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17 years ago

Do you remember my post several weeks ago about when people buy sweet corn why, they stand in the grocery and take the shucks off? Well, finally Meijer has a sign up saying your sweet corn will be preserved longer or something like that if you do not take the husks off! They no longer have the big box there either for people to put ths shucks in. I say it is about time. How about your grocery store does it have a box for the corn shucks?

Sue

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sheilajoyce_gw
17 years ago
Not any more. I was tempted to ask for the refuse in the box for composting once. Never did.
pris
17 years ago
I can honestly say that I have never heard of anyone doing this. (sitting here with jaw on floor)
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wanda_va
17 years ago
My local grocery store doesn't have a box for corn shucks, and I had never seen such a thing until a recent visit to our new Wal-mart. Everyone there was shucking the corn, and I was shocked!
grammahony
17 years ago
I never shuck it until I'm going to fix it. It dries out to fast.
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ruthieg__tx
17 years ago
I don't shuck mine either but truthfully I have much bigger things to worry about than whether someone wants to shuck their corn in the store....I mean...what difference does it make? Are they causing a big line to form or blocking traffic ...I'm not being argumentative I just don't know why someone would care whether or if I decided to husk my corn.
vicki_lv
17 years ago
I have never been able to understand that concept. I would never do that. Besides...who wants to finish their grocery shopping with corn shucking remnants on their hands? Ewwwwwwwwwwww! LOL
pris
17 years ago
Alright. Let me be the one to ask. Why? Is it to reduce the weight so as to not pay for the husk? Or, is there another reason?
pawsitive_gw
17 years ago
I for one want the husks ON. We soak them in water and cook them on the grill. They stay moist that way. Around here, they peel the husk about half way down to see if the corn is young or past time. Makes me mad either way. Just my 2c worth.
glenda_al
17 years ago
WalMart sells them by the ear. Monday, for 33 cents each.
Marilyn Sue
Original Author
17 years ago
Meijer's price today was 10 ears for two dollars, of course you don't have to buy ten ears to get the same deal. I think the reason people shuck the corn in the store is so they won't have the mess at home and they don't know that as soon as you shuck it, it starts going the other way. Yes, sometimes people stand in the way of the corn display and some even shuck it on the corn.

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caflowerluver
17 years ago
We don't have a box here so never seen anyone shuck them at the store. I take them home unshucked because I put all the husks in my compost pile.
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grinch_gut
17 years ago
I have never seen it done eiter....and I agree who wants to shop with sticky hands? Stacy
iowagirl2006
17 years ago
You should see what a mess over 250 ears makes, lol! (All done in one day)

Thankfully DH takes to cobs to the cows - but I dumped the shucks in the grove. Didn't want the horses getting them.

I am so glad I don't have to pay for sweet corn.
linda_in_iowa
17 years ago
Some grocery stores in CA have those boxes for corn husks.
cbtexas
17 years ago
I think people peel the husk back to see what the kernels look like before they buy them. You never know if the kernels are mature inside the husk or if there are worms or empty spots, ect. Now if they find a good ear and peel it and put it back, that would chap me. Kinda like peeling a banana and then trying to put the peel back on so it doesn't ruin. Doesn't work that way. But I have seen people checking out the kernels before they buy.
patti43
17 years ago
Several stores here do it. If I'm cooking it the same day, I shuck it in the store. Publix is good about keeping the bin empty and clean. Doesn't seem to hurt it--but to each his own,as Ruthie said.
mtnwomanbc
17 years ago
I've never seen anyone shucking or even a box nearby the corn display in any market I've ever been in.
kathleen44
17 years ago
The reason they do it is because they don't have to dispose off at home.

They do that at our local corn place.

It does dry them out. I take them home from the local corn place and do it myself as my dad has a compost pile.

I do'nt like dry corn.

they also love to check for the huge big kernels, they forget corn is no longer that way. Best to have small kernels,
lisa_fla
17 years ago
My Publix has a huge lined trash can in front of the corn. I leave the husks on, but peel them back slightly to make sure the corn is yellow. Yellow and whites seem to be mixed together (or the customers mix them up).
susanjf_gw
17 years ago
we buy from the local farmer's market...learned from martha stewart years ago it wasn't good for the corn...i go for size of the ears..

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