# Is Indian Corn good for anything? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 25, 2000, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-indian-corn-good-for-anything/38265 "2000-10-25T15:38:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-indian-corn-good-for-anything/38265/1 "2000-10-25T15:38:34Z")
Ok, it’s Fall, and in all the supermarkets are bundles of “Indian Corn”. Obviously the ears we see there are dried, but if they were fresh, would they taste good to eat? Why have I never seen fresh Indian Corn for sale? Has anyone ever tried the stuff? How did it taste? Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Stupendous\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Stupendous\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stupendous_man)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-indian-corn-good-for-anything/38265/2 "2000-10-25T15:46:31Z")
Based on what I have read online just now, it seems that yes, you can eat it if you want to… ---
**Author:** ![Phobos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Phobos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phobos)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-indian-corn-good-for-anything/38265/3 "2000-10-25T17:11:44Z")
Indian corn…it’s a-maize-ing :ducks: ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-indian-corn-good-for-anything/38265/4 "2000-10-25T18:08:49Z")
Large quantities of it were exported to Ireland during the Potato Famine as relief supplies (I spelled the “P-word” right, no Dan Quayles here 🙂 ). It is perfectly edible, but not very tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Meephead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@Meephead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meephead)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-indian-corn-good-for-anything/38265/5 "2000-10-25T19:58:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phobos \* > \*\*Indian corn…it’s a-maize-ing > :ducks: \*\* We will have NONE of your corny jokes on this message board! ::ducks and runs:: ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-indian-corn-good-for-anything/38265/6 "2000-10-25T20:05:01Z")
This reminds me of a song that some local San Antonio used to sing. Corn, corn, corn, corn Corn, corn, corn, corn This is a song about corn. Indian corn is red and black. Children of the corn attack. Corn, corn, corn, corn Corn, corn, corn, corn This is a song about corn. Etc. If you can imagine, the guy singing it looks exactly like someone you would expect to sing a song about corn would look like. HUGS! Sqrl PS. The song was great. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2000, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-indian-corn-good-for-anything/38265/7 "2000-10-25T21:44:43Z")
Indian Corn is very useful for feeding to animals. Some people will eat it, but some people eat dorm food. The yellow and white corn you buy (or pick if you are lucky) fresh has been artificially selected for sweetness. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-indian-corn-good-for-anything/38265/8 "2000-10-26T00:13:12Z")
It also pops up fairly well, and of course, it makes for nice decorations. ---
**Author:** ![Omniman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bcef8e/32.png) [@Omniman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniman)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-indian-corn-good-for-anything/38265/9 "2000-10-26T00:42:02Z")
We get it at the local farmer’s market every year and make several specialities, expecially corn chowder and corn relish. It tastes just like regular corn. Comes in different types, some mostly blue and some mostly red, etc. You can get seeds from any major catalog. ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-indian-corn-good-for-anything/38265/10 "2000-10-26T01:01:13Z")
The only Indian Corn I will eat is man-made. Brach’s Indian Corn. Its like Candy Corn with chocolate!! Only avalable this time of year, I’ll eat a 12oz bag a day.MTS ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2000, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-indian-corn-good-for-anything/38265/11 "2000-10-26T01:53:35Z")
Well I believe I’ve seen blue corn chips. Guess they used blue corn.It had to genetically come from something.