Where do those baby corn on the cobs come from? you know, the ones that are in salads.?!
Answers: Do they grow on stalks?
Baby corn is a cereal grain taken from specialized corn (maize) plants harvested early, while the ears are very small and immature. Baby corn ears are hand-picked as soon as corn silks emerge from the ear tips or a few days after. Corn matures very quickly, so a baby corn harvest has to be carefully timed to avoid ending up with normal corn ears. Baby corn ears are generally about 4.5cm to 10cm in length and 7mm to 17mm in diameter. There are many varieties of specialized corn plants that can be used to produce baby corn. Baby corn is an important crop from Thailand and Taiwan.
Baby corn is typically eaten whole, cob and all, in contrast to mature maize, whose cob is typically too hard for human consumption. It is consumed both raw and cooked. Cooking it does not change its culinary and physical properties significantly; texture remains relatively the same, as does taste, either raw or cooked. Baby corn is very common in Asian cuisine.
Good info:
http://agsyst.wsu.edu/babycornbroc.pdf
You can buy those in most grocery stores. They are in jars, and probably can be found near the olives and pickles.
They come from fish I believe.
the same place as the large ones just a different strain and very young