The corn, which has become extraordinarily popular, has a colourful past
When the French king Louis XIV began losing his hair, he began wearing elaborate wigs lest he was suspected of having venereal disease. He was soon copied by his cousin, English king Charles II, and the two ushered in an era of wig-wearing by anyone wishing to be fashionable.
A century later, George Washington was often depicted in what looks like a wig. A natural redhead, he tied his hair back and applied white powder to mimic the powdered wigs then popular. Following the French revolution, wigs became associated with the bourgeoisie, and their frequent appearance in baskets in front of guillotines quickly dampened their appeal.
Maize does not grow well in the Irish soil or climate, and so many people here did not encounter it until the Famine. The British administration imported Indian maize , which was rigid and difficult to cook and was dubbed “Peel’s brimstone”. Potatoes contain almost every essential nutrient except vitamins A and D, which are abundant in dairy products, and so a diet of potatoes with milk and butter allowed a healthy subsistence.
With contemporary interest in artisanal foods, blue corn has become extraordinarily popular in flatbreads, pancakes, and corn chips as an alternative to wheat or sweetcorn flour
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