"best cooked very soon after harvest" Which gives me an excuse to repeat an old tale about some folks discussing the best way of ensuring their (home-grown) corn was at its freshest when cooked. The first said "I get the water on the boil, go and pick the corn and run - not walk - with it back to the kitchen, and put it straight in." The second said "I set up a camping stove next to the corn patch, get some water boiling, and can cook the corn the instant it's picked." The third said "I set up a camping stove right in the corn patch. When the water boils, I bend the plants over so that the cobs dangle in it. That way, they're cooked even before they're picked!"
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