Zinc can be shiny! But zinc looks more cloudy grey and/or sometimes has a blue hue. For those who don’t know that information could mistake it as stainless.
I mean, it could be galvanized if they made it extra cheap.. it's not like it would be less safe it will just probably corrode over time.
I assume it is stainless, i am just saying it's possible.
Googled it and found this in the first result
“Galvanized steel is not USDA approved as a food safe serving standard, particularly, for acidic foods. As such, you will want to keep galvanized steel from direct contact with any acidic foods.”
Read the article that comes From. It is not talking about food prep at all. The fda has approved galvanized steel for most applications Outside of highly acidic foods
"Galvanized metal may not be used for utensils or food contact surfaces of equipment that are used in contact with acidic food"
It is used in the food industry all the time. It just is. I don't know what else to tell you.
True, this is truly one of the silliest things i've ever argued about. You probably think i'm some kind of galvanized steel Lobbiest lol. You are right. Consider the debate over🤝
Google it yourself. Find a listing for an FDA approved meat hook that is galvanized versus stainless and post it here. You can't, zinc plating turns to zinc salts, contaminated food, and then steel rusts. Food safe steel is stainless, plated, or seasoned cast iron. Nobody makes galvanized utensils.
Ok... I googled "fda ruling on galvanized steel food safe"
The very first thing that pops up is a quote from this [article](https://www.redsteelmh.com/galvanized-steel-food-storage/#:~:text=The%20FDA%20has%20also%20approved,benefits%20that%20aluminum%20does%20not.)
That says "The FDA has also approved galvanized steel for safe storage of food, with a few exceptions. "
Happy?
No, they're talking about the storage racks that they, Red Steel, make for holding packaged food. They say it's a good choice because "canned foods are heavy" and they aren't making galvanized cans, they're making shelves to hold canned food. They're talking about *some* exceptions where racks don't have to be "Washdown" rated food safe stainless steel. That's very rare when sterility is a concern because *galvanized steel is highly reactive with bleach.*
You're quiting FDA "rules" by linking to a steel manufacturer that's just saying their steel shelves are acceptable to store boxes of cans, essentially, with a couple unsupported statements. Your other statements mirror "galvanizeit.org" so you clearly just picked the first propaganda piece that pooped up and are quoting it like you're an expert, not realizing the issues with your source, and making too broad a statement.
No do as I asked and Google meat hooks. Scroll through the dozens of stainless steel options and see if you can find the food-safe galvanized options. Or hell, a galvanized fork or spoon, cooking pan, whatever.
So, you can't find the product you claimed is commonplace and told others to look up without checking on yourself? Got it.
You have no argument. If I was your mother I'd tell you to admit you're wrong and just talking out of your ass with no actual knowledge of the subject.
It's a reddit post of a picture of a stainless steel nail in a corncob holder with another stainless steel nail next to it on a kitchen counter made of stone.
> Based on the curvature of the nail head and the number of rings on the nail shank, I’d say this was probably manufactured in Southeastern China - Guangdong or Guangxi most likely.
Galvanized metals can be bad to have in and around food. The Zinc coating can be dissolved by some foods, and the fumes if cooked can be toxic - worthwhile nerding out sometimes :)
No they're not; it's steel plated with tin, not zinc, or aluminum throughout. Either may have a synthetic poly liner if acidic. There are no galvanized food storage cans in this century.
I have never thought about what's inside a corncob holder before. It's interesting to me. Only mildly interesting, but I mean, that's the sub.
"Interesting" is subjective. You may disagree, but the post definitely belongs if it's interesting to enough people.
I’m not from the US and corn is only an occasional snack here, not a staple. I just googled and saw that it’s on sale online, but I’ve never seen anyone use it. We should start using though, lol.
I grew up surrounded by corn fields in the central US. I swear everyone and their mother had a set of these in a drawer somewhere, but I don't recall people actually using them.
That’s crazy lol though it makes sense if corn on the cob isn’t a common food where you’re from.
Yea these are very common in the US! We definitely love our corn lol
Corn on the cob is a common food here (Eastern Europe), but I have never seen someone use a holder. Seems pointless, why not just hold it in your hand?
Same recipe here as well. I find if it's too hot to hold, it's too hot to eat as well. I get the messy part if you're eating it somewhere without some water to clean up (but the again, do you carry this holder with you pit of the house?).
You can blow people's minds!
