maize-on-the-cob

maize-on-the-cob (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of maize on the cob.
   • 1937 November 21, Christine Frederick, “Thanksgiving Feast Tidbits”, in The American Weekly, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Corporation, →OCLC, page 25, column 2; published in Washington Herald-Times, 6 a. m. final edition, volume XV, number 9, Washington, D.C., →ISSN, →OCLC:

     No other American menu could be more traditional than that offered on each and every Thanksgiving, from that first brave display of garnered harvest, when both Pilgrims and Indians sat together in amity around a groaning board: craneberries (from the fancied resemblance of their arching stems), wild turkey (often brought down with arrows), oysters (eaten from their shells), maize-on-the-cob (or made into a pudding of Indian meal), pie (of minced apples, wild grapes and nuts from native trees).

   • 1952 January 18, Tom Anderson, “From Up Close”, in The Knoxville Journal, city edition, 113th year, Knoxville, Tenn., →OCLC, page 18, column 1:

     “Quit bragging,” said Hookie, “and let’s go eat. What’s the old squaw got for dinner?” “Maize-on-the-cob,” said Pocahontas.

   • 1964 August 29, Mary Stevens Jones, “[E]nglish Student [Sp]ends Vacation [o]n Culpeper Farm”, in Culpeper Star-Exponent, volume LXXXIV, number 107, Culpeper, Va., →OCLC, page 1, column 1:

     [Amo]ng his [[Anth]ony (Tony) Rayner’s] new and pleasurable experiences here have been […] adventurous eating of such [delica]cies as watermelon and “maize-in-the-cob.” [But] the real importance of “maize,” as Tony calls corn, lies [not in] its appeal to the taste buds but in its key role in Ameri[can fa]rm economy. […] [Bes]ides “maize-on-the-cob” and watermelon, Tony has been [intro]duced here to pancakes for breakfast, cornbread and other [grain] breads served with meat instead of England’s inevitable [reci]pes—also, to American-style hamburgers and ice-cold [“shak]es” and “pepsis.”

   • 1975 November 14, John Keasler, “Take a walk”, in The Miami News, Miami, Fla., →OCLC, page 5 C, column 2:

     Health Food stores began displaying posters saying things like: “The American Indian, You Know, Walked!” It became a common sight to see longhairs and their chicks striding along purposefully eating maize-on-the-cob.

   • 1996, Neil Peart, “People on the Bus”, in The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa, Lawrencetown Beach, N.S.: Pottersfield Press, published 1999, →ISBN, part 2 (Epiphanies and Apostasies), page 179:

     An hour later we were stuffed with smoked fish, grilled maize-on-the-cob, barbecued beef, fried plantains, and Fanta.

   • 1998 August 7, “Fluting Around”, in Home News Tribune, New Brunswick, N.J., →OCLC, “On the Go” section, page 20, column 7:

     In the mood for some maize-on-the-cob, tepees, smudge sticks and Native American flute music? The eighth annual “Return to Beaver Creek” American Indian Powwow and Western Festival could be just the thing to satisfy that urge.