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Re:Mexico's heirloom corn strains are resurging amid more de... by Obi_Juan_Kenobi on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @02:46PM (#36882848)
Most people grow sweet corn in their gardens, so they won't be growing these.

There are heirloom sweet corn varieties, but they have to be cooked in minutes/hours from harvesting to remain sweet.

As far as the starchy corn, you won't get a lot of flavor difference.

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Re:Mexico's heirloom corn strains are resurging amid more de... by blovescoffee on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @05:00PM (#36884947)
There is flavor difference in the starchy corns as well as texture difference! Obviously they all taste like corn but there's certainly variation.
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