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Practical_Cartoonist t1_je8hamm wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in ELI5 Why are pickles not just called pickled cucumbers? by Shabless

Outside of Canada/US/Australia/New Zealand, it's usually maize. It used to be called "Indian corn", but I don't know if that's still used anywhere. If you're American, what you instinctively think of as "corn" is usually sweet corn, and some people will refer to it specifically as sweet corn.

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HandsOnGeek t1_je8rvmm wrote

Those of us who grew up on a farm that raised corn definitely do not conform to that convention.

Unless you're talking about eating it, just 'corn' is definitely 'field corn'. Raising it, hauling it, driving by it in the field, grinding it into animal feed; it's just 'corn'.

Picking or buying it to boil or roast and eat? That's definitely 'sweet corn', because you aren't eating 'corn'.

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