Sheryl Kraft
Sheryl Kraft, a freelance writer and breast cancer survivor, was born in Long Beach, New York. She currently lives in Connecticut with her husband Alan and dog Chloe, where her nest is empty of her two sons Jonathan. Sheryl writes articles and essays on breast cancer and contributes to a variety of publications and websites where she writes on general health and wellness issues. She earned her MFA in writing from Sarah Lawrence College in 2005.
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I hope everyone had a good holiday weekend. I'm happy to report that here in the Northeast we finally got a break from the relentless rain that seemed like it would never end. It feels like summer is really here! And with that, I finally got to enjoy a cookout complete with some corn on the cob.
Did you know that there's a lot of nutrition packed into an ear of corn? Fiber, folate, thiamin, phosphorus, vitamin C plus magnesium.
I always associate corn on the cob with summer - although it certainly is available all year long (all you have to do is check your grocer's freezer, or prepare it and freeze some yourself).
Here are some fun facts about corn:
The average ear of corn has about 16 rows and contains about 800 kernels, plus one strand of silk for each kernel.
(Okay, maybe it's useless information, but the next time you're at a barbecue eating corn on the cob, you'll have something interesting to say!)
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