Harvest corn from the field

What you need:

• Salt water
• butter
• salt and pepper

The corn is not only tasty for people

• In summer you can see them for miles again, the lush green fields with their tall maize plants, large leaves and thick cobs. Not only the wild boars love the plump grains, but also the people.
• The variety that comes from the field is so-called forage or silage maize. The animals and especially the pigs love him. You need it as nutritious food.
• Nowadays the plants are also often used for modern organic plants. In Lower Saxony, for example, you can see the huge corn fields as far as the eye can see.
• Compared to this type of cultivation, the fruits you can get at weekly markets or in the supermarket are around vegetables- or sweet corn. Its cobs are smaller in size and the individual grains are also smaller and much more delicate in taste. The products from the field are similar when you harvest them young.

Eat the forage crops from the field

• If you plan to eat the corn from the field, keep in mind that it has likely been heavily fertilized and sprayed with pesticides. The fruits from organic farmers could be easier to digest.


Can you eat feed corn? - Interesting facts about the different types of maize

There are over 300 different types of corn. Not all of these are for people ...

• If you still want to eat them, you should completely remove the corn on the cob from its leafy greens and fruit threads. Then you should wash them off very carefully.
• The grains must be cooked until they are soft to eat. To do this, you should boil them in salted water, just like with vegetable corn.

Tastes best Corn Eaten warm. A little butter, salt and pepper should not be missing.