Word: cornes
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...travel’s most overlooked risk. Six weeks in, here are some of the things Matt and Andrew had already learned: that “rodeo” is often a euphemism for sex; the seductive appeal of fried pickles; that, according to Boston Market, “corn and convenience should not be mutually exclusive”; that, according to experience, nine times out of ten waitresses in bars are not actually interested in sleeping with you; the name of Paul Bunyan’s ox (Babe), and the size of his balls (very big); a whole...
...long stretch of driving from New Orleans ended two days later, in Memphis. We had visited a plantation in Louisiana’s swampland, passed dozens of trailer homes, left behind many stalks of corn, and checked another state off the map. Memphis was frozen in a traffic jam, but there it was: urban, alive...
...dark. Hearing someone follow him, Chen threw handfuls of gravel in different directions to confuse his pursuer. "The night gives me an advantage," says Chen. "I can navigate better than people with sight can." With a relative as a guide, Chen fled into fields of tall corn and walked for miles before meeting a friend who drove him to safety. But when Chen reached Beijing, four officials who had come from Linyi hassled him at the railway station. When he met again with TIME last week in Beijing, Chen's hands were shaking. Three hours after the interview, Linyi officials...
...taste up to 40 varieties of the alcoholic drink, ranging from finer, bottle-fermented sparkling cider to the rougher, cloudy and nonfiltered "scrumpy." The festival also provides a chance to learn a little bit about cider history: for example, orchards were once blessed with cider and decorated with corn dollies?ancient fertility figures that were supposed to ensure a plentiful crop. There's also a cider tour on offer, which stops at farms, mills and orchards around the county, where you can take part in tastings (www.ciderroute.co.uk). But take it easy on the tipple?Herefordshire is full of winding country...
...visitors can taste up to 40 varieties of the alcoholic drink, ranging from finer, bottle-fermented sparkling cider to the rougher, cloudy nonfiltered "scrumpy." The festival also provides a chance to learn a little bit about cider history: for example, orchards were once blessed with cider and decorated with corn dollies - ancient fertility figures that were supposed to ensure a plentiful crop. There's also a cider tour on offer, which stops at farms, mills and orchards around the county, where you can take part in tastings and orchard walks (www.ciderroute.co.uk). But take it easy on the tipple...