You can research it if you please. The Indians and Mexicans discovered this early on, and beans and corn comprised a major part of their diet. Nearly every modern Tex-Mex dish includes corn and beans. Volumes can and have been written on recipes for corn. Most popular use of corn is the making of cornbread.
Cornbread ranges from the simple to the exotic.
You can find the basic cornbread recipe on any container of cornmeal. Honey goes very well with corn. I suppose a shovel would work too. Again, pour on a little honey. Hush Puppies are just hoe cakes with various seasonings added and deep fried.