it didn't take six ears of this corn to fill me up. I had three left over for the next day.
Meanwhile, I received a nice e-mail from Mary, a regular blog reader and a fellow Our Lady of Victory Academy graduate. She tells me I can find bigger ears of corn at Rulf's in Peru. I'll give them a try tomorrow. Maybe I'll even find some nice crisp apples while I'm there and some of those homemade doughnuts. And Mary puts in a good word for those home-grown tomatoes as well.
I guess the big ears of corn are out there -- you just have to know the right people!
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foxy,
still looking for good corn, try joe giroux's rte 22 just past shield's, now that is a good ear of corn and full, works on the honor system. $4.00 a dozen, put your money in the box, make your own change, whoever would have thought those days were back.
(Foxy's note: Good point, Cricket. Joe's honor system is one-of-a-kind for these days! Joe, the outstanding county legislator, graduated with me from OLVA back in '66.)
Posted by: Cricket | August 20, 2006 6:40 PM
Foxy, I have often thought that Shields' was the best kept secret in the north country. In spite of the fact they have been there forever. Guess you won't be coming to Kansas now Huh??? LOL IF you get a chance check out the Fort Bissell Museum in Phillipsburg, KS. I am the curator. Randy
Posted by: Randy Vaughn | August 11, 2006 8:38 AM