HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP-HFCS. DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE EATING?
	Besides writing for my website and Internet publishers, I write a weekly newspaper opinion column. You can access my weekly column by doing an internet search of my name, Larry R. Miller. Use my middle initial or you'll get a car dealer. "Opinion: a view, judgment or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter or subject." Over a long period of years, I've formed an opinion about corn.

RAW AND ORGANIC IT'S OK.

Corn, the vegetable, doesn't work for me. After sailing back from Hawaii we were living on the Oregon coast and I started an organic foods delivery business. One of my clients made really great corn tortilla chips. They always gave me a few extra bags for our own consumption and to pass around amongst friends. I loved them but for me it was akin to eating a cork, or other form of plug. I've had the same experience with all corn products, the exception being organically grown, non-GMO, whole sweet corn eaten raw.

YOU'VE GOT MAIL.

At various times in my writings, I've written my opinion about different items connected to corn. Almost without fail, especially if the subject is about GMO and high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), I get an e-mail or someone from some national corn association writes a letter to the editor. That's OK, that's their right, their opinion. I've even been asked to include their website so readers can go there get more of their opinions. In light of their apparent need for corn, I've decided to add a corny joke or puzzle to some of my future columns and other articles. I'll try to pick corn that's in line with the subject in the article or that weeks column, which may be about anything. It's nice to have that kind of latitude from my editors and to state my opinion; thanks folks.

ROOM FOR RENT.
	CORN FARMER: Did you sleep well last night? GUEST: No, the bed was soft and the air was fresh, but an old sow kept pushing at the door. FARMER: Never mind her. She always gets upset when we rent out her room.