Neighbor lady stopped by yesterday, she’s in her 80’s. In the course of a discussion, she mentioned as a young girl one of her chores was to “oil the corn”. That involved dabbing some mineral oil on the base of each corn husk’s tassel/silk to discourage insects (worms?) from getting in and ruining it.
This was for the family‘s good eating corn.
Last edited by Dumdum; 02/10/22.
