17 Tins of Corn. 1 Winner
July 3, 2010 4:56 PM   Subscribe

17 Tins of Corn. 1 Winner
17 types of tinned corn in a Buenos Aires supermarket. I will test each one to declare a winner.

In Buenos Aires there is no real concept of political correctness, they just say it like they see it and claim no offence intended. So, if a local supermarket is run by people with Asian origins, it's known as "el chino". Every couple of blocks there is a "chino". Mine is literally 30m from my front door, and I'm in my local one pretty much every day buying stuff.

I often buy tinned sweetcorn, I use it a lot in cooking and salads and stuff. I like it. The other day I noticed that my local chino had rather a lot of different varieties of corn. I counted them. 17 different types of tinned corn. This needed investigation. How could they be differentiated? Surely all corn is born equal?

Over the next few weeks I intend to investigate this baffling level of variety and ultimately crown one lucky tin as the WINNER OF THE CORNWARS!
posted by jontyjago (5 comments total) 1 user marked this as a favorite

silly, and will make a fun read for a defined period of time.
posted by QuakerMel at 6:15 PM on July 3, 2010


Open it to the world, man, and get people to send you their countries. This could go on forever!
posted by cjorgensen at 9:10 AM on July 4, 2010


Country's. As in send them from other places. Damn typos.
posted by cjorgensen at 10:17 AM on July 4, 2010


I loathe tinned corn - but will support any ridiculous food project.

Remember to do one on pizza just like they do here in Japan. *sigh*
posted by gomichild at 4:10 PM on July 4, 2010


Better you than me, but I'll be watching to see which one wins.
posted by Kadin2048 at 1:11 PM on July 14, 2010


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