Word: corns
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...more central than sex. You can keep a population going by having sex once a year, but you have to eat three times a day." Food comes so easily to us now, he says, that we have lost a sense of its significance. When we had to grow the corn and fight off predators, meals included a serving of gratitude. "It's like the American Indians. When they killed a deer, they said a prayer over it," says Fox. "That is civilization. It is an act of politeness over food. Fast food has killed this. We have reduced eating...
...gals in bathing suits, courted by boys with press cards in their hat bands. The cast and orchestra, under the vigorous baton of Paul Gemignani, rise to the material, then skate on it. Garber does justice to one of the all-time rousing musical-comedy lines, "Did you say corn muffins?" (Mary had won his heart by revealing she makes the best corn muffins. When they reach the White House, Mary says she'll bake "corn muffins for the unemployed!" Wintergreen cries, "That's my girl! You feed 'em and I'll sing to them...
...shipping grain by rail or truck isn't feasible on a large scale; it's too costly, and freight lines are already booked solid. It would take as many as 60 trucks to transport the 55,000 bu. of corn that would fit on a barge, says David Feider, a spokesman for the grain exporter Cargill. "We're not diverting cargo," he says. The prospect of corn being dumped on the domestic market has already depressed spot prices. But don't expect a break in the price of cornflakes. The corn in a 1-lb. box costs cereal makers just...
...Hopefully, the revenue from juice and milk sales will help replace the lost money, but some school districts may still find themselves short on funds. The recent agreement made by soft-drink companies to eliminate sugary beverages from schools is highly commendable. But schools’ banishing high fructose corn syrup is only a start, not a solution, to their imbuing healthy eating habits in their children...
...cups white long-grain rice (do not use converted rice) 2 tomatoes 1/4 cup corn oil 1/3 onion in a chunk 3 garlic cloves 4 cups chicken stock or water 1 sprig parsley 3 whole fresh Serrano chilis (jalape?os can work as a replacement) 1/2 cup finely chopped carrots 1/4 cup shelled fresh peas...