I heard corn was in the bread family?!


Question:

I heard corn was in the bread family?

is that true or a fib? If it is a fib would you call it a vegetable?


Answers:
Corn is most definitely a vegetable
see the food guide pyramid: http://www.mypyramid.gov/pyramid/vegetab...

cornbread

There are all different food groups. Gran is one of them the bread would be put in the gran and corn has potatoes so it might be put in the grain. Corn is a vegetable and so is potatoes.

yup a veggie

its grass like wheat and rice

like 90% of the worlds food is grass

"All Flesh is Grass" Whitman

Corn is a GRAIN like wheat. Mostly starch

no! silly girl! corn is really a veggie! although you can make Bread using corn. .....therefore calling it .....cornbread!

Corn (Maize) is a vegetable that is also a grain when dried.

Corn is descended from a type of river grass

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/maize...

Corn is a vegetable. It is slightly higher in carbs than many other vegetables. The only possible stretch to bread would be cornbread.

Corn is a vegetable, but some people consider it part of the bread family because it is a starchy vegetable (along with peas and potatoes and certain types of beans) and is more similar nutritionally and calorically to bread than to green leafy vegetables.

Corn is a vegetable, but it offers much less nutritional value than most other vegetables. It is starchier, lower in vitamins, and more difficult for the human body to digest. Don't get me wrong--I love corn on the cob, and I do eat it when I want, but do not make the mistake of thinking that all vegetables are created equal. You would benefit much more from eating something green and leafy, than from eating corn.

Corn is a vegetable, though corn does contain a lot of starch that can make products like bread, it is still a vegetable. Like potatoes, potatoes can also make good bread, but they are still a vegetable.

It depends on how you are classifiing families. As far as Carbohidrates are concerned it is in the bread family and reated just like bread on the Atkins Diet. As far as food groups are concerned, it should be in the fruits and vegtables.

Corn is a grain but we use it more as a vegetable.

Corn that is a grain like wheat.or rice.

The Latin Scientific name for both the family of Corn and Wheat is Poaceae in the kingdom of Plantae. In other words they both are plants in the same family, yet they are different genus: Corn:Zea, Wheat:Triticum; and wheat even belongs to a sub-family group called Pooideae.

On the government food pyramid Corn could be included in Grains (that includes wheat bread, a.k.a. white bread) because of corn bread, corn cakes, corn fritters, hominey, polenta, etc. ; and a vegtable because of fresh/frozen corn. Note that fresh corn vegtable is a different variation than the corn grown for grain.

I'd say it's a veggie.
Cornbread though, I'd say that's in the bread group.

Corn is a Grain. I can see how it could be called in the bread family. We use it as a veg, but it should be counted as a "starch" like bread, rice, potatoes.




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