243957 Sat Sep 11 15:35:20 -0700 2004 2 19 Outer Boroughs 0 1295608 A few weeks ago I bought some giant corn kernels (vaguely like giant Corn Nuts) from a woman at a pushcart near the west side entrance to the 7train. I asked her what they were called and she just said "maize". Does anyone know more about this snack food? Sat Sep 11 15:35:20 -0700 2004 0 FlowerPuppy 1 1295690 On the cob? I've had the giant corn on the cob...you break off the kernels. It's blandly yummy (seriously). I don't know what it's called. Mon Sep 13 16:55:28 -0700 2004 1295608 0 shrimpbird 2 1295805 I think what you are discribing is from Ecuador. Thay call them tostados and the Peruvians call them cancha. I have never had them- though I do love cornnuts- but Iread about them in Calvan Trillin's book Feeding a Yen. It's a compilation of his essays. I had to stop reading them one day when I was trapped on a very long subway ride because it made me dizzy with hunger. Wed Sep 15 23:40:02 -0700 2004 1295690 0 gretchen