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Maize (IPA: /ˈmeɪz/) (Zea mays L. ssp. mays), known as corn in some countries, is a cereal grain omesticated in Mesoamerica and subsequently spread throughout the American continents. After European contact with the Americas in the late 15th and early 16th century, maize spread to the rest of the world.

Trivia about corn

  • Clem has tried to grow this hominy grain, but his never gets close to the height of an elephant's eye
  • It’s the “grainy” name for a hard, painful growth of skin on or between the toes
  • It wouldn't be barbecue night without this, scientific name Zea mays
  • The Mitchell, South Dakota "palace" seen here is built of & named for this cereal grain
  • In a Mexican restaurant, you can get your choice of flour tortillas or this type
  • The cereal that Tony the Tiger thinks is gr-r-reat is Kellogg's Frosted Flakes of this
  • This grain was the most important product of Aztec agriculture
  • Now "ear" this: Centeotl was the Aztec god of this grain
  • Eaten for breakfast or as a side dish, hominy grits are made from this
  • About 7,000 years ago Mexican Indians improved this crop, notably the size of its ears
  • Iowa is the USA's leading producer of this "pop"ular crop
  • The husk, silks, kernels & cob make up this
  • Change one letter in coin & it becomes this veggie
  • Served in Bolivia, chicha is a fermented drink made from the mash of this grain
  • To grill this vegetable, peel back the husk to remove the silk, soak it in water & roast with butter
  • Pappy's mountain likker or the little bump on his toe
  • It tops the list on the Fritos bag
  • Hominy is this vegetable hulled, degermed & broken up
  • Cuitlacoche, a Mexican delicacy, comes from the ears of this that have been attacked by Ustilago Maydis fungus
  • Cover ripening ears of this with used beverage cans to keep birds from eating them
  • Mealie is the name for this cereal plant that is used to make mush & batters
  • Hominy grits
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Machu Picchu, Peru.) A kallanka was an Inca great hall; drinking vessels found here show that festivities included drinking chicha de jora, beer made from this grain
  • Polenta is a dish of cooked, ground this
  • If you fly over Iowa, you'll see lots of this leading crop that accounts for about 18% of the USA's production
  • In August a textile maker popped into the news with a new fabric made with polymers from this food
  • Mondamin is this crop with his "plumes and tassels", his "garments green and yellow"
  • Dr. Scholl has a "Cushlin Gel" pad to relieve you from the pain of one of these
  • This chief crop of Illinois grows on about 40% of the state's farmland
  • The Pawtuxet Indian known as Squanto is famous for teaching the Pilgrims how to plant this crop aka maize
  • Our writers like this cereal grain whether it's in succotash or bourbon
  • You'll want to cook this on the day you buy it; the husks should be green & the silk golden
  • It's the most important grain that originated in the Americas
  • (David Pogue reads the clue.) A truly green product, the prototype Sony Ericsson Greenheart phone is made of recycled plastic & bioplastic from this most commonly grown U.S. grain
  • To the Iroquois, the "Three Sisters" were squash, beans & this
  • Of the top 3 grains grown in the world, the U.S. is first in the production of this one
  • Zea mays
  • Succotash is a Southern dish of lima beans, sometimes chopped sweet peppers & this veggie
  • Zea mays
  • A plant disease known in the U.S. as this smut creates a Mexican delicacy known as huitlacoche
  • Maize is another word for this

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