Corn, Indian Corn, Sweet Corn, or Maize

In cookery com always means Maize or Indian Com. It is grown extensively in America, where it is considered a great delicacy. Early ripening varieties from America have made it a fairly well known vegetable with British cooks. It is not, however, eaten at its best in Britain, as it is often allowed to ripen too long, and it should be freshly cut when cooked. When ripe enough to cut, the milk of the grain should exude when the grain is pierced with the finger-nail. After this stage it is useful only as food for poultry.