Iain bought a book called The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. It is all about our food - everything from industrial farming to organics - and very interesting if you are curious at all about what is on your plate and what your child eats. I have only read the first 50 pages and so far it is about how corn is in practically everything we eat. Cows, pigs and chickens no longer eat grain and grass-they eat mostly corn (even farmed salmon are being fed corn). Soft drinks are sweetened with corn, chicken nuggets have 20 some corn by-products in them and 75% of the food in our grocery store is a product of corn. Who would have known. Just thought I would pass the title of the book on if anyone likes this stuff.
Oh yeah, and the corn hole reference has to do with the fact that corn has a history of diverse uses such as using the cobs (sans kernels) in the outhouse to wipe your ass, hence the term "corn hole". I am not joking. Thought I would pass that little bit of trivia on. This book is amusing in more ways than one. Also a good section on how corn have sex, if you are in to that sort of thing.
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