Maryland. They have bins here. In the summer of 2020 due to Covid the corn was preshucked and shrink wrapped. Such waste!
I like to shuck in the store if it's just a few because then the mess stays there. I've been burned a few times where the corn is in BAD shape once I shuck it.
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Post by definitelyO on Jul 7, 2022 11:28:05 GMT -5
In Colorado there is a trash can by the corn to shuck. I'm not a fan of doing it in the store as people make a freaking mess all over the floor. We grill ours with the husk on. where I grew up in Michigan you pulled up to a trailer on the road, put your $1 in the box and took your dozen ears
It's always corn season in Iowa! Lol. I don't know honestly. I do feel like it was in season much longer in the midwest than here but I could be remembering incorrectly. I do know I've been disappointed in the taste of the corn here so it's also possible I just haven't paid as much attention.
Interesting! Silver Queen is really good if you can find it. Farm stands often have it. It’s a sweet white corn. Grocery stores used to have signs out on the street when it was available!
I'll have to look for that one. I am used to yellow sweet corn and the corn here is definitely a lighter color and not as sweet. At least, in my limited experience - maybe I need to make more effort to find the right stuff!
I have never seen anyone shuck corn in a store. Not in California or Wisconsin. I am actually quite surprised & fascinated that this occurs elsewhere. I learn something new everyday here.
How is shucking corn riskier COVID-wise than just being in the store waiting in the checkout line or conversing with the people working in the deli or something?
That makes no sense to me. I got a 1450 so I don't think I'm too dim to understand.
BTW in-store shucking in Florida. I don't see it here in NYC but that is probably just a space issue. If given the option I usually don't bother, shucking at home isn't a big deal.
I think the idea was that you can’t maintain distance if six people are shucking around one garbage can.
There were no shucking bins when I was growing up (born in 1980). As an adult there are shucking bins. Not sure if there are this moment but there were before COVID.
I never shuck in the store.
First of all - that’s my kids job and I make them do it on the porch. Second of all - I like to shuck right before I eat. It affects the quality. Third of all - I prefer corn from a farmers market or produce place rather than the grocery store.
I always buy 2-3 extra ears in case one is bad. We will eat them all no matter what plus they’re like 15 cents an ear so little risk to me.
How is shucking corn riskier COVID-wise than just being in the store waiting in the checkout line or conversing with the people working in the deli or something?
That makes no sense to me. I got a 1450 so I don't think I'm too dim to understand.
BTW in-store shucking in Florida. I don't see it here in NYC but that is probably just a space issue. If given the option I usually don't bother, shucking at home isn't a big deal.
I think the idea was that you can’t maintain distance if six people are shucking around one garbage can.
Sure, but I doubt any two people were shucking corn <6 ft away from each other for over 15 minutes at a time. It seems arbitrary, but I should know better than to expect anything else lol.
I think the idea was that you can’t maintain distance if six people are shucking around one garbage can.
Sure, but I doubt any two people were shucking corn <6 ft away from each other for over 15 minutes at a time. It seems arbitrary, but I should know better than to expect anything else lol.
When I have seen people shucking there were definitely bunches of people face to face. Some people are shucking for bbq or something so for sure longer than 15 min.
They stopped having lines at the deli counter too and had stickers on the floor 6ft apart for the checkout as well.
In SC, and there's always a bin by the fresh corn, but most people just peel back a husk or 2 to see if it's fresh. I don't see many full shucking all the corn.
I think the idea was that you can’t maintain distance if six people are shucking around one garbage can.
Sure, but I doubt any two people were shucking corn <6 ft away from each other for over 15 minutes at a time. It seems arbitrary, but I should know better than to expect anything else lol.
I think it was the same logic that had us stand six feet apart in line.
I kind of liked not having the bins though, they do block the natural flow of the produce section.
Post by mrsslocombe on Jul 7, 2022 11:52:04 GMT -5
I grew up in an area where corn was sold at the farm on a blanket and you gave your $2 to the 5 year old child "working" the blanket. Of you just left it in the box if no one was there.
My mother would DIE at the idea of shucking the corn more than 10 minutes before it gets cooked.
At the Greenmarket in Brooklyn I have seen no shucking signs, pre-covid.
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CT here-- they always have bins at Walmart and Stop and Shop for shucking, but took them away with those same signs about COVID distancing.
When I lived in St. Louis, we didn't have bins for shucking in Shop and Save, that I can remember. I also remember being surprised about doing it in the store in NE when I first started grocery shopping here.
I'm in the Midwest (IL) and we have bins for shucking in the store. I have seen people use it regularly. We have never shucked in store; H does that at home. I never noticed "no shucking" signs even during the pandemic.
I think grocery stores put bins near the corn to contain the mess, not that they're condoning the practice. They know they're fighting a losing battle.
I don't think people shuck in the store in northern CO, because I've never noticed. You only have to do one pull and you can see if the cob is good or not. You don't have to shuck the whole thing. We bring it home to shuck.
Maryland. They have bins here. In the summer of 2020 due to Covid the corn was preshucked and shrink wrapped. Such waste!
I like to shuck in the store if it's just a few because then the mess stays there. I've been burned a few times where the corn is in BAD shape once I shuck it.
Yeah, VA here and folks shuck in stores. There are bins for that purpose.
Central MD, they're are bins here, but I don't use them. As soon as you shuck it, it starts to loose sweetness, so I don't do it until right before cooking. (at least that's what I've heard/seen)
As soon as you shuck it, it starts to loose sweetness, so I don't do it until right before cooking. (at least that's what I've heard/seen)
Right, this is what's boggling me about the whole "Imma shuck in the store" mentality. You're ruining your corn by doing that. (I grew up in NE, I know something about corn. LOL!)
Post by doggielover on Jul 7, 2022 12:28:08 GMT -5
People are always shucking it in the stores by me. I never did it but I do peel back the top a little to make sure it looks ok and doesn't have kernels that have been eaten off etc.
I grew up in the Midwest and didn’t know people bought corn at the store. But seriously…I had never seen in store shucking until I moved to CA and thought it was crazy they let you do that in store. I’ve only seen it twice though and have been in tons of different grocery stores.
ETA. To be fair we grew our own sweet corn. Once I planted some in my moms garden wishing well. She wasn’t as thrilled as I was when it overgrew the roof of the well.
I think I've seen this before, but I've never done it. I just shuck at home, which is messy so probably would be easier to do at the store, but I don't want my naked corn touching things before I get home. I used to live in the midwest and now in Maryland I feel like I don't see corn at the store as much so I am not really sure what the procedure is here.
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How big are the corn displays in the Midwest? We generally only have them when corn is in season here but the displays are always massive. Is corn season longer there?
Silver Queen corn was always a big deal here growing up but I don’t see that as much as I did when I was a kid. I think it isn’t as productive as the other varieties stores sell now.
Where we live now (IA), the displays in store really aren’t big because most people don’t buy it in the store. (Though there usually is one section piled high in store.) The farms bring a literal trailer with a canopy on it to the stores every morning. They sell it in the parking lot. Fresh from the farm. People watch to see when they’ll start selling. It was a big deal that corn wasn’t ready by the 4th this year…but I bet trucks are out today. You can also buy it out of the back of a pickup truck in various parking lots. Generally the same farms are at the same places year after year, and people often have strong preferences for different kinds. They are also quite opinionated about the best way to cook/eat it. I hate a lot about living in Iowa, but corn season is one of its’ redeeming qualities.
I never saw a can for shucking in store until I moved to CA…but now they’re generally in stores, but most people don’t use them.