Best way to keep sweet corn. Back from the farmer's market today (cool idea, it's open Thur. 4 p.m. -8 p.m.) with a bunch of great, just picked sweet corn. If we don't eat it all, what's the best way to save it? I've read chilling it makes the sugars turn to starch quickly, but is it OK to leave on the counter?
March Madness traces back to Illinois' statewide high-school basketball tournament, which began in 1908. In 1939, an official with the Illinois High School Association, Henry V. Porter, penned an article called March Madness for the organization's in-house magazine.
As sports fans fill out their brackets in preparation for three weeks of buzzer beaters, Cinderella stories and jaw-dropping athleticism, take time out to explore 10 things you may not know about March Madness and its 74-year history. 1. Only eight teams competed in the first NCAA tournament. Oregon, nicknamed the âTall Firsâ due to the height of its starting frontcourt, beat out seven other teams to win the first NCAA menâs basketball championship in 1939.