My mom is a pediatrician and growing up we had to eat at least one vegetable (actually we ate lots but even visiting friends were giving a heavy lecture about one real vegetable per meal).
Corn was not a vegetable. Nor were french fries even with lots of katsup.
As an adult, I don't think of it as a veg. side but more like the potato than along with the potato.
I'd go chicken, corn, asparagus.