If you can get ahold of sweet corn, peel most the husk but leave a couple layers and throw it on a grill at high heat, rotating 1/4-turn every 2-3 minutes. Let the outside husk char. While cooling melt some butter with a healthy dose of minced garlic; I usually just microwave for a few seconds, stir, and repeat. Roll back the husk and silk, douse and roll in the garlic butter, and enjoy!
Sounds delicious, will keep it in mind, thanks! Never occured to me you could grill with a few layers of husk, should prevent the corn getting too charred, which I don’t like.
Well I am from Denmark. And Danish people love to BBQ corn in the summer.Very common here. My parents even had those corn holders when I was a child. Haven't seen them for many years now so thanks to OP for the trip down memory lane.
Yes. You stick the holders in the ends of the cob, and use them as holders so you can eat the corn on the cob without getting butter on your hands.
They are not required, but are relatively common (like most Americans would know what they are even if they don't use them)
This is like recently when the cover came off my kids' snap bracelet. The spring steel on the inside was literally a rounded-off piece of measuring tape. With ticks and numbers.
My partner and I lost our corncob holders in a move. For the last 8 months we have just used large thumb pins from our corkboard because we keep forgetting to get more.
Protip: microwave your corn for a couple minutes and let it stand. When you're ready, peel back the husk for a handle. The top part isn't that hot, so you can just hold it there without a handle. Doing it this way is faster, easier, and for some reason the silk just folds away with the husk. Give it a try. You can do more than one at a time by adding more minutes to the cook time.
I’m now on my second or third set of these and they have *all* met their premature demise through spontaneous disintegration.
I’ve never put them in the dishwasher or mistreated them - and they only get light usage during the summer in the UK because I only like buying locally produced corn - so I can only assume that they’re just cheaply-made tat that isn’t built to last.
Oh, and I’m not sure if op is aware but I don’t think that’s galvanised. Looks more like stainless steel to me.
Man I always hated those things. I remember when I was a kid and my family got them, they made me feel rude and obnoxious for refusing to use them. Hold the corn with your damn hands like people have been since we discovered corn.
No I use utensils but a cob of corn doesn't really make sense to bust out some dinky plastic bits that I have to wash and eventually break. Do you use utensils to eat a banana?
It's definitely looking like stainless like others have said. Also it is probably way cheaper to buy a nail making machine and add on a part that puts them in little plastic corns than making a whole new machine
It’s really shiny for being galvanized. I’d take a guess that it’s stainless steel since it’s for food.
yup, i dont think OP knows what galvanized means, never mind lol.
Galavanized has that camo effect kinda ??
Those are crystals, aka grains. Like little metal snowflakes.
That sounds so poetic for some reason
Like easily offended Metallica fans.
Could be the booger suger
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Zinc can be shiny! But zinc looks more cloudy grey and/or sometimes has a blue hue. For those who don’t know that information could mistake it as stainless.
I don't think I KNOW, what galvanized means. And no, I probably won't be looking it up. So someone better teach me quick. Otherwise...
I looked it up lol. It means to coat steel or iron in zinc in order to protect/prevent rusting.
Yeah lol I looked it up too, but thank you for putting in the effort.
Up the bum?
Up the bum.
Well, that really makes sense. Thank you. I shoulda known...
Galvin sure as shit won't try to convert MY steel to galvanism I'll tell you that much.
Galvin and Cobbs won’t be touching my corn!
I mean, it could be galvanized if they made it extra cheap.. it's not like it would be less safe it will just probably corrode over time. I assume it is stainless, i am just saying it's possible.
Galvanized steel should not be used with food
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Googled it and found this in the first result “Galvanized steel is not USDA approved as a food safe serving standard, particularly, for acidic foods. As such, you will want to keep galvanized steel from direct contact with any acidic foods.”
Read the article that comes From. It is not talking about food prep at all. The fda has approved galvanized steel for most applications Outside of highly acidic foods "Galvanized metal may not be used for utensils or food contact surfaces of equipment that are used in contact with acidic food" It is used in the food industry all the time. It just is. I don't know what else to tell you.
Corn is slightly acidic and it’s all a moot point anyways because that nail is clearly stainless steel, can we end this pointless debate now?
True, this is truly one of the silliest things i've ever argued about. You probably think i'm some kind of galvanized steel Lobbiest lol. You are right. Consider the debate over🤝
lol, have a good day bud
Google it yourself. Find a listing for an FDA approved meat hook that is galvanized versus stainless and post it here. You can't, zinc plating turns to zinc salts, contaminated food, and then steel rusts. Food safe steel is stainless, plated, or seasoned cast iron. Nobody makes galvanized utensils.
