July 17. SWEET CORN ABROAD...
Sweet Corn on the cob, one of the favorite items in the diet of American, has always been an object of wonder to foreigners. Russians scorn it as a food fit only for hogs. the French cannot quite be convinced of its succulence and the Brits look upon our method of eating it as a form of barbarism. Most of this criticism is based, of course, on the fact that until recently Sweet Corn did not mature properly in the climates of these countries.

~Richardson Wright, Another Gardener's Bed-Book, 1933