Corn silk might seem like nothing more than a nuisance, but don't throw it away. It's a versatile ingredient with surprising medicinal qualities.

Corn silk refers to the long, thread-like fibers that grow around the ears of corn. Often discarded, corn silk has been used ...

From Dove beauty bars to Ponds cold cream, the adored beauty products of the past remain popular classics in many households. Corn Silk, a face powder make popular in the 1960s, is experiencing a ...

Infuse your rice pilaf with the goodness of corn silk by cooking rice in vegetable broth instead of water. Add sauteed ...

Nature has gifted us with some incredible natural remedies and superfoods, some of which get noticed and some go unnoticed. One underrated gem is corn silk, the delicate strands that protect the ...

An ear of corn was passed through Amco’s Corn Desilker five times and still had strings of silk attached to it. Worth it? No. I guess I’ll just have to endure and continue to pick out silk stuck ...

Corn silk has been purified as an anticoagulant previously and the active component is a polysaccharide with a molecular mass of 135 kDa. It activates murine macrophages to induce nitric oxide ...

If you cook corn in its husks, which you should, shucking it is not a huge issue, as everything kind of slides right off. But, if you need to get to those juicy kernels while they’re still raw—perhaps ...