I just recently moved back home after living in Alaska for 13 years. Many things grow very well in fertile Alaskan gardens but two things that are NOT among them are tomatos and corn. Being raised in the rich farm country of central Illinois, I grew up on July tomatoes and August sweet corn, and count the two among the world's finest delicasies! Once every Spring I would travel home to Illinois and send out invitations to several folks to attend a feast of Alaskan foods- salmon, halibut, king crab, and game meats such as moose & caribou... These gatherings were always popular and fun. The only hitch to being an invited guest was this: Every person who came had to promise to express mail me a shoebox filled with either ears of sweet corn still wrapped in their leaves and silk- or green tomatos- fresh from the garden. In remote far-flung regions of Alaska when it was chilly and rainy in late summer I was the envy of all around me- for I was feasting on Illinois vine-ripened tomatoes and succulent sweet corn!
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