corn experiment

Leah · Post by **Leah** » Sat May 19, 2012 5:04 pm

Chris, I don't eat corn on the cob, but I can tolerate about two cups of unflavored popcorn. I regularly eat corn chips and have just started eating corn pasta. It's easier to work with than the rice pasta. The pop corners I was referring to are chips made from popcorn. they are delicious :) I also still take 3 mg of Entocort.

Leah

mzh · Post by **mzh** » Sat May 19, 2012 5:54 pm

Is there anywhere else to get the corn poppers and other such good stuff besides World Market? There's none near me.

Zizzle · Post by **Zizzle** » Sat May 19, 2012 9:19 pm

My Inlaws buy huge bags of them at Sam's Club, so they should be pretty mainstream. Another friend buys them at Wegmans.

mzh · Post by **mzh** » Sun May 20, 2012 5:20 am

Dumb question. Is corn poppers the actual name of the things? I was just at Sam's Friday and was in the snacks section but didn't see anything like that. We don't have Wegman's unfortunately.

MBombardier · Post by **MBombardier** » Sun May 20, 2012 12:45 pm

Christine, if you check out the Paleo discussion(s), you may discover you can still be low-carb even with your sensitivities.

Zizzle · Post by **Zizzle** » Mon May 21, 2012 9:45 am

They are called Popcorners. Their website has a tool to find local retailers:

http://www.popcorners.com/

mzh · Post by **mzh** » Mon May 21, 2012 10:49 am

Thank you, Zizzle. Found out there are no retailers anywhere near me but I sent in a request for them to find some stores to carry them. :cool:

Zizzle · Post by **Zizzle** » Mon May 21, 2012 10:57 am

You can order them directly on the website too. Note only the sea salt and kettle flavors are MC-friendly.

mzh · Post by **mzh** » Mon May 21, 2012 2:34 pm

Zizzle wrote:You can order them directly on the website too. Note only the sea salt and kettle flavors are MC-friendly.

Oh, I didn't notice that. Thanks again!

Zizzle · Post by **Zizzle** » Wed May 23, 2012 9:23 am

Here's a lovely little video about corn production in the US, narrated by the author of "The Omnivore's Dilemma."

http://www.upworthy.com/video-why-is-30 ... -with-corn

Gloria · Post by **Gloria** » Thu May 24, 2012 5:44 am

Zizzle wrote:My Inlaws buy huge bags of them at Sam's Club

I didn't realize that Sam's Club carries Corn Poppers! I'll have to look at my local Sam's Club. I have noticed that the stores carry different merchandise, even in the same region. For example, I can buy canned turkey at one store near me, but not the other.

Thanks for the info, Zizzle.

Gloria

mzh · Post by **mzh** » Thu May 24, 2012 6:48 am

Gloria wrote:
Zizzle wrote:My Inlaws buy huge bags of them at Sam's Club
I didn't realize that Sam's Club carries Corn Poppers! I'll have to look at my local Sam's Club. I have noticed that the stores carry different merchandise, even in the same region. For example, I can buy canned turkey at one store near me, but not the other.

Thanks for the info, Zizzle.

Gloria

Methinks it's a regional thing too. I'm always looking for G-F stuff at Sam's (and everywhere else I shop) and have never seen it there. Sam's and Costco both have wonderful G-F crackers. Walmart has increasingly larger sections of G-F products. Around here they're in the Quick Snacks section but they have cereals, rice and quinoa pasta and other mixes (bread, pizza, etc). Publix has an awesome corn pasta. Unlike the rice varieties, it doesn't melt if cooked a tad too long and has actual texture. We eat it al dente anyway so mushy pasta isn't an issue in our house.

We do like something I found at Ingle's called Original Tings. (The expected "h" is truly missing.) Very light, crunchy air-filled corn puffs things, also GF/DF. Publix and Ingles may be Southern chains.

Leah · Post by **Leah** » Thu May 24, 2012 12:35 pm

There is another brand of pop corn chips. I believe they are called chipins. I tried a bag at Jamba Juice. they are pretty good also. I think I saw them at a local chain called Lunardi's also.