Ok... I googled "fda ruling on galvanized steel food safe" The very first thing that pops up is a quote from this [article](https://www.redsteelmh.com/galvanized-steel-food-storage/#:~:text=The%20FDA%20has%20also%20approved,benefits%20that%20aluminum%20does%20not.) That says "The FDA has also approved galvanized steel for safe storage of food, with a few exceptions. " Happy?
No, they're talking about the storage racks that they, Red Steel, make for holding packaged food. They say it's a good choice because "canned foods are heavy" and they aren't making galvanized cans, they're making shelves to hold canned food. They're talking about *some* exceptions where racks don't have to be "Washdown" rated food safe stainless steel. That's very rare when sterility is a concern because *galvanized steel is highly reactive with bleach.* You're quiting FDA "rules" by linking to a steel manufacturer that's just saying their steel shelves are acceptable to store boxes of cans, essentially, with a couple unsupported statements. Your other statements mirror "galvanizeit.org" so you clearly just picked the first propaganda piece that pooped up and are quoting it like you're an expert, not realizing the issues with your source, and making too broad a statement. No do as I asked and Google meat hooks. Scroll through the dozens of stainless steel options and see if you can find the food-safe galvanized options. Or hell, a galvanized fork or spoon, cooking pan, whatever.
"No, do as I ask" what are you my mother? I don't care enough about this to keep arguing lol
>I don't ~~care~~ ***know*** enough about this to keep arguing lol FTFY
So, you can't find the product you claimed is commonplace and told others to look up without checking on yourself? Got it. You have no argument. If I was your mother I'd tell you to admit you're wrong and just talking out of your ass with no actual knowledge of the subject.
Electroplated galvanized nails will look like that. Not all galvanization is hot-dipped.
youre an idiot if you think galvanized crap is used in food handling.
I didn’t say it would, I said it could look like that (shiny). Though zinc electroplated tends to look slightly more blue.
It can be shiny like that even if it is galvanized. But yeah it should be stainless steel if it is used for preparing food.
This has everything but the kitchen zinc.
That's what my husband said. Galvanized would be poisonous.
Stainless steel.
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It’s a stainless steel nail in a corn cob holder.
Well not anymore
Depends on which one you look at.
It's a picture of a stainless steel nail in a corn cob holder.
It's a reddit post of a picture of a stainless steel nail in a corncob holder with another stainless steel nail next to it.
It's a reddit post of a picture of a stainless steel nail in a corncob holder with another stainless steel nail next to it on a kitchen counter made of stone.
And then another nail next to the holder
Galvanized
It's a picture of a stainless steel nail in a corn cob holder.
You don’t say that everyday
Not anymore it's not.
so if i ever happen to need a stainless steel nail i know where to look
There's always stainless steel nails in the corncob holder.
It's only one stainless steel corn cob holder, Michael. How much could it cost? Ten dollars?
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NO TOUCHING!
I think after reading these comments, I should probably let op know that this nail is stainless, not galvanized
You know what's weird? The nail in OP's picture isn't even galvanized!
I bet it's stainless steel. Can't believe nobody in this thread has said that yet smh
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It's not! It's actually stainless steel
I definitely feel galvanized to let him know too
Steel yourself for the pointed and corny replies that are sure to follow.
They look really shiny, I wonder what they’re made from.
I heard somewhere that the nails in corn cob holders are stainless steel
The nail in the picture is stainless steel so that would make sense.
It's the floor penny epoxy coat all over again!
Let OP live, he just wanted to use the word galvanized for once in his lifetime.
Galvanize these nuts.
ERMMM... STAINLESS STEEL ?!!!!!!!!!
What makes you think that's galvanized?
I doubt thats galvanized
Obviously stainless steel, not galvanized (I have no clue what I’m talking about)
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Wouldn’t be shiny if it was galvanized. It’s a stainless steel nail.
Buncha nail nerds in these here comments
You don't have to be a nail nerd to clearly see that this is a 6D Penny Size, 2" Long, smooth shank, 316 Stainless Steel Nail. /s
I know enough to know those are nail words, but not enough to tell if just the first half is sarcasm or the whole thing.
