Does any corn grow in Europe?

Kainantu

In the 2000/2001 season, world maize exports broke down as follows figures in tons: United States 49,500,000 Argentina 9,500,000 China 6,000,000 *Hungary 2,000,000 South Africa 1,300,000 *Romania 300,000 *Ukraine 200,000 *EU 100,000 Thailand 100,000 http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=2778 There are also maize populations of the north west of Spain, the Pyrenees and the south-west of France http://www.inra.fr/presse/sept02/gb/nb3.htm Dec 16 02, 9:41 PM

European

There definitely is such a thing as (Indian) corn here but usually we call it maize. Decades ago it was still called Indian wheat. And most farmers grow so much of it that in summer it spoils the landscape. Even sweet corn is not unknown here. Cob-on-the-corn, on the other hand, is not a very common culinary practice. As to pop-corn the floors of our movie-theatres get strewn with it, but that was not what the question was about, I suppose. Dec 16 02, 9:47 PM

Gnomon

While maize is grown in some places in Europe, the other types of corn are much more common: wheat, barley, rye and oats. Dec 16 02, 11:23 PM

Kainantu

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition Oxford University Press corn Term used in the UK for wheat, in the USA for maize, and sometimes for oats in Scotland and Ireland, originally any grain. maize Grain of Zea mays, also called Indian corn and (in the USA) simply corn. Staple food in many countries, made into tortillas in Latin America, into polenta in Italy, and flaked as cornflakes commonly eaten as a breakfast {cereal;} various preparations in the southern states of the USA are known as hominy, samp, and cerealine. Two varieties of major commercial importance are flint corn (Zea mays indurata), which is very hard, and dent corn (Z. mays {dentata);} there is also sweet corn (Z. mays saccharata), and a variety that expands on heating (Zea mays everta, see popcorn). The starch prepared from Z. mays dentata is termed corn {flour;} the ground maize is termed maize meal. There is a white {variety;} the usual yellow colour is partly due to cryptoxanthin (a vitamin A precursor). Dec 17 02, 12:00 AM

RickF

European - corn on the cob is far from unknown here in East Anglia - there are stalls selling it (in season) along all the main roads. Another phenomenon now rife is the 'Maize Maze', where the farmer plants as large a field of corn as possible - presumably with an EU grant - mows a pathway through it to create a maze, then charges people to get lost in it! Once it ripens, of course, he harvests and sells it by the roadside! Dec 17 02, 3:28 PM