It couldn't just be boiled and eaten straight away as it is today. Nine thousand years ago, the maize cob was very hard, and eating it raw would have made you very ill. It needed to be cooked in a ...

Some studies even reference fossilized pollen grains of maize in drill cores of lake sediment beneath ... 6 ears of fresh sweet corn on the cob 1/2 cup yellow corn meal or corn flour (masa) Salt and ...