Reader: Let's go back to eating corn

BACK TO EATING CORN. As a way of dealing with the rice crisis and the rising price of rice a reader suggested going back to eating corn. He said that the price per kilo of corn grits is much cheaper than rice and is much more filling.

He said, “Dili man kana dakong problema. Ngano man diay kung motaas ang presyo sa bugas? Kitang mga Bisaya mabuhi ra man ta kay puwede man kita mokaon og mais. Mas maayo man gani nang mais kay mas barato ug mas maka busog.”

TAGALOG MAN’S TAKE ON CORN. But a manager from Manila looked down on this lowly staple. He said that corn is only good as chicken feed, and not for human consumption.

His Cebuano friend answered, “Bantay ka bitaw, kung mag kinaunsa, mas mabuhi ming mga Bisaya kay mokaon man mig mais. Kamo, mag gutom lang unya mo.”