The fabric cord with a name tag attached to it that you wear around your neck – we always refer to it as a name tag, don’t we? Actually the name tag only refers to the tag. What is the name of the cord? Bet you don’t know it’s called a lanyard (pronounced lan-yerd). Besides name tags, you can also hang keys, pen-drives, whistles and anything you want to keep track of. Of course it’s only for small items, you can’t very well hang your kid from there.
How do you remove corn kernels from an ear of corn? If you were to look up the internet, you will only find this method. (Picture from www.shirinbalal.com).
There is wastage and it’s rather messy too as the juice oozes out from the kernels when you cut them. I learned of another method from my sister. Cut the corn into three or four stubs. Then half them lengthwise. Peel off the kernels starting from the row of corns closest to the cut edge. You can do this easily as the flat surface of the halved corn gives you sufficient grip. The kernels will come off whole. The diagram below shows a stub with the left side of the corn already removed. My sister gets her boys to help remove the kernels and they get it done in a jiffy.
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