I found this interesting ;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize
when I lived in Spain in 1960 ++ there was no sweet corn to be had
and the Local looked at me in amazement that one would even consider eating corn
I ref I can no longer find suggested that sweet corn in the UK began being cultivated to
people as late ad 1970's
and if if you sit quietly on a windless evening near a large field of
" field corn " ie animal corn , say late july
you can hear it grow. yes you can.
it squeaks as it grows.
it does.
