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I noticed in Greece while I was there last that there is actually corn! Does it grow in Greece? I think I read somewhere that it grows in Northern Greece, but I have never been.

Does anyone know if there are some Greek traditional dishes that involve corn? I know that we can get street corn in the summer (and it's delicious), but I am not sure what Greeks would actually do with it. I am pretty sure it's not native to Greece, but I do see corn sometimes here and there on menus while in Greece.

Usually I am on the mainland when this happens, but like I said, I have never been to Northern Greece.
 
I see a surprising amount of corn in Greece when I am there, too. They seem to use it in dishes you can get in restaurants, and of course there's the street corn. Further south in Greece, I can't imagine the climate is a good one for corn. Knowing what I know about that crop, I bet the weather is the best further north. I haven't seen any growing there, though.
 
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