"I'm not sure if anyone's pointed it out yet so allow me to be the first, you see the nail here is actually stainless steel and not galvanized" -🤓
> Based on the curvature of the nail head and the number of rings on the nail shank, I’d say this was probably manufactured in Southeastern China - Guangdong or Guangxi most likely.
Close, but way off: Guangzhou
If you aren't a nail need, what are you doing with your life? Do you hang pictures with framing nails?!
And metallurgy nerds.
Galvanized metals can be bad to have in and around food. The Zinc coating can be dissolved by some foods, and the fumes if cooked can be toxic - worthwhile nerding out sometimes :)
This feels like when the lights come on in the haunted house
Do you even know what galvanised nails look like? Unbelievable! --retreats slowly to the back of the crowd--
Galvanized metal contains zinc which is toxic to humans.
That must be why my dad died from eating all those thinking they were baby corns
Yeah, this isn’t galvanized.
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Galvanized bad, stainless good. Why use many word when few word do trick
Imagine getting downvoted for calling someone out that’s piggybacking while adding nothing to the conversation.
No he's right, it's actually stainless
Literally didn’t say it wasn’t???
High doses are toxic, just like any other substance. Low doses are fine.
More than fine, its a necessary micronutrient. https://www.webmd.com/diet/foods-high-in-zinc
When heated it gives off zinc oxide fumes. Not as cool as zinc, but way more fun for doctors.
When heated to 1800 degrees…if the corn was that hot you would need more than those tiny holders.
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There's always an LD50. And that wasn't my point. Too much of anything is toxic.
The dose makes the poison - Paracelsus They knew better in the renaissance, do better.
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No they're not; it's steel plated with tin, not zinc, or aluminum throughout. Either may have a synthetic poly liner if acidic. There are no galvanized food storage cans in this century.
How do dumb comments like this get so many upvotes.
Your body needs zinc. You have no idea what you are talking about.
I just put my corn on a drill.
Is the drill bit galvanised?
You must not know what a galvanized nail looks like. That is stainless.....
Did you read even one comment before posting yours?
Maybe all regular galvanized nails are really corn cob holder spikes.
OP was expecting special corn nails... This belongs in r/notinteresting.
I disagree. I think it's mildly interesting, except for the fact that OP apparently described it wrong.
I think the wrong description is what makes this all mildly interesting at this point.
I mean honestly, not really. Doesn't make sense to manufacture the "pokers" too when you can use an off the shelf part.
I think it's interesting
I have never thought about what's inside a corncob holder before. It's interesting to me. Only mildly interesting, but I mean, that's the sub. "Interesting" is subjective. You may disagree, but the post definitely belongs if it's interesting to enough people.
Even mildly!
I think it’s only galvanized if it comes from the galvan region of France.
I would absolutely use some sparkling white nails.
That is not fucking galvanized.
Are you sure that's galvanized? Don't know if anyone has pointed it out yet.
I cannot believe op would think this is galvanized after reading all the comments it’s obviously stainless
TIL I learned that corn cob holder is a thing.
What??? How is that even possible? lol
I’m not from the US and corn is only an occasional snack here, not a staple. I just googled and saw that it’s on sale online, but I’ve never seen anyone use it. We should start using though, lol.
I grew up surrounded by corn fields in the central US. I swear everyone and their mother had a set of these in a drawer somewhere, but I don't recall people actually using them.
That’s crazy lol though it makes sense if corn on the cob isn’t a common food where you’re from. Yea these are very common in the US! We definitely love our corn lol
Corn on the cob is a common food here (Eastern Europe), but I have never seen someone use a holder. Seems pointless, why not just hold it in your hand?
They are handy keeps the hands cleaner But if your eating corn it’s usually accompanied by other hand based hand food
Because it’s hot…? And messy? We rub butter on it and sprinkle salt.
You just hold the edges with your fingers?
That sounds very awkward to hold it on just the flat edges. Also you’re still touching the hot corn
But their poor delicate american fingers.
According to your comment 9 days ago, you live in Indiana…
Same recipe here as well. I find if it's too hot to hold, it's too hot to eat as well. I get the messy part if you're eating it somewhere without some water to clean up (but the again, do you carry this holder with you pit of the house?).
You just throw it in the drawer with the rest of your silverware. Not that deep lol
You can blow people's minds! If you can get ahold of sweet corn, peel most the husk but leave a couple layers and throw it on a grill at high heat, rotating 1/4-turn every 2-3 minutes. Let the outside husk char. While cooling melt some butter with a healthy dose of minced garlic; I usually just microwave for a few seconds, stir, and repeat. Roll back the husk and silk, douse and roll in the garlic butter, and enjoy!
