The miniature baby corn is called tender corn or corn shoot.

Small corn is popular because of its small and cute shape, and this miniature small corn, also called tender corn or corn shoots, is a genus of maize in the family Gramineae, an annual high-stemmed crop. It is the small and tender cob of sweet corn, remove the bracts and hair, cut off the stalk, that is, corn shoots. Its appearance and corn is exactly the same, only is a miniature, corn head is particularly small, taste sweet.

The mini corn can not only be boiled and eaten, but also pickled and eaten, crisp and tender, stir-fried or made soup is also very good. Mini small corn is particularly rich in juice, in our country only a very small number of places can be planted, just like some of our country's rarer fruits, need to be in a special place in order to grow, is not a wide range of growth, so there are a lot of people have not eaten.

Ways to choose corn

1, look at the corn kernels

When buying corn, the first thing you need to know is what flavors correspond to the different colors of corn. For example, white corn is usually glutinous corn, yellow is sweet corn, while black corn and other mixed colors are a special type of corn. Corn that is bright and translucent in color usually has a lot of moisture and tastes great.

2, check the corn whiskers

Corn whiskers are also part of the proof of the integrity of the corn, too tender corn and too old corn taste is not high quality, taste quality and fresh corn, its corn whiskers will be darker, reach out and touch, may be a little wet, touch this kind of corn, you can buy.

3, smell

In the purchase of corn, remember to pick up the corn, smell it, if you can smell the odor is not very good, then do not buy.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Small corn