# What besides butter can I put on my corn-on-the-cob? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 7, 2002, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-besides-butter-can-i-put-on-my-corn-on-the-cob/122866 "2002-08-07T23:08:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-besides-butter-can-i-put-on-my-corn-on-the-cob/122866/1 "2002-08-07T23:08:37Z")
Sweet Corn season! I go with the old butter and salt thing, but I’m getting kinda sick of it (plus I just went on a diet). I was wondering if anyone has other suggestions besides good ole butter? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-besides-butter-can-i-put-on-my-corn-on-the-cob/122866/2 "2002-08-07T23:20:42Z")
If you can get those popcorn flavoured salts (i.e. Salt & Vinegar, Barbeque), give 'em a shot. ---
**Author:** ![lemon\_yellow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3e96dc/32.png) [@lemon\_yellow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lemon_yellow)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-besides-butter-can-i-put-on-my-corn-on-the-cob/122866/3 "2002-08-07T23:21:06Z")
Are you being ironic? Try cheese! ---
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-besides-butter-can-i-put-on-my-corn-on-the-cob/122866/4 "2002-08-07T23:27:35Z")
I was going to suggest you make it Mexican-style, with butter, grated cheese, chile powder, and lime. But if butter is too much for you, you’re not left with many options, are you? Didn’t you hear that cutting fat out of your diet isn’t the way to lose weight? ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-besides-butter-can-i-put-on-my-corn-on-the-cob/122866/5 "2002-08-07T23:39:34Z")
Here in the big D, at the local fairs and stuff I see mayonnaise as an option…certainly not low fat, and the hispnaic folks are the people who generally get it that way… Do they know something that I don’t? We’ll never know… YUCK ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-besides-butter-can-i-put-on-my-corn-on-the-cob/122866/6 "2002-08-07T23:53:25Z")
have you tried grilling it over charcoal? - hardly needs anything added that way (you can brush it with a little butter or light olive oil as it cooks, but most of that drips off) ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-besides-butter-can-i-put-on-my-corn-on-the-cob/122866/7 "2002-08-07T23:55:09Z")
I use “I Can’t Belive It’s Not Butter” spray, which is good. I don’t know of any other flavorings that go good with corn, though. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-besides-butter-can-i-put-on-my-corn-on-the-cob/122866/8 "2002-08-07T23:57:05Z")
Salt and a little pepper are always nice…over the butter, that is. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-besides-butter-can-i-put-on-my-corn-on-the-cob/122866/9 "2002-08-08T00:05:28Z")
If it’s good corn, you don’t need anything else. You could put some sugar in the water, but I eat mine straight. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-besides-butter-can-i-put-on-my-corn-on-the-cob/122866/10 "2002-08-08T00:13:31Z")
My father-in-law will only eat corn on the cob if it’s covered in parmesan cheese. He swears its great but I’ve never tasted it. There are just some things that shouldn’t have parmesan cheese as a topping, but to each his own I guess. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fairy_Princess_Kitty)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-besides-butter-can-i-put-on-my-corn-on-the-cob/122866/11 "2002-08-08T01:04:21Z")
Sour cream and grated cheese or lemon and salt or any combination of the above yummy ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-besides-butter-can-i-put-on-my-corn-on-the-cob/122866/12 "2002-08-08T02:49:48Z")
Any kind of seasoned salt or interesting pepper blend would work for me. (Don’t knock lemon pepper and garlic salt until you’ve tried it.) For moisty-greasiness, maybe brush with olive oil, if you’re dead set against butter. I’m gonna try it with the parmesan cheese - that sounds good to me. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-besides-butter-can-i-put-on-my-corn-on-the-cob/122866/13 "2002-08-08T02:59:39Z")
Old Bay Seasoning. You should be able to find it at your local grocery store. It’s made in Baltimore by McCormick and Co., and it’s a combination of salt, cayenne pepper (I think), and other tasty yet low-fat spices. In Maryland, we put it on almost everything, most notably seafood. I’ve never had it on corn, but I have put it on other steamed/boiled vegetables, and it’s good. ---
**Author:** ![Sivalensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Sivalensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sivalensis)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-besides-butter-can-i-put-on-my-corn-on-the-cob/122866/14 "2002-08-08T03:04:57Z")
there’s spray olive oil that my parents really like on corn…I think Pam makes one kind. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-besides-butter-can-i-put-on-my-corn-on-the-cob/122866/15 "2002-08-08T03:41:33Z")
Seasoned salt and pepper was our tradition… ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-besides-butter-can-i-put-on-my-corn-on-the-cob/122866/16 "2002-08-08T03:42:43Z")
We like Mrs. Dash Original seasoning on corn-on-the-cob. Hubby still eats it with butter buy I’m an _au natural_ gal myself. If the corn is good, bareback’s the only way! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-besides-butter-can-i-put-on-my-corn-on-the-cob/122866/17 "2002-08-08T04:01:57Z")
My wife, who reacts to fat like it was a dead rat, swears by lime juice and a little salt. Especially if the rest of the meal is Mexican. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-besides-butter-can-i-put-on-my-corn-on-the-cob/122866/18 "2002-08-08T04:19:54Z")
Lawry’s All Season…so yummy on corn on the cob. ---
**Author:** ![sezyou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@sezyou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sezyou)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-besides-butter-can-i-put-on-my-corn-on-the-cob/122866/19 "2002-08-08T08:10:16Z")
Butter and salt, why mess with perfection. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-besides-butter-can-i-put-on-my-corn-on-the-cob/122866/20 "2002-08-08T11:04:03Z")
honey. Just a little bit. I nuke my corn and add a bit of honey to the water. Makes it extra sweet. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-besides-butter-can-i-put-on-my-corn-on-the-cob/122866.md?page=2)