"In the United States, only two foods are really made from corn," he said. "One of them is corn flakes, you know, cereal. And the other is whisky, for drinking, which is made directly from corn."
I can think of a few other foods that are made from corn. Corn, for instance. And that bread - what's it called? - corn bread. Amazing!
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ReplyDeleteI would like some corn chips or a pony and some whiskey.
ReplyDeleteA pony of shandy?
ReplyDeletePretty much EVERYTHING in the US is made out of corn syrup. Doofus person, whoever 'he' is.
ReplyDeleteMy doorbotch says OMEPUSD, which is almost pig latin for something really revolting.
I think yanks were the ones who came up with the phrase 'corny' to describe bad jokes. And 'cornball'. Hey, you can use corn for everything!
ReplyDeleteMore pop and less corn.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, like the Duck says, they don't have sugar in Amerikay; they have high-fructose corn syrup.
ReplyDeleteExcept for when they do, occasionally, have proper sugar.
ReplyDeletePop and corn rolled together makes 'porn'. This could be the reason why the US is the way it is today.
ReplyDeleteThere was a Colbert Report clip I posted some time ago that made a joke about corn syrup, but I can't remember how it went now...
ReplyDeleteAnd what we call a Dagwood Dog (at least in Brisbane) is a Corn Dog in the States. The Wikipedia entry about them is amusing, showing a corn dog cross section:
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_dog
Also, polenta and cornflour are made from corn, and corn tortillas are made from cornflour which is made from corn.
ReplyDeleteOn the few occasions when I saw them as a kid in country NSW they were called 'Dagwood Dogs', too. I prefer the name. Maybe some cultural association, though I've no idea how Dagwood Bumstead is associated with the American 'corn dog'.
ReplyDeleteThey seem to be almost purely a carnie food, I've never seen them anywhere else.
thank goodness. For years I thought 'carnie' was short for 'carnivore'. I don't think I was far wrong, really.
ReplyDeletePopcorn?
ReplyDeleteWhen the top of a dagwood dog is dipped in tomato sauce and turned upright again, the resulting phallic appearance always made me mentally snigger. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteHas there ever been a great novel about the carny life? They very often do look quite scary; more so than their crappy expensive haunted house rides
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