Corn Quotes

"It is not elegant to gnaw Indian corn. The kernels should be scored with a knife, scraped off into the plate, and then eaten with a fork. Ladies should be particularly careful how they manage so ticklish a dainty, lest the exhibition rub off a little desirable romance."Charles Day, 1844

"...corn provided infant America with a backbone while it was developing the use of its legs. America was growing, quite literally, up the cornstalk."Dorothy Giles, 'Singing Valleys: The Story of Corn'

"The greatest drawback is the way in which it is necessary to eat it.....It looks awkward enough: but what is to be done? Surrendering such a vegetable from considerations of grace is not to be thought of."Harriet Martineau, an Englishwomen, on corn on the cob (1835).

"Sex is good, but not as good as fresh sweet corn." Garrison Keillor