"Corn" seems to come from the Old English word for "grain," and the definition of "salted" for "corned" seems to derive from using granulated salt--i.e., salt that looks and is shaped like grain--to preserve something, especially meat. Probably the American use of "corn" to refer to the food that was named "maize" came from new Americans regarding maize to be the native staple grain, or "corn." Apparently in Scotland "corn" is oats and elsewhere it's wheat.
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"Corn" seems to come from the Old English word for "grain," and the definition of "salted" for "corned" seems to derive from using granulated salt--i.e., salt that looks and is shaped like grain--to preserve something, especially meat. Probably the American use of "corn" to refer to the food that was named "maize" came from new Americans regarding maize to be the native staple grain, or "corn." Apparently in Scotland "corn" is oats and elsewhere it's wheat.
April 2, 2009