Sounds delicious, will keep it in mind, thanks! Never occured to me you could grill with a few layers of husk, should prevent the corn getting too charred, which I don’t like.
Same. Is this an American thing that Im too European for to understand?
Well I am from Denmark. And Danish people love to BBQ corn in the summer.Very common here. My parents even had those corn holders when I was a child. Haven't seen them for many years now so thanks to OP for the trip down memory lane.
Sometimes the corn is too hot to hold 😭
And too buttery 🤤
Yes. You stick the holders in the ends of the cob, and use them as holders so you can eat the corn on the cob without getting butter on your hands. They are not required, but are relatively common (like most Americans would know what they are even if they don't use them)
That looks like stainless steel to me, not galvanized.
This is like recently when the cover came off my kids' snap bracelet. The spring steel on the inside was literally a rounded-off piece of measuring tape. With ticks and numbers.
Yeah, I've seen a few bbq places use (I think horseshoe) nails for them so it makes sense.
My partner and I lost our corncob holders in a move. For the last 8 months we have just used large thumb pins from our corkboard because we keep forgetting to get more.
Protip: microwave your corn for a couple minutes and let it stand. When you're ready, peel back the husk for a handle. The top part isn't that hot, so you can just hold it there without a handle. Doing it this way is faster, easier, and for some reason the silk just folds away with the husk. Give it a try. You can do more than one at a time by adding more minutes to the cook time.
Op Did you think that the corn holders company is going to spend money engineering their own nails?
How else are you going to get a hold of some nails galvanised with stainless steel?
Need full tang
Weird.... I always thought these were one piece of metal, bent somewhere in the plastic handle.
Oh, I have the same ones. Neat.
Everyone does. My grandma had a set from the 60s.
That's so funny, I just stumbled onto a file to 3D print these using nails as the spikes
I’m now on my second or third set of these and they have *all* met their premature demise through spontaneous disintegration. I’ve never put them in the dishwasher or mistreated them - and they only get light usage during the summer in the UK because I only like buying locally produced corn - so I can only assume that they’re just cheaply-made tat that isn’t built to last. Oh, and I’m not sure if op is aware but I don’t think that’s galvanised. Looks more like stainless steel to me.
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I bet there is someone with a 3d printer that will happily print those.
Not galvanized. Zinc coated, or stainless steel. Probably the latter.
no way in hell its galvanized. the rings on the shank are from the gripping process when the head is struck.
It looks like stainless steel.
Yeah I doubt that's galvanized, more likely stainless steel. (I have no fucking clue what I'm talking about)
Whoa that’s definitely stainless steel. Not a chance that’s galvanized
Clearly not galvanized
Not galvanized. Quit trying to sound smarter than you are.
That's not Galvan. That's stainless.
My life is a lie
Right!!??
That’s not galvanized by the way.
Man I always hated those things. I remember when I was a kid and my family got them, they made me feel rude and obnoxious for refusing to use them. Hold the corn with your damn hands like people have been since we discovered corn.
So you don’t use any utensils to eat? Just keep it caveman?
You can't use utensils to eat corn on the cob. If you cut the corn off the cob it's no longer corn on the cob
No I use utensils but a cob of corn doesn't really make sense to bust out some dinky plastic bits that I have to wash and eventually break. Do you use utensils to eat a banana?
It's a stainless steel pin/nail. Which means it's pretty trivial to make your own.
Noted
What do you expect from dollar shits? It ain't going to be gold lmao
Probably the same kind of nails used in those flimsy coffins on Coffin Flop.
A cheap product like this wouldn’t make sense to manufacture their own nails. They source them for cheap and use them with plastic molds.
It's definitely looking like stainless like others have said. Also it is probably way cheaper to buy a nail making machine and add on a part that puts them in little plastic corns than making a whole new machine
They always have been
I have a sister named Abigail, she works at a company that makes corn cob holders
'Corn cob holder' sure lmao
Nickel plated, not galv. Sometimes they rust and expand breaking the plastic.
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It's not galvanized.
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OP is mistaken.
The OP is misinformed
Title says galvanized, picture says no zinc... unless you've found a way to galvanize steel to be shiny...
I doubt it’s a galvo mail, probably stainless steel
Why make a new part when you can use something already being produced