Quote Originally Posted by bmccasland View Post
Back when I was a kid living in France, my Mom had a housekeeper who was appalled that Mom was giving us corn-on-the-cob, as the only corn Madame knew was field corn. Mom tried to explain that no, it was sweet corn, not pig food. Mom grew up on a farm and knew the difference.
lol! I was a kid living in Germany and my Mother's relatives (she is German) thought the same thing. She was raised on a farm and when she moved to the US, she thought corn was only for the cows & pigs - but she changed her mind when she tried sweet corn.