Shoepeg corn
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Shoepeg corn is a variety of white sweetcorn characterized by small, narrow kernels. It is usually somewhat sweeter than typical yellow sweetcorn. Unlike most common forms of maize, the shoepeg kernels do not form even rows on the cob.
Shoepeg corn is popular in some regions of the United States, particularly in the South. An early promoter of canned shoepeg corn was Malcolm Mitchell of Maryland. His Mitchell's Shoepeg Sweet Corn is a brand that can still be found, even though its center of production at the time of World War I was transformed into what is now Aberdeen Proving Ground.
The name shoepeg corn derives from the resemblence of the kernels to shoepegs. Shoepegs are small wooden pegs that were commonly used in the 1800s to attach the sole to the upper part of the shoe.