[LINK] OT - delicate question

[Jan Whitaker]

At 04:31 AM 8/04/2011, Karl Auer you wrote:
>All suggestions welcome, but factual information would be most welcome.
>Also for suggestions for other places to ask :-)

Fun research task. I always thought the corn cob thing was a myth, 
but evidently not. This site isn't about Australia, but lots of 
interesting info from people who lived with the conditions.

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=003QUk

Lots of ideas and comments, one saying the corn cobs were from a 
special sort of corn that was soft, not rough like I was remembering 
them on our farm.

I reckon the reason Australia didn't use corn cobs was more because 
corn wasn't a common product (at least not as common as the US). 
Places in the US also used leaves and scrap cloth, as well as the 
catalog and newspaper pages.

Jan



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