I've never seen it sold by the pound, only by the ear. Around here it's running 3 or 4 for $1.00.

We were paying $16 for a sack of about 4 dozen non-GMO Peaches & Cream corn ... so basically 33 cents each.

On sale a couple of weeks ago 5/$1.00 and I bought a bunch; they were very good full ears and tasted fresh. Today, it was 3/99¢

Found some here for 25 cents a ear. I cooked some last week and it was awful, dh said it was hog corn.

"Thoughts?" hearsay

Paying either 3/$1.00 or 5/$100 from two different stores. It's been good at both. Just finished dinner where we each had 2 ears.

Haven't seen sweet corn for sale around here yet. I was thinking it should be pretty soon. Same here as littlebug, good prices at the farm stands. Last year tho the crop wasn't very good for many sweet corn farmers. With all the early rains this year I wonder if it will be more of the same.

Bought corn on the cob a few days ago Winco. It was great! Paid 5 cents an ear!! The week before it was 10 cents an ear.

6 for a dollar.

Ours is not local and higher -- 59 cents each

I don't live in rural America, but it's only 11 minutes from me. I get corn in Ostrander, (not far from my favorite pond),fresh picked by me, for 10 cents an ear.

When our local corn is ready in a few weeks there will be farmers parked all over the place selling it at 8 or 9 dollars a dozen. I don't know why so many prople are willing to pay this much, but they do.

Forgot to say I can drive 20 minutes and get the best corn from Amish country for 3 dollars.

Eta a dozen

Fresh corn has been really cheap, even here on the Vineyard where groceries are expensive. I think 5-6 ears for $1.

"Forgot to say I can drive 20 minutes and get the best corn from Amish country for 3 dollars."

An ear?

Maybe around 25 cents an ear. Around here it hasn't been really full but it's tasty.

Fresh Market- Ocala Fl. Non GMO 2 for $6. Guess I will eat the altered DNA stuff...

It was cheaper a few weeks ago. Local cost 50 cents an ear tonight. Wegmans had it cheaper the other day. They usually sell it 4 for a dollar.

Corn should be eaten soon after picking, same day. Tomorrow, it's no longer fresh corn.

.17 cents an ear in Colorado.

Corn should be eaten soon after picking, same day. Tomorrow, it's no longer fresh corn.

Unfortunately, most people don't have that luxury. It was a definite treat this summer to buy directly from the farmer!

WHAT corn? There has been *none* for two weeks in my area -- Northern Illinois. BTW, what's with packaging green beans in cello bags? I'm not feeding a crowd. (I don't want five ears of old husked and trimmed corn in a package either. I could find that in the freezer display.)

We had Florida sweet corn earlier, but in mid-July there's none? Too much rain and not enough heat locally?

My DM's instructions were: 1) Put the water on to boil; 2) Pick your corn; 3) RUN back, husking while you go; 4) Cook the ears for a minute or less; 5) Serve with butter and salt.

My Mom and yours must have grown up together, Chisue. :)

Uptown Gal -- Smart ladies! My DM had a Victory Garden -- with corn. She was transplanted to the Midwest from her native Rhode Island. There, you'd have another big pot of water boiling for the lobster!

Corn is not commonly grown locally in my area - it must be shipped in from a more suitable growing environment. And that may have an impact on pricing! At the local high-end grocery store yesterday, corn was going for 6 ears for $5. One seldom sees it for less.....even at the farmers' markets.

But it is pretty fantastic corn - very fresh, very juicy and very sweet.

My father grew Super Sweet in Michigan in the 60's. He did shuck it as he walked up to the house , the bane of my mother's sensibilities. The water was boiling, cooked a very short period of time. It was wonderful. We didn't realize how lucky we were!!!

Chisue I need to take a history lesson as I thought Victory gardens were only in England.

Victory garden - Wikipedia - Around one third of the vegetables produced by the United States came from victory gardens.[9]

That's how we cook it, chisue, except we don't have the option of picking it ourselves. The closest I get to that is when corn is available at the farmers market. It's in the boiling water just long enough to heat it through and then out it comes.

Last time I bought corn, it was four ears for $1.00 and that was a decent price. It's usually three ears for $1.00.

I went to our fancy Farm Market and paid 75 cents an ear and it wasn't very good.

The corn I paid 50 cents apiece for was not good. I saw fields of corn taller than a man on a trip to a state park today so I'm wondering why the prices don't reflect the season.

Lily,

Most of the corn you saw is probably field corn or hybrid corn instead of sweet corn. Big difference.

99% of the corn grown here is for animal food, ethanol fuel, and flour for corn chips, etc.So, it's left to harvest in fall or early winter.

Eating raw sweet corn. Do you?

Here it runs $5.00 - $7.00 per dozen at stands, maybe a but less expensive in grocery stores but you don't know where it came from. If I drive further out, I can get slightly smaller cobs for sometimes $3.00 per dozen.

Dances.

I also get farm eggs at the same corn location. $1 dozen, medium.

$0 for about 20 ears. Just coming out of the garden at my DMs house and I was loaded down with tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, a cabbage head and green onions our neighbor pulled up and ask did we want some corn and he gave us about 20 ears. Wonderful, delicious sweet corn. Rural Kentucky!!! People can say we stay barefoot and pregnant, I am not pregnant, but I was barefoot as the muddy garden had sucked my flip flops right off my feet. We sure did have a lot of good garden food that day with very little money invested, but a lot of sweat equity. Worth every drop. We eat like kings all summer long with our wonderful garden bounty and Mom still loves to can a lot of things. win win. Our corn won't be ready for another month so we will eat our neighbors corn for now and when ours comes in we will share it with him.

I just went to the local farm stand and bought butter and sugar corn. Six ears for $4.50.

Brushworks I like a little raw corn on a garden salad

Eta it adds a sweet crunch.

Had another batch tonight and it was even worse. I have yet to have a good ear of corn this summer.