Tool or weapon? Fruit or vegetable?
What is this scary looking thing? Or this one below? Are they instruments of medieval torture? Are they props for playing the popular Warhammer game? These were the questions we started with at a recent outreach program we did at the Conway Adult Day Center. Through a series of interactive questions and up close inspection that audience was able to figure out their purpose. Actually, they are harvesting tools. And what is their connection to autumn decorations? Let's start with the corn. Dried cornstalks and colorful ears of corn are a staple of fall displays. For us today, they are only a vestige of what was once a critical part of a family's survival. Is corn a fruit, vegetable, grain or all three? See this link here to follow different opinions. For our local historical perspective, it depends on the variety of corn. In general, there are two main types of corn, sweet corn which we eat as corn on the cob, etc. That harvest time has just recently past. For more on