Birds Eye Mexican Street style Corn - Sauced

Another new frozen veg-type product! Granted, I haven't been to Mexico in a while, but I didn't expect this corn to be so Wet. There's a lot of sauce, and let's just say, it's not cotija. But I will admit that compared to yesterday's dill pickle potato, this corn is more successful in implementing its advertised flavor profile. It comes with stove and microwave cooking options, but since the front says "steams in bag" I went for the EZ microwave choice, and maybe that's why it's so soupy. Anyway, there are two types of corn in the ingredos: corn and fire-roasted corn (lol). It's true, about 1/8 of the kernels are browned, although you can't tell to taste it. There's also a good red pepper distribution; it's not too overwhelming but you definitely taste them. The sauce though. I dunno. It's not quite there. It's a parmesan/lime kinda deal, but (like the potatoes!!) I'm getting mainly a vinegar flavor, plus some wet microwave parm cheese sauce vibe. In the end you're getting a lot of corn, which I do like, and it is vaguely cheesy and vaguely limey, so the flavor profile is at least in the right ballpark. If they reduced the sauce by 50% and roasted the peppers and more of the corn, then maybe we'd be in re-buy territory. The reviews for this are very high, but I think there's some artificial inflation due to sampling programs (and I'm outta that game so -- this is THE HONEST TRUTH ABOUT YOUR FROZEN CORN!)

Overall
Cost: 5/10 [3$]
Taste: 6/10 

Birds Eye Steamfresh Super Sweet Corn

I've eaten 5 distinct foodstuffs recently (=in my sick sick 48 hour day), and all of them were corn in some form. (Cereal, muffin, chip, popped, this). I don't even like corn in non-corn form!! Things are dire. Globally, personally, and cornlally. Is there a corn vitamin? I doubt it. My hindbrain yearns for ... salt? Who knows.

Anyway. I had some great store brand frozen corn last year before my fridge died, but this time I thought I'd try the Birds Eye for allergy phobia reasons. Well, it wasn't as good. Super sweet? Ha! Hardly! And so on. My reaction to this, even in delicious nacho, was "this is fine. nothing special. I like corn and this is corn, but it's small". That's right. It's small corn. Not plump. Just regular. I'll eat it but I'll return to the risk of Store Brand Corn next time. 

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 6/10

Green Giant - Nibblers Corn-on-the-Cob

Some of my best friends are nibblers! These were on sale for like 3 dollars, which made me suspicious, but these are definitely worth 3 dollars. One "nibbler" is not very filling (thus the name, I guess), but it's juicy and tasty like corn is. It does have a weird chemical taste also, especially if you suckle too deeply, but that's OK -- I can roleplay I'm in an institutional context.

Overall
Cost: 5/10 [3$, but usually 12$]
Taste: 7/10

Signature Select SuperSweet Golden Corn

This is more bittersweet than supersweet, 'cause looking for this corn led me to discover my fridge wasn't fridging. But I ate it anyway, and I didn't even have to heat it! It was basically thawed! Woo! This was good for a salad, and I would consider frozen corn again in the future. If I ever am able to freeze anything again. Woe, woe, woe.

Overall
Cost: 5/10
Taste: 7/10

Signature Kitchens Super Sweet Whole Kernel White & Gold Corn

The packaging for these Store Brand Cans has changed to be a classier looking white and black can, so I actually bought this for once instead of assuming it would be gross. Not sure why I associate green can = bad, maybe because of past grocery problems at Superior/Smart and Final, but this corn turned out to be very good for the price. I've since bought it a few more times! It's nice and sweet and buttery. I'm a fan. Plus the can is bigger than Green Giant's.

Overall
Cost: 8/10 [1$]
Taste: 7/10

Wholly Guacamole - Roasted Corn over Guacamole Layered Dip

This is pretty good! Sometimes you just don't want to deal with the stress (and expense) of buying the right avocado for urgent guac needs. And a lot of premade guac (even from this very company) is old looking, mushy, or gross. Luckily, I love corn and this bad boy is at least half corn (the top half), and so you can't even see how dark and watery the underguac is! Mostly. Anyway, it has a nice fresh corn taste, a little spicy but certainly not "medium" (less than this). I only really enjoy this with chips, though - otherwise the flavor is too strong and it's also too watery and maybe a bit sweet. But it's a solid dip, healthy enough, and lasts a few days longer than homemade guac.

Overall
Cost: 5/10 (about 4$)
Taste: 7/10

Green Giant Super Sweet Yellow and White Corn

 This is my #1 favorite corn! (Second only to perhaps baby-corns or on-the-cob corn). It's sweet and crisp and buttery, but not overly so or overly salty or watery. Plus it goes great with everything from pasta to meat to other veggies. Yum!

Overall
Cost: 7/10
Taste: 8/10