Bring that ear close to your nose. Smell deeply. Good corn smells like a summer field—clean, sweet, and grassy.
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If you get a whiff of vinegar, ammonia, or something funky like rotten cabbage, it’s done. That’s the smell of decay.
Your nose is usually smarter than the sell-by date. Trust your snout. It’s a corn lie detector.
