Thats not how it was - it was revenge for the night when he came home unexpectedly to find his wife being 'suckled' by the farmer who lived next door.
Sadly, the farmer wasnt married so - next best thing and all that....
I would love to know who the first person was who passed a field of corn and thought it would be a good idea to crop it, thresh it, grind the seeds into flour so he could have bread for breakfast.