I received a shouting, ranting email, pushing the merits of a recipe using sweet corn.

The first step was to slice the corn kernels into very thin slithers. Crazy!

But the promised benefits, after boiling slowly in a mixture of carrot juice and apple cider vinegar, were supposed to include the sudden arrival of great wealth, the disappearance of any skin blemishes, the loss of exactly 3.5 pounds weight (whatever your original weight) and membership in an obscure club the members of which worship kitchen aprons.

I have no plans to try this at home. Unless I run out of eggs of course.