Freshly harvested sweetcorn cobs in a wooden bowl with uppermost outer leaves stripped to expose yellow corn kernels.

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The freshly picked uncooked corn cobs, also known as maize are usually boiled or steamed until tender and the kernels eaten straight from the cob. Sweetcorn is a nutritious starchy vegetable which is also made into polenta, cornflakes, corn starch and canned or frozen as a convenience vegetable.

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