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May 14, 2012 – Until recent years you never would have convinced me to eat corn before late July at the earliest. The best corn was at the farms in August. And the very best corn (after that grown on my grandparent’s farm) came from DeMille’s in Salmon Arm.

But recently corn is showing up early in the grocery stores. On a whim I picked up a few cobs last week and they languished in the fridge until yesterday.

And what a surprise! It was really, really good!

Corn reminds me of lazy summer afternoons in the Shuswap. Cool mornings in the orchard picking cherries, then as the heat of the day crept up, it was down to the lake to cool off. Dinners were later in the evenings, and featured fresh vegetables picked earlier that day. Fresh fruit, right off the trees, for dessert. It’s the taste of late summer. And it’s a nice taste of summer to come yet. Promising the senses that natures best is just around the corner.