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The store is going to use it anyway, either for packaged shrink wrapped resale or for prepped meals.
Or someone ELSE Is going to buy it who isn't as offended.
Finally a decent reply. Yes, I just choose those that appear to be "intact". I'm just pissed off by the sight of a whole pile of corns 70% of which have been through customers "processing" and lying there with peeled tips.
I think its pretty nasty thinking about people putting their dirty paws on the ear of corn and hen putting it back in the bin for someone else to buy. I buy corn that spears to have been untouched by shoppers and have NEVER found anything wrong with the corn I have purchased.
Has nobody here ever watched someone peel back the husk on an ear of corn? (They're called "ears," BTW, not "corns." "Corns" are nasty growths on your toes.) They don't handle the exposed end; they don't lick it or anything. They are looking to see whether the contents are worth buying.
I think its pretty nasty thinking about people putting their dirty paws on the ear of corn and hen putting it back in the bin for someone else to buy. I buy corn that spears to have been untouched by shoppers and have NEVER found anything wrong with the corn I have purchased.
I'm not going to buy produce that I'm not satisfied with. And I'm not going to buy produce and take a chance that it might have worms, which is quite common. If you've never gotten corn with worms, you either don't buy corn very often or you've been exceptionally lucky. Even the folks working in the produce department will admit that it's a good possibility.
Where I live the stores put trash bins by the corn so you can just shuck it right there.
This really bugs me. Although it's not my business what others do, I thought everyone knew that corn starts going downhill from the minute its picked, and you shouldn't peel it until your water is boiling.
I would not buy corn without checking to see if it a full cob, and not too old.
In fact, the place I bought corn always had huge waste bins set up next to the corn, so buyers could not only peel it to check it, but also completely husk it right there before bagging it, so you were able to leave all the mess and corn silk in the store.
- I peel back a sneak-peek of the corn
- I squeeze the peaches & avocados
- I toggle the eggs
- I rip the 2 green-est bananas off the bunch of six (overripe bananas make me gag)
Most people wash their produce, and submerging in boiling water or charring on the grill will kill the contamination of dirty strangers digits, OP.
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