Kernel Knowledge

© Carl Derrick [Flickr.com]

Any street-eats staulker will tell you about the powerfully addictive qualities of Elote. Reading like an indictment on a culinary controlled drugs list charge, who could resist corn, butter, salt, lime juice, chili, cheese and mayonaise on a stick or in a cup?

You don't have to love Bacon (Francis) to admire what Carl Derrick captures in his Elote Triptych, above.

I cannot see any reason why Toronto City Council would not want these sold on the street, except perhaps the corresponding need to erect barricades to control the ensuing stampede to the nearest vendor.

Ontario produces a bounty of corn. Perhaps when Toronto was only knee high, eating local produce on the street seemed unsophisticated. But now that we have built it, they should come.