But when they watched American GI’s eating corn, they looked on in disdain.
Apparently corn is a food for pigs.
Many many moons ago ( I think Korean War era) the Aussies were going to have the American Admiral of the Pacific Fleet to a fancy dinner. They called the Admiral’s ship and asked what the Admiral liked to eat. When the return mentioned corn on the cob, the Aussies didn’t ask how to prepare it, so when they were cooking it they kept pulling out a cob and testing. They cooked it until it could be sliced through with a fork.