An Iowa Staple

We harvested a few ears of our sweet corn last night:

It's not the prettiest corn, but it's corn all the same. Art asked a friend of ours why so many kernels were undeveloped and he said if I had a lot of weeds around the stalks (which I kind of did) that it can mess up the pollination of the ears. So there's a lesson for you- keep your sweet corn well weeded.

We had some last night and it was pretty good. Here's the thing- I have a secret. I'm a little ashamed. You'll accuse me of being un-American and rightly so:

I'm not a big fan of sweet corn.

I know! It's horrible to admit and I can't believe I was born and raised in Iowa, but I just never feel the urge for sweet corn. It's not that I don't like it, it's just that I don't like it enough.

This is why I don't grow sweet corn in my garden (well, that and it always dies).