It is funny about popcorn- I hardly ever crave it, but if I have one bite, suddenly I'm on a rampage. I'm sure that has to do with the butter and salt, though, too.

I tend to shy away from corn except for a rare few meals a year. Good news about the butter. :)

To me, fresh corn is the symbol of summer. The season is short, so while corn is fresh and good, we enjoy it. We've given up on butter and salt, we cook it very lightly, then eat it au naturel.

DH and I are not overweight, do not have high blood sugar or unhealthy cholesterol.

Cheryl

I am enjoying the fresh corn right now. Around here, and I mean just around the corner, it's $3/dozen. a few miles away and it's $6. I don't know what it is any where else. We are working on our second dozen for the season. And yes, I slather it in butter and salt.

As for the popcorn, surprisingly, it doesn't seem to spike my surgar, and I eat a LOT of popcorn! As in, several times a week, and a bowl of it,not just a cup.

Tami

I eat my corn without butter, although I do like salt and pepper. Maybe I should rethink that.

I'm not diabetic and I pay little attention to the Glycemic Index, but I do have high cholesterol, so I guess I'd better continue skipping the butter.

Still, corn is not my favorite vegetable by far and if I eat fresh corn a couple of times during a summer, it's enough for me.

Truthfully, GMOs are my biggest concern when you start talking about corn to me.

Annie

Interesting about the popcorn. I know that a lot of vegetables, including corn are high in carbs. And for GMO, well, in reality, there's not many fruits or vegetables around or for that matter even meats that aren't hybrid these days.

A friend of mine went on a diet and her doctor suggested ignoring most of the traditional diets and go with, eat nothing your grandparents (/great-grandparents) didn't eat. Most of our ancestors were in pretty good shape, though I suspect that the lack of video games, cell phones, televisions and the like contributed a lot to that. Anyway, as she was also apprised, very few fruits allowed, no grapes, etc. We don't have the kind they ate. Many vegetables fall in the same category. Grow it yourself? Good idea, but where do you get great-grandpa's seeds? Although it worked well for her weight loss, she said it was terribly difficult to follow.

Corn is probably my favorite veg. The biggest problem is getting good corn. I'm a fan of the deep yellow, large, firm kerneled variety. Hard to find that around here anymore. Just that tasteless bi-color crap and I'll open a can or a bag before buying that stuff. For a real treat, take that cob, rub a little bacon fat on it and a touch of pepper. YEOW, dat's good.

Hybrids do not equal GMO's and GMO's do not equal hybrids. What bothers me about GMO's is not so much the product itself, but what they do with the product, like spray the heck out of it with toxic chemicals such as Roundup.

I can take or leave corn. I would enjoy getting to experience the eating it off the stalk before even bringing it into the house thing at least once before I die. I might be more passionate about corn if I got to do that. As it is, I like it well enough, but don't love it.

I don't care about the glycemic index. I guess I'm lucky in that I can eat most things without problems. I do my best to eat healthy foods, which include carbs such as fruit, grains, vegetables, potatoes, and the like.

Sally