# Baby Corn **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 5, 2001, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-corn/85685 "2001-10-05T21:45:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-corn/85685/1 "2001-10-05T21:45:06Z")
Is it really corn or some hybrid of corn? If not, then what is it and why is it called baby corn? It sort of tastes a little like corn, but then again not really. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-corn/85685/2 "2001-10-05T21:49:39Z")
it’s just immature corn cobs, picked before they have even been pollinated; often it’s a special variety that produces more cobs, (which wouldn’t be much good left to maturity, but harvested as baby corn, there’s no problem) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-corn/85685/3 "2001-10-05T21:52:04Z")
In fact, technically, when you are eating baby corn, you’re eating the flowers, not the fruit (which is the mature seeds in the cob) ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-corn/85685/4 "2001-10-05T22:37:07Z")
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