Friday, 4 May 2007

SWEET CORNS: a world to find out!


11 comments:

Anonymous said...

we love pop corn!!!

Anonymous said...

I eat poenta every day and i accosted it with osei and graspa from nardini basso(bassano)and two liters of cabernet. i love alcool 95 gradi

Veronica Papalia said...

please, sign your comments!
what's the recipe for polenta?

Anonymous said...

ingredints of polenta are maize water and salt

Anonymous said...

History of sweet corn
Sweet corn occurs as a spontaneous mutation in field corn and was grown by several Native American tribes. The Iroquois gave the first recorded sweet corn (called "Papoon") to European settlers in 1779.[2] It soon became a popular vegetable in southern and central states.
Commercial production in the 20th century saw the rise of the se (sugary enhanced) mutants, which are more suitable for local fresh sales, and in the 1950s the sh2 (shrunken-2) gene was isolated that minimized production of the enzyme that converts sugar to starch.[3] There are currently hundreds of varieties, and more are constantly being developed.

Anonymous said...

A Corn-Song
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
(1872-1906)

On the wide veranda white,
In the purple failing light,
Sits the master while the sun is lowly burning;
And his dreamy thoughts are drowned
In the softly flowing sound
Of the corn-songs of the field-hands slow
returning.

Oh, we hoe de co'n
Since de ehly mo'n;
Now de sinkin' sun
Says de day is done.

O'er the fields with heavy tread,
Light of heart and high of head,
Though the halting steps be labored, slow, and
weary;
Still the spirits brave and strong
Find a comforter in song,
And their corn-song rises ever loud and cheery.

Oh, we hoe de co'n
Since de ehly mo'n;
Now de sinkin' sun
Says de day is done.

To the master in his seat,
Comes the burden, full and sweet,
Of the mellow minor music growing clearer,
As the toilers raise the hymn,
Thro' the silence dusk and dim,
To the cabin's restful shelter drawing nearer.

Oh, we hoe de co'n
Since de ehly mo'n;
Now de sinkin' sun
Says de day is done.

And a tear is in the eye
Of the master sitting by,
As he listens to the echoes low-replying
To the music's fading calls
As it faints away and falls
Into silence, deep within the cabin dying.

Oh, we hoe de co'n
Since de ehly mo'n;
Now de sinkin' sun
Says de day is done.

Anonymous said...

sweet corn occurs a sponteneous mutation in field corn and was grown by several native american tribes.

Anonymous said...

we made history and artistic

Veronica Papalia said...

do you like the song? what is it about?

Anonymous said...

prof. can traslate a corn song, just a RIT!!!!!! pleeeeease......

Veronica Papalia said...

no.. I can't, I'm sorry!!.. this is your job! use www.allwords.com if you need a dictionary!