Glorious Corn
All I wanted to do was look up how to cook corn! How long do I boil it? 30 seconds to 3 minutes it turns out, about 7 minutes shorter than I expected.
But no, I had to be suckered in to read all about how they won't cook it in Europe because they "feed it to the pigs," how one sweet little old couple still hand picks and drives the corn to market every day, and how hunting and eating the critters that eat their summer bounty in a little town called Punxsutawney spawned a national holiday.
Sometimes I think I'm starting to get a feel for writing by doing this little blog, then I happen upon a piece like this that just blows me out of the water. Kudos, Elaine Light. You write as well about corn, of all things, as I do about the most significant moments of my life.
- Check out her piece "Glorious Corn" at post-gazette.com. It's well worth the read.
