maize on the cob

See also: maize-on-the-cob

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Noun

maize on the cob (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of corn on the cob.
    • 1992, Payson Sheets, “Structure 7, The Bodega”, in The Ceren Site: A Prehistoric Village Buried by Volcanic Ash in Central America, Fort Worth, Tex.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, →ISBN, chapter 5 (Household 2), page 71:
      For some reason, the subplatform mound of Structure 7 extended more than a meter from the platform walls. At least on the north side this provided ample roofed household activity area and was used for eating maize on the cob just before the eruption struck.
    • 2016 May 18, Neema Komba, “The Search for Magical Mbuji”, in Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, editor, Safe House: Explorations in Creative Nonfiction, Toronto, Ont.: Dundurn, →ISBN, section III (Then and Now), page 247:
      We walk past a group of women and children gathered around an open fire, roasting maize on the cob.
    • 2016 December 15, “Maize (Corn)”, in Barbara Elvers, editor, Ullmann’s Food and Feed, 3 Volume Set, Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, published 19 June 2017, →ISBN, volume 2, part III […], page 557, column 2:
      Most maize consumed worldwide is fresh or immature (green) whole grain maize on the cob, popmaize (popcorn), and maize bread.
    • 2017 May 25, Hossein Amirsadeghi, Ana Paula Gerard, “Francisco (Paco) Calderón: Cartoonist, Colonia Roma, Mexico City”, in México: A Culinary Quest, London: TransGlobe Publishing, →ISBN, page 64:
      […] (top) Calderón often grabs an elote, a street snack consisting of maize on the cob, lime, chilli powder and mayonnaise; […]
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