On Jun 30, 8:44*pm, "gloria.p" > wrote:
> George wrote:
>
> > The yellow/white corn seems to be the most popular here but a few grow
> > yellow corn. I remember asking at one stand and they said everyone wants
> > the white or white/yellow.
>
> The yellow corn of my childhood was very starchy and not nearly as sweet
> as today's yellow and white hybrids or plain white corn. *IMO, the
> yellow, when only slightly over-ripe, tastes very starchy.
>
> The best tasting corn I have ever eaten in my life was a bicolor hybrid
> from the San Pascual Valley in northern San Diego County.
>
> gloria p

That yellow corn you remember from your childhood was probably what my
mom called "field corn". I loved it too. When it was really young it
was just a little sweet - not starchy just "veggie". The new sweet
corn is too sweet. That's from all that damn "high fructose corn
syrup" I bet! Especially now that I'm cutting waay back on salt. I
keep putting more butter on so it doesn't taste so dang sweet!

Lynn in Fargo
Eating all the sweet corn I can get my (bad) teeth on while I can
because they're ALL coming out July 27th. (Full anesthesia, thank
Alex!)