Chocolate Corn Anyone?
What could be bad about my two favorite foods in the world. Chocolate and corn! The chocolate was the syrup variety, which would not be my chocolate of choice (think Ghiradelli or Hershey Kisses), but it will suffice! And the corn is just plain old whole kernal corn, the frozen variety I am sure.
Imagine my surprise to see a “Corn Stand” at Daffy (the mall). I looked at it again. I asked Jane, “What is that?”. She looked at me as if I had lost my mind. Her answer, in typical Ukrainian bluntness, “It is corn, of course.” As if I had suddenly lost my mind and could not recognize corn, for Pete’s sake!
“Why is there a booth selling corn (by the cup) here at Daffy?” Of course she didn’t really know why except that Ukrainians love corn. Well…I do too! So those of you who know me understand that of course I was going to investigate a booth selling my favorite carbohydrate!
When I went up to the booth and began to talk to the lady working there I began an new adventure in corn. Did you know that some people like hot whole kernal corn with carmel on top? Or chocolate? Or cheese? Or maybe just plain old butter and salt and pepper? Wow! A whole new universe of taste sensations has been opened up to me!
I being the chocolate lover that I am, decided that it would have to be chocolate as my first taste test. I have to tell you, when she poured chocolate syrup over corn and stirred it up…I wasn’t that excited about it! It made the corn look like mud, and all of the sudden, I wasn’t so sure about the whole adventure! BUT…someone had to cross the Rockies first…it might as well be ME!
Jane, my interpreter, was watching my face closely to see if I would spit it out or swallow! I have to admit, it was very tasty! Now, I wouldn’t want it every day…and it would not be my first carb choice…but it wasn’t half bad. I ate the whole 1/2 cup.
And now, fellow bloggers, you know the rest of the story!
till later…
on a personal note….had been thinking that after enjoying bread & cheese on a very regular basis I would be hunting for some raisins or prunes…maybe hot whole kernal corn covered in chocolate syrup would work just as well?…chuckle Maybe I’ll make my home-made chocolate sauce (aka flukum) to pour over some fresh corn as a welcome home 4 you.