Farm Cobs

[Cag3db1rd]

From the corn I gleened a few weeks ago, I have gobs of cobs. What did ppl do with them in the past b4 commercialization?

Note: I have TP and I don't need a pipe.

 

[Border Collie Dad]

Burn them.
In a stove.

 

[Raggedyman]

beat me to it BCD - BURNED THEM is EXACTLY what they did

 

[Bps1691]

During the depression many farmers burned the corn to because it sold so cheap and coal was so high.

My father in law was a child during the depression and told me the story before he passed when we were talking about his childhood.

 

[Bps1691]

And you can also make jelly from cobs.

Corncob Jelly

Making this jelly every year in the summer is a tradition in my family. I often give this jelly as a gift.—Marge Hagy, Brewster, Washington

www.tasteofhome.com

 

[pauldingbabe]

Corn starch?

 

[moldy]

Soak in kerosene and use to start fires.