Corn Kernels - sweetcorn, right?

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cakedup · 09/02/2015 00:04

American recipe lists 'fresh or thawed frozen corn kernels'

It just means sweetcorn, right? The 'kernels' threw me a little!

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BertieBotts · 09/02/2015 00:09

Yes I think so. Kernels is the individual little bits that show up in your poo. A full cob would be an ear.

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cakedup · 09/02/2015 00:18

Calling them kernels made me think of popping corn. But I really don't think that would be going into my Hot Tamale Vegetable Pie would it??

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BertieBotts · 09/02/2015 00:22

Popping corn will be the same thing except they are dried, not frozen? You wouldn't freeze something dried because it's already preserved if it's dried.

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cakedup · 09/02/2015 00:42

But surely dried kernels can't be used in the same way?

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BertieBotts · 09/02/2015 00:48

No. I just meant it's the same word because it's the same plant.

LikeABadSethRogenMovie · 09/02/2015 00:57

Yes. It's just frozen sweetcorn in a bag.

LikeABadSethRogenMovie · 09/02/2015 00:58

Popcorn and sweetcorn don't come from the same kind of corn. It's a different plant altogether.

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cakedup · 09/02/2015 17:05

Really? I thought corn was corn!

Great, thank you.

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