Two Kid Schoolhouse
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Oct. 22, 2006
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Is corn a veggie?
My good friend anonymous* asks: Do you think corn is a veggie?
Well, yes and no. It is actually a cereal grain. Like most people I serve it as a veggie, but when I do, I try to serve a green salad or other non-starchy veggie along with it. I started this years ago when I belonged to Weight Watchers and corn was treated as a bread or a limited veggie (can't remember exactly) because of the high starch or sugar content. Last year my doctor gave me a food plan to follow to lose weight; it is not specifically low-carb but corn was on the limited list.
According to Wikipedia: Maize (Zea mays ssp. mays), also known as corn, is a cereal grain that was domesticated in Mesoamerica and then spread throughout the American continents.
Lots of interesting (and not so) information follows, but then we get to this: Sweetcorn is a genetic variation that is high in sugars and low in starch that is served like a vegetable.
Looking at a random low-carb site (found via google) I see corn is listed as a restricted food because it is starchy.
So there you go. I still like corn, especially popcorn, especially Black Pearl when I can find it locally. But even though I am not a low-carb follower, I don't eat a lot of it.
*At least I think this was asked by my good friend, as we had had a similar conversation once, when my dear husband was trying to get me in trouble. But maybe it was someone else. It's hard to tell with anonymous.
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