The Maxims Of Maize

The Maxims of MaizeYou can always spot a novice at a corn feast. He brushes his butter in a delicate light film on the corn before he begins nibbling. A real corn man -- a veteran -- jabs and thrusts his butter, forcing it between the kernels in great heaps and gobs. Instantly, he sprays the buttered strip with salt, and then, bearing down with his lips and sinking his teeth into the extreme left hand side of the cob, he moves due east, oblivious to all but the crunching of his own happy jaws.Ea...